Friday, November 26, 2021
A critic's tribute to Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, a master of storytelling in song.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:47PM[SHARE]Monday, November 22, 2021
As part of Dominique Morisseau's "Detroit Project" trilogy, the work chronicles the generational struggles of the Black community in the playwright's native city.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The Broadway production, which combines '80s hits with a 16th century pastoral romance, is freshly re-conceived at Pasadena Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:31PM[SHARE]Monday, November 15, 2021
Playwrights' Arena and Skylight Theatre Company present the world premiere of Inda Craig-Galván's 'A Hit Dog Will Holler.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:57PM[SHARE]Monday, November 8, 2021
Lucy Kirkwood's Tony-nominated play arrives at the Fountain Theatre for its Los Angeles premiere.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:35PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Now receiving its world premiere at Echo Theater Co., Chiara Atik's production offers a drolly modern take on the life of St. Clare of Assisi.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Now streaming on Center Theatre Group's website, this cinematic reimagining of the troupe's play offers a history lesson to a too-forgetful Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:58PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The Ron Sossi-directed revival of the avant-garde production returns after the pandemic cut it short.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 20, 2021
A professor's recent showing of Laurence Olivier's offensive "Othello" prompts a heated " and necessary " conversation.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The new solo play written by Richard Greenberg ("Take Me Out," "Three Days of Rain") and starring David Ivers has insights, but also two big problems.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:09PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 10, 2021
A review of Jennifer Holliday's concert 'Here's To Life' at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Jeremy O. Harris threatens to pull "Slave Play" from the Mark Taper Forum in solidarity with female playwrights noting the lack of representation.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:16PM[SHARE]Monday, October 4, 2021
"Diana: The Musical," about the ill-starred royal marriage, is streaming ahead of its Broadway opening. There's a reason for that.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:15PM[SHARE]Monday, September 27, 2021
Puzzle master David Kwong turns brain twisters into live theater with his show "The Enigmatist," at the Geffen in Westwood.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:56PM[SHARE]"Moulin Rouge!" takes home 10 Tonys, but Broadway as a whole emerges as the big winner at the pandemic-postponed awards.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:17AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 23, 2021
Written and directed by Hagai Levi and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, this version left our critic dreading, not relishing, each episode.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Ben Platt reprises his Tony-winning performance in the movie adaptation of 'Dear Evan Hansen.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 13, 2021
The comical Troubadour troupe mashes up Liza Minnelli song and dance with the classic Greek political farce about women on a sex strike.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:57PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 9, 2021
The hit Broadway musical 'Come From Away,' premiering on Apple TV+, is a stirring way to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 27, 2021
After 17 months, our critic heads back indoors for the reopening of "Hamilton" in Hollywood. The experience is not entirely what he expected.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Playwright Luis Alfaro, newly appointed associate artistic director of Center Theatre Group, has a powerful vision for the theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 23, 2021
Dominique Morisseau, the Go-Go's musical, a Liza Minnelli-Aristophanes mashup and " at long last " "The Band's Visit": your guide to the new season.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 19, 2021
Laura Osnes' exit from a show because of COVID-19 vaccination rules divides Twitter, but critic Charles McNulty says there should be no debate. Just get vaccinated.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:35PM[SHARE]Monday, July 26, 2021
Most critics don't enjoy being criticized. But sometimes an angry email isn't so much an artistic quarrel as an appeal to something more human.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Outdoor productions of "Julius Caesar" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" kick off Theatricum Botanicum's return in Topanga.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 12, 2021
David Thewlis and Daniel Mays lead the Old Vic's "The Dumb Waiter," which lampoons blind faith in authoritarian power.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:52PM[SHARE]Monday, June 28, 2021
Artistic director Chris Fields spills the secrets of Echo Theater Company's success as it marks a milestone anniversary with 25 alumni performing 25 monologues by 25 alumni playwrights.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:44PM[SHARE]Tom Dugan stars in this new show, which imagines the lives of the characters from "Fiddler on the Roof" after they move to America.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:44PM[SHARE]Friday, June 25, 2021
Torrey Townsend's streaming play, presented by Jeremy O. Harris, takes aim at the systemic racism, sexism and hypocrisy in theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:52PM[SHARE]Monday, June 21, 2021
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' celebrated 'An Octoroon' has its Los Angeles premiere at the Fountain Theatre's new outdoor stage.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:47PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Forget musicals. The time is now for the American play, and 'An Octoroon' is just one of many groundbreaking works by women and writers of color.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:28PM[SHARE] 
