Benjamin Millepied is set to assume his new job as the head of the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet this year. The dancer-choreographer has stated that he will still be involved with his compa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:29PM"Finding Fela!" is a hall-of-mirrors documentary that dissects the complex public persona of the late Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti though the lens of the 2009 Broadway musical biography "Fela…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AMIf Oscar gold eluded Lauren Bacall for decades -- she finally received an honorary statuette in 2010 -- the actress had better luck on Broadway, winning two Tony Awards for stage roles that …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15AMThe Metropolitan Opera has set a new deadline of Sunday for union negotiations to conclude, according to an announcement from the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Met ha…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:52PMThe audience at Sunday's matinee performance of "Broadway Bound" at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles got a surprise visit when the play's author -- Neil Simon -- made an appearan…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:39PMAmerican Ballet Theatre is donating its sizable archives to the Library of Congress, which will open an exhibition focused on the renowned dance company in Washington on Aug. 14. The exhibit…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:09PMMost novice playwrights can only dream of debuting their first works on Broadway. But if your name is Larry David -- the actor-writer behind "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Seinfeld" -- chances …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:37PMThe new revival of the musical "Side Show" that opened at the La Jolla Playhouse last fall and recently ran at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is officially heading …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:28PMTaking on Shakespeare's elderly tragic hero for the first time in his career, John Lithgow opened on Tuesday in "King Lear" in a new production at the Delacorte Theater in New York's Central…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:39PMFollowing innovative productions of musicals like "Pippin" and "Big River" that were performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles has set …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:29PMKeke Palmer will take over the title role in the current revival of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella" in New York, becoming what is believed to be the first black actress to play the ro…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:03PMThe Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera will be scrapping its fall seasons this year as the joint company works its way through financial issues. Leaders are deciding when regular performances…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:59PMThe Metropolitan Opera in New York said on Saturday that the current contracts with two of its unions have been extended for approximately one week to allow for an independent financial stud…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:31AM"Into the Woods" is a musical -- though you wouldn't necessarily know that from watching the recently released teaser trailer for Disney's big-screen adaptation.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:17PMWherever the musical "Hair" is performed, the casting requirements are the same: young, good looking, capable of carrying a rock tune. Looking great in various states of undress also helps.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMThe Metropolitan Opera in New York avoided a lockout of union workers late Thursday by extending contract negotiations by 72 hours. The opera had previously threatened a work stoppage if neg…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00AMAs the lyrics go, Peter Pan is the boy who won't grow up, won't wear a tie and is never, ever gonna be a man. The stage musical version of J.M. Barrie's story has traditionally made Peter's …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:32PMThe Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, which only recently completed its inaugural season, confirmed Thursday that Executive Director Lou Moore has left the fl…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:33PM"Bullets Over Broadway," the first stage musical based on one of Woody Allen's movies, is a comedy about the difficulties of mounting a stage production in New York. It's a challenge that th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:40PMRenée Fleming has performed dozens of opera's leading roles in a professional career that has spanned three decades. This month, the soprano is trying something altogether new for her -- sh…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:36PMIf you thought Rex Reed's reviews of Melissa McCarthy were harsh, his recent assessment of James Franco's debut as a theater director is even more withering.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:36PMSan Diego Opera said on Friday it has resolved its differences with Ian Campbell, the former longtime general and artistic director who left the company in May after the company's announceme…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:06PMElaine Stritch, the theatrical force of nature who died on Thursday at 89, was a foul-mouthed New York legend who seemed to deliver her best performances when she was playing thinly veiled v…
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SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00PMElaine Stritch, the raspy-voiced actress whose forceful personality and salty language enlivened the New York stage for more than six decades, died Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Mich. …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:59PMUnlike Zoe Caldwell, Ron Leibman and Kathleen Chalfant, actor Bryan Cranston will return to a role he played on the New York stage for a small-screen adaptation by HBO.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:44PMThe life of Harvey Milk -- the San Francisco politician and activist who was gunned down in 1978 -- has inspired biographies, documentaries, a play, an opera and the 2008 Oscar-winning biopi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:50AMOne of the most popular and lucrative franchises in classical-music history, the Three Tenors became cultural phenomenon, inspiring adoration among fans and disdain from music purists who re…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:45AMAfter struggling to find an audience on Broadway, the musical "Holler If Ya Hear Me" will close Sunday at the Palace Theatre in New York after running for less than two months.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:43PM"American Psycho," the stage musical version of the infamous Bret Easton Ellis novel, will make its U.S. debut in New York in an off-Broadway production from the Second Stage Theatre. The pr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:37PMLorin Maazel, who died Sunday at 84, was a maestro of the old school -- formidable, intimidating, sometimes autocratic. He was an eminence grise before he went gray and an intellectual who b…
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