Monday, November 12, 2018
Two of the best productions this fall have happened at intimate theaters that are keeping up with the exciting developments in American playwriting. Earlier this season, Branden Jacobs-Jenki…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:35PMSaturday, November 10, 2018
Tony-winner Jefferson Mays single-handedly populates "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol" at the Geffen Playhouse
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMCharles Dickens has become so yawningly familiar through adaptations that it can be jolting to experience his storytelling genius directly from the fictional works themselves. No literary pr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMFriday, November 9, 2018
Luis Valdez's new play explores immigration and the reality of the American dream in a story set during World War II about two families, one of Japanese heritage, the other of Mexican.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMThursday, November 8, 2018
“King Kong,” the stage animal first seen wreaking havoc in Australia, has arrived on Broadway with a seismic thud and a thundering roar. Just how horrifying is the new show? It has turne…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:48PM"King Kong,” the stage animal first seen wreaking havoc in Australia, has arrived on Broadway with a seismic thud and a thundering roar.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PMSunday, November 4, 2018
NEW YORK — The setting is uncertain in the opening moments of “American Son,” an acutely topical new Broadway drama by Christopher Demos-Brown. But it is clear from the intense perform…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:48PMIn 'American Son,' a raw Kerry Washington returns to Broadway as an anguished mother seeking answers from the police about her missing son . It's a painfully topical, if imperfect, drama
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00PMThursday, November 1, 2018
obituary/appreciation of playwright Maria Irene Fornes
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:32AMWednesday, October 31, 2018
María Irene Fornés, a pivotal figure in the off-off Broadway movement, wrote diverse and profoundly humane plays that should be part of the American canon.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:15PMTuesday, October 30, 2018
'Quack,' Eliza Clark's comedy having its world premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, takes the temperature of the feverish wellness industry.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:43PM“Quack,” the lively, irritating and ultimately chilling new comedy by Eliza Clark about a TV medical guru in the mode of Dr. Oz, skips the introductory pleasantries and plunges straight …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:40PMSaturday, October 27, 2018
Qui Nguyen's touted drama about refugees who fall in love in 1970s America after fleeing the Vietnam war, arrives in Los Angeles in an East West Players production
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMReencountering Qui Nguyen’s “Vietgone” in the new East West Players production, I am struck once again by the originality of the playwriting. A quick synopsis of the play might yield t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMFriday, October 26, 2018
Political pundits have long been giving drama critics a bad name. Inevitably, in the run-up to an election, some op-ed columnist will make a crack comparing recent political coverage to thea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:59AMA critic's plan to rescue democracy, reclaim the power of theater and cast young artists as the leads in an extravaganza that turns voting into an act of performance.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMPolitical pundits have long been giving drama critics a bad name. Inevitably, in the run-up to an election, some op-ed columnist will make a crack comparing recent political coverage to thea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMSunday, October 21, 2018
There are many reasons “Dear Evan Hansen,” the Tony-winning musical that more than lived up to expectations at its glorious opening Friday at the Ahmanson Theatre, has become a cultural …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:33PM'Dear Evan Hansen,' the Tony-winning musical about a high school outcast who become a hero under false pretenses, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre with Ben Levi Ross in the title role
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:51PMFriday, October 19, 2018
The critically acclaimed play by Nigerian playwright and poet Inua Ellams leaps from a barbershop in London to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra, exploring the African immigrati…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:27PM“Barber Shop Chronicles” takes place in a series of barbershops, where men of African heritage gather for fellowship along with a trim in African countries still traumatized by coloniali…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:50AMMonday, October 15, 2018
Jackie Sibblies Drury's drama, which riveted and riled New York audiences this summer at Soho Rep, sparks difficult conversations about race at Berkeley Rep.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:50PMSomething is intentionally askew about the opening scene of “Fairview,” Jackie Sibblies Drury’s blazingly inventive new play, which is now at Berkeley Rep after setting New York abuzz …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:45PMMonday, October 8, 2018
'Oppenheimer," Tom Morton-Smith's acclaimed play about "the father of the atomic bomb," has its American premiere courtesy of Rogue Machine Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:19PMThe most gripping moments in “Oppenheimer,” the sprawling drama by British playwright Tom Morton-Smith about the man dubbed “the father of the atomic bomb,” are the brainstorming mee…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:15PMFriday, October 5, 2018
Bekah Brunstetter's "The Cake" returns to The Geffen Playhouse, a tasty confection to appeal to red and and blue state appetites alike.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMCharles McNulty talks with Lucas Hedges and Michael Cera about starring in the Kenneth Lonergan play "The Waverly Gallery," now in previews on Broadway with Elaine May and Joan Allen. Hedges…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFor Lucas Hedges, the first day of rehearsal is like the first day of the new school year. He was so keyed up before the company meet-and-greet for “The Waverly Gallery,” the Kenneth Lon…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMPlaywright Bekah Brunstetter’s “The Cake” was inspired by news reports about businesses that objected on religious grounds to providing their good and services to gay couples who were …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, September 24, 2018
'Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden': Playwright and director Stan Lai leads audiences on a nocturnal cultural journey at the Huntington's Chinese Garden.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:39PMIt would be hard to find a more enchanting setting for a play than the Huntington’s Chinese Garden in San Marino. This is the locale for playwright and director Stan Lai’s “Nightwalk i…
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