Monday, June 10, 2013
Charles McNulty , The Times theater critic, shared his insights about the 2013 Tony Awards and the upcoming theatrical season in an hourlong chat Monday with readers.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:52PMA jubilant show marked by another stellar night from Neil Patrick Harris flaunts the Great White Way's unconventional spirit.Few may be popping Champagne corks for a Broadway season in which…
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Critic's Notebook: The season's cavalcade of TV and movie stars teaches fresh lessons about when such casting works (Tom Hanks) and when it doesn't (Emilia Clarke).Another Broadway season, a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:49PMNathan Lane announces that he's through with musicals
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:34PMWith 'The Producers,' the actor inscribed himself in theatrical memory. He's grateful, but he keeps redefining himself, now with a Tony nomination for 'The Nance.'NEW YORK — If you wer…
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The stage musical version of the 1993 movie, at Pasadena Playhouse, is so wrongheaded that it might keep musical theater lovers awake with worry.Awash in music, "Sleepless in Seattle," Nora …
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The tale of the unjustly accused Scottsboro Nine is reenacted as an irreverent carnival show with stinging and stunning effect at the Ahmanson Theatre."The Scottsboro Boys" has finally arriv…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:30PMMonday, May 13, 2013
Sometimes a performance is so finely adept that you forget the actor and see only the character. The dancer is inseparable from the dance, to borrow Yeats’ timeless formulation.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:15AMThursday, May 9, 2013
At the Mark Taper Forum, August Wilson's play towers once again as it tells of a man, and a nation, seeking wholeness again after dark, dehumanizing days.The setting for August Wilson's magn…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:45PMThursday, May 2, 2013
August Strindberg's landmark drama at Geffen Playhouse is set in Jazz Age Long Island. Awkward dialogue and mismatched actors make for a misguided play.August Strindberg's "Miss Julie," a ke…
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Despite Broadway's commercial direction, there are nods to work that deserves a salute. Tom Hanks' deserved nomination underscores the wealth of acting talent.The Tony nominations were annou…
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Ten noteworthy plot turns in the 2013 Tony nominations
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The writer reflects on a hectic, heady time with recent work that includes 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' 'The Assembled Parties' and 'Far From Heaven.'NEW YORK — "I'm too tired to be anxio…
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The actress' talent buoys the monologue, but the script doesn't delve into what made Sue Mengers capable of becoming the successful Hollywood agent she was.NEW YORK — Enthroned on her …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00PMTuesday, April 23, 2013
The actress' turn in the Broadway revival of the Horton Foote work is graceful and memorable. But Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams don't measure up. — Broadway for Cicely Tyson is…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:34PMMonday, April 22, 2013
The actress humanizes the iconic mother of Jesus in the Broadway staging of the one-woman play by Colm Toibin, directed by Deborah Warner. NEW YORK — Sucking on a cigarette and swiggin…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:55PMWednesday, April 17, 2013
Seth Numrich is a marvel of adolescent illumination as a struggling gay teen in a play by Daniel Talbott that is at once rich and unwieldy.Eli (played by rising theater star Seth Numrich) is…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMThursday, April 11, 2013
No-nonsense direction by Randall Arney and compelling acting by Bill Smitrovich, Freddy Rodriguez and Ron Eldard make this work a pleasure to revisit.David Mamet's "American Buffalo" is set …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
The language, though a lot to process, drives this stage adaptation of the author's novel set in the African Congo.Actors' Gang stalwart Brian T. Finney invites us to once again venture deep…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30PMThursday, April 4, 2013
The musical about a drag queen and a shoe factory owner has songs by theater newcomer Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, who makes rookie mistakes.NEW YORK — Let the record s…
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Critic's Notebook: The theatrical legend majestically illuminates the gaps in budding playwright Jesse Eisenberg's 'The Revisionist,' a precious gift to an emerging talent.NEW YORK — O…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00PMMonday, April 1, 2013
The late author magnificently conjures the era of tabloid news wars, with a winning ensemble led by Tom Hanks in his Broadway debut.NEW YORK — In the program for "Lucky Guy," the play …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:40PMSaturday, March 30, 2013
In his Tony-winning 'History Boys' turn, the late actor spoke an eternal truth about the meeting of minds. His companionable spirit will be missed.Richard Griffiths was an actor of enormous …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMFriday, March 29, 2013
Critic's Notebook: The dramatist who used to regularly scorch the stage with complex stories has let his anti-P.C. rage blunt his work.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:10PMTuesday, March 26, 2013
Jennifer Haley's new drama, at the Douglas, surfs a part of the Web where fantasy threatens to bleed into reality. It's a gripping piece, terrifically performed. In the musical "Avenue Q," t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMTuesday, March 19, 2013
Ken LaZebnik's drama at the Fountain Theatre presents a couple with autism, and the value of the play's advocacy shouldn't be underestimated. Cormac is a law-school-bound young man living in…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:15PMMonday, March 18, 2013
Matthew Arkin makes the audience feel for the morbidly obese, grieving and suicidal Charlie in Samuel D. Hunter's funny, angry and moving play.The spectacle of Charlie digging into a family-…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:10PMSaturday, March 16, 2013
The English actress visits L.A. in her Tony-nominated role in 'End of the Rainbow.' Playing the star is draining, but, the actress says, 'I've always had stamina.'For movie musical lovers in…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMFriday, March 15, 2013
This faux-Edwardian musical has its charms, but its animating force is Jefferson Mays as a series of doomed, oblivious aristocrats.SAN DIEGO— All the buzz about "A Gentleman's Guide to…
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