Monday, August 6, 2012
When she isn't busy hearing arguments at the highest court in the land, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg can sometimes be found across town at the Kennedy Center as a spectator at t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:05AMThe private lives of dance choreographers usually don't make for exciting headlines. But then most choreographers can't claim to be in a relationship with an Oscar-winning Hollywood star.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:06AMFriday, August 3, 2012
Joan Stein, a Tony-winning theater and screen producer whose diverse career included many Los Angeles stage productions, died on Friday at 59. She had been battling cancer and died atCedars…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:28PMThursday, August 2, 2012
New York and London are among the top major international cities in terms of cultural offerings, according to a new study. The results are part of a recently published survey titled the Worl…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:44PMJerry Lewis officially unveiled his new stage-musical version of "The Nutty Professor" this week in Nashville. The brief engagement, which runs through Aug. 19, is an out-of-town tryout in a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45AMWednesday, August 1, 2012
Gore Vidal, who died Tuesday at 86, was a cultural icon who occupied a uniquely wide-ranging position in American letters. An essayist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter and occasional acto…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMMonday, July 30, 2012
The Pasadena Playhouse has found itself in a disagreement with a writer over a new stage comedy titled "Tales of a Fourth Grade Lesbo."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00PMFriday, July 27, 2012
Lupe Ontiveros, who died Thursday at age 69, was an actress whom many knew from her comedic supporting roles in movies and television. But Ontiveros was also a long-standing member of the Lo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:26PMThursday, July 26, 2012
The producers behind the new stage musical version of "Sleepless in Seattle" said on Thursday that they have hired a new songwriting team for the delayed project. They also said the musical …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:42PMAn actress who appeared in the recent Broadway revival of "Godspell" learned the hard way that tweeting negative comments about another show is frowned upon by the New York theater community.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:13AMWednesday, July 25, 2012
Behind many notable television careers is a theater background, and Sherman Hemsley, who died this week at 74, was no exception. The star of the long-running CBS sitcom "The Jeffersons," Hem…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:47PMWhen the cheerleading musical "Bring It On" was getting ready to begin its national tour at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in 2011, some of the marketing material referred to it as an "…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:05AMMonday, July 23, 2012
Cate Blanchett is the marquee name of the Sydney Theater Co.'s production of "Uncle Vanya," now playing in New York as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:50PMLA JOLLA — The controversy over the casting of a new musical set in China with mostly non-Asians provoked a series of heated exchanges at a public forum arranged by the La Jolla Playho…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:22AMThe Old Globe in San Diego will hold special autism-friendly performance of its annual holiday production of "Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMThursday, July 19, 2012
The musical still has plenty of seats left for its coming run at the spacious Pantages.The hottest ticket on Broadway is far from the boiling point in Los Angeles -- at least so far.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:30PMStarting in its new season, Los Angeles Opera will begin to roll out a new program, titled L.A. Opera Off Grand, that seeks to bring productions to parts of Southern California that are far …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:15AM"The Nightingale," a new musical being presented at the La Jolla Playhouse, has drawn sharp criticism in recent days for the relative lack of Asian American actors in a work set in ancient C…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMWednesday, July 18, 2012
Christopher Ashley, the artistic director the La Jolla Playhouse, said Wednesday that he had not anticipated the level of negative feedback the company has received from members of the Asian…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:21PMThe La Jolla Playhouse has been receiving a barrage of negative criticism from members of the Asian American community in recent days over its casting choices for the new musical "The Nighti…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:57AMMonday, July 16, 2012
Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, is being honored for his cultural philanthropy at this year's annual National Arts Awards. The list of honorees also includes stage ac…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:12PMCeleste Holm, who died Sunday at 95, had a lengthy career on stage and screen. But one of the actress' foremost passions was situated far from the entertainment industry.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:07AMWednesday, July 11, 2012
Nina Arianda's career has been on a hot streak since she wowed audiences in David Ives' drama "Venus in Fur," which debuted at the Classic Stage Co. in New York and transferred to Broadway…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMMonday, July 9, 2012
It's easy to forget that Alan Cumming is Scottish, given his facility with accents and extensive work in the U.S., including his supporting role in CBS' "The Good Wife." This summer, Cumming…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:16PMFriday, July 6, 2012
An accomplished Shakespearean actress crosses the gender divide in her upcoming role for the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles.Any list of the country's top Shakespearean performers would be…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:26PMThursday, July 5, 2012
The Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood will close for renovations in October, with a reopening set for May 2013. The renovations -- which are part of a larger, planned overhaul of the 1920 facil…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:44PMMonday, July 2, 2012
The latest edition of the annual Ojai Playwrights Conference, set for August, will feature a new play by Terrence McNally, as well as return appearances by Stephen Adly Guirgis and Father …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:46PMMonday, June 25, 2012
"The Book of Mormon"has lined up its ensemble cast for its first national tour, which kicks off in Denver in August and comes to Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre in September.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:42PMThursday, June 21, 2012
Audra McDonald won her fifth Tony Award earlier this month for her performance in "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" on Broadway, but ticket-holders expecting to catch her in the musical in the…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:59AMWednesday, June 20, 2012
The L.A. Opera is on challenging ground as local groups like the L.A. Phil, The Industry and Jacaranda stage inventive productions of opera and opera-like music theater.This spring, opera in…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMMonday, June 18, 2012
Mary-Louise Parker, John Leguizamo and Cheyenne Jackson will be among the new faces joining the nominating committee for next year's Tony Awards. The committee decides on the Tony nominees b…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:03PM 
