Scott Rudin apologized after allegations of abusive workplace behavior, but he's not the only one. Broadway, it's time to straighten up your act.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:12AMA doc illuminates the dark hold of Sondheim's 'Assassins' in a Classic Stage Company benefit reminding us why theater has been such a pandemic loss.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:36PMTwo new versions — a National Theatre film coming to PBS and a Public Theater podcast out now — bring new life to Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:51PMWhat role can art play in opening eyes to the humanity of people different from ourselves? After the Atlanta-area shootings, the answer is urgent.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:42AMCOVID-19 restrictions are loosening for cultural institutions even though health experts urge caution. We've haven't yet won the fight.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:22PMA year ago Michael Michetti, one of L.A. theater's most accomplished directors, was about to open the Stephen Sondheim musical "Passion" at Boston Court Pasadena. Then the pandemic hit.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:28PMCenter Theatre Group streams "The Gaze ... No Homo," a Larry Powell play examining the possibilities of Black queer work in white environments.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:04PMDaniel Fish, Culture Clash, Dael Orlandersmith, Richard Maxwell, Annie Dorsen and Lars Jan reveal much loss — but also see a way forward.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:37PMREDCAT's digital production of 'Yorick, La Historia de Hamlet' miniaturizes Shakespeare's tragedy into an ingenious hourlong show.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:14AMThe reading actor isn't a thing of the past, but a refined literary sensibility is valued less than social media savvy today.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:14PMAs the Senate impeachment trial gets underway, Shakespeare's tragedy illuminates the politics of rebellion and the quest to maintain a grip on power.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:15PMAdrienne Kennedy, a Black playwright who's more influential than produced, is celebrated in a rare digital festival not to be missed.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:54PMTheater has suffered from placelessness in the digital era. Mark O'Rowe's "The Approach" roots us somewhere theatrically real.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:40PMSame stage, different script: For a theater critic watching President Biden's inauguration, the most notable part of the performance is its humility.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:32AMThe nation's overlapping crises have sparked the notion that audiences want to be uplifted, more than anything else. I disagree.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:36PMPasadena Playhouse streams "You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman," in which paying tribute to the Broadway composer proves harder than it might seem.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:32PMThis was the year that streaming versions of "Hamilton," "What the Constitution Means to Me" and "Ma Rainey" proved stage stories can shine on-screen.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:53PMThe best of the best of Broadway from 2010-2019
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:14AM"In Circles," Al Carmines' musical adaptation of Gertrude Stein's "A Circular Play," gets a topnotch revival at the Odyssey Theatre.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:24PMPlaywright Joshua Harmon's family comedy has its West Coast premiere.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:49PMFall theater season highlight for Los Angeles include a musical version of 'Almost Famous,' Bill Irwin in "On Beckett," a revival of August Wilson's "Jitney" and a new standup show by comic …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:12PMJohn Leguizamo's one-man show, now at the Ahmanson, delves into the Latino history missing from his son’s textbooks. It's a funny, dizzying journey.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:21PMThe annual outdoor production of classic Greek theater is Sophocles reimagined by Aaron Posner, known for adapting Chekhov into "Stupid ... Bird."
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:49PMJiehae Park's "Hannah and the Dread Gazebo," presented by the Fountain Theatre and East West Players, follows a New York woman to the DMZ as she unravels the mysterious death of her grandmot…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:44PM'Fefu and her Friends,' María Irene Fornés' feminist classic, is reborn at the Odyssey Theatre
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:01AMHal Prince redefined the musical and Broadway in the second half of the 20th century.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 05:24PMGeraldine Inoa's "Scraps" and Dionna M. Daniel's "Gunshot Medley: Part 1" explore pain in the fight for control over black bodies in America and demonstrate exciting new directions in Africa…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:11PM"Into the Woods," Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical deconstruction of classic fairy tales, gets a starry, al fresco revival at the Hollywood Bowl with Sierra Boggess, Sutton Foste…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:04PMRob Nagle, Lisa Fernandez and Justin Huen star in E.L. Lewis' latest play, 'Apple Season' at Atwater Village Theatre
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:55PM"X-Men" superstar and Broadway triple-threat Hugh Jackman performs his concert show, "Hugh Jackman: The Man. The Music. The Show," at the Hollywood Bowl.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:07PMOlivier-winning British comedy "The Play That Goes Wrong" arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre as a comedy of blunders with a fringe-theater soul.
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