Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Musicals have come to follow a Broadway run with a national tour. 'The Wiz,' starting Tuesday at the Pantages, is doing the opposite " and the strategy is paying off.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMThursday, January 18, 2024
Broadway actor Zuri Washington hopes her racial discrimination suit reignites conversations about the industry's inequitable treatment of Black hair and the harmful perpetuation of the 'angr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:32PMWednesday, November 29, 2023
A filmed performance of 'Waitress,' starring Sara Bareilles, captures how the musical won over Broadway's most underappreciated audience: women.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMMonday, November 6, 2023
The settlement comes after Equity attempted to organize a nonunion tour of the Sara Bareilles musical, the first effort of its kind in more than 20 years.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, September 28, 2023
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phylicia Rashad and others will unveil a new bill Thursday as the industry struggles: 'If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMThursday, August 24, 2023
The gonzo journalism pioneer could be 'pretty despicable.' And unlike its bio-musical counterparts, a new SoCal show about the author doesn't shy away from it.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMMonday, July 24, 2023
Center Theatre Group announces its 2023-2024 season, which includes 'A Christmas Story, The Musical,' 'Hadestown' and other offerings.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMMonday, June 26, 2023
Broadway stars Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus have been married for 15 years and play a married couple onstage in Stephen Sondheim's 'Into the Woods.' The national tour arrives in …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:44PMFriday, June 9, 2023
Broadway's biggest night will broadcast live from New York City on June 11, airing on CBS and Paramount+. A preshow ceremony will stream for free on Pluto TV.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMThursday, May 25, 2023
The threat to this year's Tonys underscored their sway over the industry. Some say making them the 'be-all, end-all' of shows' survival is risky business.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMSunday, May 21, 2023
Filming live theater is usually a form of sacrilege. A musical about the wives of Henry VIII turned it into grassroots marketing for a new generation of fans.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMTuesday, May 16, 2023
The WGA announced Monday that it would not picket the Broadway awards show, scheduled for June 11, allowing it to proceed in altered form.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:31AMTuesday, May 2, 2023
Ghee and Newell's nominations follow last year's historic first, when composer Toby Marlow's became the Tony Awards' first nonbinary nominee and winner.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:38AMSunday, April 30, 2023
Merle Dandridge, Montego Glover, Annaleigh Ashford, Katie Rose Clarke and Britney Coleman, each starring in a Stephen Sondheim musical, reflect on the texts of the late theater legend.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMThursday, December 8, 2022
The creative team behind the ambitious spectacle discuss its sudden end and potential future: 'We never got a fair chance.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:07PMSaturday, October 15, 2022
Daniel Fish and members of the cast reflect on the bold revival of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical " and the more extreme reactions it's elicited from audiences.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMTuesday, August 9, 2022
The organization's employees see unionization as 'a new way to rebalance power structures in the American theater.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:45PMMonday, July 11, 2022
'Glee' star Lea Michele will star in 'Funny Girl' on Broadway. The 'different direction' pushed Beanie Feldstein to exit two months earlier than expected.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PMThursday, June 23, 2022
As promised, the Center Theatre Group venue will feature works written exclusively by women, transgender or nonbinary artists for its 2022-23 season.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PMThursday, June 16, 2022
Theatre Producers of Color is a free, virtual program that aims to diversify the decision makers of the industry's commercial productions.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMSunday, June 12, 2022
Host Ariana DeBose led a round of applause for the artists and arts workers "who played a vital role in keeping Broadway shows open these past few months."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:22PMSaturday, April 30, 2022
Billed as 'Bob Fosse's Dancin',' the revival of the ambitious dance musical runs through May 29 at San Diego's Old Globe before heading to Broadway.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Anaïs Mitchell reflects on the "Hadestown" tour's Los Angeles opening and how the Tony-winning musical led to her new album.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:13PMMonday, April 25, 2022
Lauren Pritchard talks with The Times about the original 'Spring Awakening,' the reunion special and why she's speaking out about her own abuse now.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMThursday, March 24, 2022
The pandemic's collective pause over the last two years had many reconsidering their commitment to the theater industry. Here are 10 of their stories.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:46PMWednesday, February 16, 2022
Opening this week, the divisive show will be performed on a thrust stage " resulting in an immediate, exposed experience for both viewers and cast.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:25PMThursday, February 3, 2022
Williamstown Theatre Festival is abolishing its ambitious seven-show summer season, and says it will implement numerous safety measures.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:11PMSaturday, November 13, 2021
The production is a musical experiment that, among other things, welcomes audiences into a makeshift nightclub.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMMonday, November 1, 2021
Outgoing artistic director Mandy Greenfield will be replaced by interim artistic director Jenny Gersten, the festival announced Monday.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:27PMSaturday, September 25, 2021
Alumni say the Williamstown Theatre Festival is "deeply broken." The festival says it welcomes change. But is it enough?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFriday, September 24, 2021
The Tony nominee gets candid about her painful "Moulin Rouge!" role and her "isolating" exit from commercial theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM 
