Friday, July 12, 2019
Olivier-winning British comedy "The Play That Goes Wrong" arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre as a comedy of blunders with a fringe-theater soul.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, July 1, 2019
Betsy Brandt stars in a new Pasadena Playhouse version of "Riverdale" creator Aguirre-Sacasa's 2008 work, which centers on a prep-school sex scandal.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 05:20PMThursday, June 13, 2019
PBS’ ‘American Masters’ explores the path-breaking gay writer Terrence McNally through interviews with Billy Porter, Nathan Lane, Rita Moreno and others.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:07PMWednesday, June 12, 2019
Of the many cliffhangers the Tony Awards will resolve on Sunday, the story line that has me on the edge of my seat is whether “Hadestown” will be crowned best musical. Anaïs Mitchell is…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMAt a time in America when lies are rampant in public life and alternative truth has been adopted as a winning political strategy, the 2018-19 Broadway season will be remembered for those gri…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMIt turned out not to be a horrendous year for new Broadway musicals, if you disqualify “King Kong,” lower your IQ for “The Cher Show” and bring earplugs to “Be More Chill.” “Th…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMTuesday, June 11, 2019
Rebecca Taichman won a Tony Award for directing a darkly enchanting production of the Paula Vogel play, now at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:11PMMonday, June 10, 2019
The Tony Awards sort out a Broadway year divided between the impulse to innovate and the desire to maintain the status quo.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:15AMThursday, June 6, 2019
Handicapping Sunday's Tony Awards: Can "Hadestown" beat "Tootsie"? Will Sorkin's "Mockingbird" be redeemed? And will the Tonys justly reward a female director?
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMMonday, June 3, 2019
The playwright gets personal in this documentary tale about his mother, a psych ward chaplain held captive by a suicidal convict. It's a sly, slippery tale.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:53PMAnaïs Mitchell's concept album-turned-folk opera is an exquisite marriage of story and song that advances the art of theater.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMWednesday, May 29, 2019
Heidi Schreck's "What the Constitution Means to Me" is more than a performance piece: It's the most moving play of the year.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMTuesday, May 21, 2019
Time passes, and even a contemporary classic can use a nip and tuck. David Henry Hwang, most famous for his Tony-winning 1988 play “M. Butterfly,” performed some not insignificant cosmet…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:14AMMonday, May 20, 2019
The modern classic on gender roles and Orientalism gets an uneven revival at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:26PMSaturday, May 18, 2019
Helder Guimarães is either a magician posing as a philosopher or a philosopher posing as a magician. But however you classify him, he’s excellent company in his new show, “Invisible Tan…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:05AMFriday, May 17, 2019
Directed by Frank Marshall and featuring music by Moby, "Invisible Tango" has tricks that astonish and a storytelling charm that's more than mere magic show.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 11:25AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
Playwright Lucas Hnath is back on Broadway with “Hillary and Clinton,” a zesty drama on America’s most picked-apart political couple that finds Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow in top f…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:35PMWith an assist from actors Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow, the new work is yet another way to hear the singular voice of this leading American playwright.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:16PMThursday, May 9, 2019
“I just want to do Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’ over and over again,” Dianne Wiest declared between nibbles of a poached egg. “I don’t want to do anything else, because nothing else …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:50PMWiest, in L.A. for Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days." talks theater, "Law & Order" and why she would work with Woody Allen again "in a second."
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:28PMTuesday, May 7, 2019
“Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.” These lyrics, sung throughout Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s imperishable 1979 musical, are heeded assiduously by director Kent Nicholson in a s…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:52PMHow old is Dolly Gallagher Levi? The question arises whenever “Hello, Dolly!” is performed. The character is described in Thornton Wilder’s “The Matchmaker,” the basis of the music…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:52PM“Daniel’s Husband,” an absorbing drama by Michael McKeever that was a hit off-Broadway, explores the debate on same-sex marriage from a less obvious angle. Set in the “perfectly appo…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:41PMMichael McKeever's poignant drama opens at Fountain Theatre with Bill Brochtrup, Tim Cummings and Jenny O’Hara in a moving, crowd-pleasing production.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:28PMWednesday, May 1, 2019
Long story short: It was a strange Broadway season — one in which old formulas proved unreliable and a few long-shot experiments yielded unexpected rewards. Rendering an up or down verdict…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:15AMInterior. Restaurant at a Beverly Hills hotel, early March. Music spritzing luxuriously in the background. A publicist finishes her breakfast. In walks a frazzled middle-aged theater critic.…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:14AMTuesday, April 30, 2019
The Tony nominations send a message of support to artists with fresh sensibilities, but occasionally at the expense of worthier work.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:49PMThe writer gets snubbed Tuesday by the Tony Awards, but his "How to Kill a Mockingbird" does pick up nine nominations — tying "The Ferryman" for the most nods for any play.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:02PMMonday, April 29, 2019
“A Doll’s House, Part 2,” which is receiving its world premiere at South Coast Repertory, had its official opening on Thursday at Broadway’s Golden Theatre in a separate production c…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:48PMThursday, April 25, 2019
After a disastrous tea last year, critic and actress meet again, this time to spar about "Lear." Jackson delves into disagreements with director Sam Gold, a powerful female cast including Ru…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:30AM“Gulp!” That was my initial reaction when a publicist asked if I’d like to interview Glenda Jackson to discuss her performance in the new Broadway production of “King Lear.” Our pr…
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