Monday, June 22, 2015
Ann Ziff, the noted philanthropist and chair of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, is adding another entry to her roster of Los Angeles board positions.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:53PM[SHARE]Friday, June 19, 2015
There aren't that many operas that can count classical music and heavy-metal rock among the sources of inspiration. But then "Dog Days" is about as far from conventional as contemporary oper…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:02PM[SHARE]Plà cido Domingo has canceled his upcoming appearance in Woody Allen's staging of "Gianni Schicchi" in Madrid, due to the recent death of his sister, the tenor's publicist confirmed on Thu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 18, 2015
Each year, the hoopla over the Tony Awards gives way to Broadway's most barren season - the dog days of summer, a period that typically sees the fewest number of new shows open of any time o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 16, 2015
"Bright Star," the new musical from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will play at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington starting in December, before a planned Broad…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:51PM[SHARE]Monday, June 15, 2015
Each year, the hoopla over the Tony Awards gives way to Broadway's most barren season " the dog days of summer, a period that typically sees the fewest number of new shows open of any time o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:10AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 13, 2015
Gil Cates Jr. has been named executive director of the Geffen Playhouse, the company's board of directors will announce on Friday. Cates has been serving as interim managing director of the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:09AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 10, 2015
There aren't that many operas that can count classical music and heavy-metal rock among the sources of inspiration. But then "Dog Days" is about as far from conventional as contemporary oper…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:17PM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2015
In the battle of the alpha movie producers on Broadway, the winner on Sunday was as obvious as Alan Cumming's Scottish brogue. Actually, there was really no contest at all.Â
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:26PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 7, 2015
In a Broadway season that largely lacked blockbuster horsepower and runaway hits, the Tony Awards on Sunday opted for old-fashioned razzle-dazzle, with co-hosts Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:12PM[SHARE]It dominated the Olivier Awards two years ago. It has become a box-office draw on both sides of the Atlantic. On Sunday, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" continued its str…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:12PM[SHARE]In a Broadway season that largely lacked blockbuster horsepower and runaway hits, the Tony Awards on Sunday opted for old-fashioned razzle-dazzle, with co-hosts Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 3, 2015
"Finding Neverland" came up with a big fat zero when the Tony Award nominations were announced in April, but the blockbuster musical's complete shut-out won't stop producer Harvey Wein…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:43PM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
She's in 'Promises, Promises' on Broadway, but she'll be in L.A. Friday in concerts at Disney Hall. Then there's 'Promises' to wrap and a new album and more 'Glee' and, well, whew!...
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2015
In the ongoing wage dispute between many small Los Angeles theater companies and Actors' Equity Assn., a strange sideshow has developed between Evidence Room, a small L.A. theater company…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 14, 2015
While celebrities and fashion usually take the spotlight at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, this year's edition allowed members of L.A. Dance Project to share the glory whe…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Rachel Rosenthal, the celebrated performance and theater artist who for 50 years brought experimental productions and other unclassifiable creations to audiences around Southern California, …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:29PM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2015
Gustavo Dudamel and his wife, EloÃsa Maturén, are teaming up on a production of Ariel Dorfman's play "Death and the Maiden" that is expected to open in the fall in Hollywood. The p…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:15PM[SHARE]Friday, May 8, 2015
Idina Menzel will reprise her role in the Broadway musical "If/Then" when the national tour kicks off later this year, with the Tony Award-winning actress set to come to the Pantages i…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2015
It's been 45 years since Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw starred together in "Love Story," the 1970 romantic weepie that helped to turn both actors into megastars.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2015
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Eric Idle, who penned the hit musical comedy "Monty Python's Spamalot" that debuted on Broadway 10 years ago, will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning show when it is staged at the Ho…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:48PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 25, 2015
In "The Anarchist," by David Mamet, a former political radical who has served 35 years in jail argues for clemency from a prison official who holds the power to set her free.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Director Mario Bava's 1961 movie, "Hercules in the Haunted World," is a sword-and-sandal adventure with low-budget production values, atrocious acting and even worse dubbing.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:41PM[SHARE]Monday, April 20, 2015
Stephen Adly Guirgis has won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play "Between Riverside and Crazy," the story of a retired policeman who faces the possibility of losing his home.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:59PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 18, 2015
Hot off the worldwide box-office success of Disney's "Cinderella," Kenneth Branagh will be heading back to the London theater scene to produce a new series of plays, including a staging of "…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:36PM[SHARE]Monday, April 6, 2015
The Geffen Playhouse will mark its 20th anniversary season in September with a lineup featuring recent works by John Patrick Shanley, Sarah Ruhl, Laura Eason, Bess Wohl and Rajiv Joseph.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:36PM[SHARE]After nearly a year and a half on Broadway, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" has finally broken even. The Tony Award-winning musical recouped its $7.5-million capitalization, produce…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:22PM[SHARE]Friday, April 3, 2015
