Monday, October 28, 2013
With seats scarce and ticket prices through the roof, "Betrayal" is one of the most coveted shows on Broadway. The production features real-life couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz enacting…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:16AMFriday, October 25, 2013
The Old Globe in San Diego will present productions of "Othello" and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" as part of its 2014 summer Shakespeare season, company leaders announced Friday.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMWednesday, October 23, 2013
The World Series, which begins Wednesday at Fenway Park, will pit the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Cardinals in a battle for the Major League Baseball championship. The on-the-field …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:38PMMonday, October 21, 2013
"The Lion King" on Broadway has passed $1 billion in ticket revenues, making it the first New York show to reach the box-office milestone.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:49PMJohn Grisham, the author of such Southern lawyer-in-peril bestsellers as "The Firm" and "The Pelican Brief," has seen seven of his legal thrillers turned into feature films. On Sunday, Grish…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:25PMFriday, October 18, 2013
Vincente Minnelli shot the bulk of his 1951 movie "An American in Paris" on soundstages in Culver City. For the long-gestating stage-musical version of the classic film, producers have chose…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:11AMThursday, October 17, 2013
Before her movie breakout role in "The Deer Hunter" in 1978, for which she received her first of 17 (and counting) Oscar nominations, Meryl Streep was a hard-working New York stage actress w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMTuesday, October 15, 2013
Rufus Norris, who began his career as an actor before turning to directing, has been tapped to succeed Nicholas Hytner as the new director of Britain's presitigious National Theatre. Norri…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30AMSaturday, October 12, 2013
L.A. Opera has no plans to stage Philip Glass' 'The Perfect American' even though it's set in the city. It depicts Walt Disney in a poor light.Philip Glass' groundbreaking American opera "Ei…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMFriday, October 11, 2013
Janis Joplin died in 1970 at the age of 27, but her spirit is being conjured nightly in the new production "A Night with Janis Joplin" that opened this week at the Lyceum Theatre in New York.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:46AMThursday, October 10, 2013
Casting age-appropriate actors for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" was never practically possible. The roles of the tragic lovers have traditionally been played by actors older than the ado…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:14PMThe biggest box-office hit of the new Broadway season hasn't even officially opened yet.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:34AMWednesday, October 9, 2013
CBS will once again broadcast the annual Tony Awards ceremony, with next year's show scheduled for June 8 at Radio City Music Hall. As in the past, the network will broadcast the cer…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:46PMTuesday, October 8, 2013
Patrice Chéreau, the accomplished French director who died Monday in Paris at 68 following a battle with lung cancer, was a master of many art forms.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:29AMMonday, October 7, 2013
Patrick Bateman, the homicidal Wall Street executive of Bret Easton Ellis' ultra-gory novel "American Psycho," was memorably played by Christian Bale in the 2000 movie adaptation. For the co…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:43PM"Big Fish," the new musical based on the 2003 Tim Burton movie -- as well as the original novel by Daniel Wallace -- made its big splash on Broadway over the weekend, opening at the Neil Sim…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:21PMBryan Cranston, who recently completed his run in the AMC drama series "Breaking Bad," will be taking his current stage role as President Lyndon Johnson to New York. The actor will appear in…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:28AMThursday, October 3, 2013
"Kinky Boots," the popular Broadway musical based on the 2006 Miramax film of the same name, has turned a profit on its $13.5-million investment.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:30PMWednesday, October 2, 2013
Carnegie Hall's opening night gala -- an annual highlight of the New York cultural calendar -- has been canceled at the last minute because of a strike by the organization's stagehands.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:50PMAnnie Baker and Rajiv Joseph have been named the winners of the 6th Annual Steinberg Playwright Award, an annual theater honor organized by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:54PMTuesday, October 1, 2013
New York City Opera, the venerated institution that New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia once affectionately dubbed the "people's opera," has officially lowered the curtain for good.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:20PMMonday, September 30, 2013
When renowned tenor Plácido Domingo was still a virtual unknown singer from Spain he made his Los Angeles-area debut at the Music Center in 1967 in a touring series by the New York City Ope…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:26PMSaturday, September 28, 2013
New York's second-largest opera company appears to be on the brink of bankruptcy as an emergency fundraising effort is failing to meet its target, barring any last-minute miracle.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:44PMThursday, September 26, 2013
The number of people who attended an art show or a performing arts event in the U.S. continues to slide, according to a report released this week by the National Endowment for the Arts.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:29PMFormer heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is currently opening the doors to his private life in the reality TV series "Being: Mike Tyson" on the Fox Sports 1 channel. Starting next year,…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM"Humor Abuse" -- the comedic memoir play by Lorenzo Pisoni that recently opened at the Mark Taper Forum -- has received a significant publicity boost thanks to a related Kickstarter campaign…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:47AMWednesday, September 25, 2013
"Homeland," Showtime's critically acclaimed series set in the world of CIA operatives, is a serious and brooding drama about the fight against terrorism. Which of course makes it a natural f…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThe 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, who were announced Tuesday evening, feature a distinguished honor roll of 24 recipients in various fields of study. Among the recipients this year are …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00AMMonday, September 23, 2013
During their long tenure as artistic directors of South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, David Emmes and Martin Benson nurtured numerous plays that have gone on to national prominence, includi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PMIt is the West End play that will not be ignored . A stage version of the 1987 movie "Fatal Attraction" will open on London's West End next year. The play, directed by the award-winning Tre…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:30AMFriday, September 20, 2013
"Romeo and Juliet," Shakesepeare's most enduring tragic love story, has found its way back to Broadway after nearly three decades. Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad are this year's star-cross…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:55PM 
