Theater 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.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMBetsy 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 05:20PMPBS’ ‘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 02:07PMOf 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 09:05AMRebecca 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 02:11PMThe 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 12:15AMHandicapping 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 10:00AMThe 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 09:30AMHeidi 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 08:00AMTime 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…
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