Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Mike Daisey, the New York theater performer who got into trouble earlier this year when it was revealed that he fabricated elements of his play about Apple, has already begun planning his ne…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:15AMTuesday, April 10, 2012
"The Lion King" has dethroned "The Phantom of the Opera" as Broadway's all-time box-office champion. The Disney musical, based on the popular animated movie, has grossed a total of $853.8 mi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:16PMFriday, April 6, 2012
Few actors own a role the way Hal Holbrook owns Mark Twain. The Tony- and Emmy-winning actor, who recently turned 87, has played the humorist in his one-man stage play “Mark Twain Tonight!…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, April 5, 2012
"Glee" actor Jonathan Groff will appear opposite Alfred Molina in the L.A. premiere of John Logan's two-person play "Red," at the Mark Taper Forum beginning August.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:04PMWednesday, April 4, 2012
The Metropolitan Opera is in full "Ring" mode this month as it prepares to launch the complete staging of its new, multi-million dollar production of Wagner's four-part epic, directed by Rob…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:17PM"Seinfeld" actor Jason Alexander is to receive the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement, presented by the Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:05AMAmy Adams has showed off her singing chops in the movies "Enchanted" and last year's "The Muppets." Now the three-time Oscar nominee will have chance to sing for live audiences on a daily ba…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:20AMTuesday, April 3, 2012
Organizers of the Tony Awards said Tuesday that Neil Patrick Harris will host Broadway's biggest night for the third time. The awards show is scheduled to take place Sunday June 10 at the Be…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:56PMMonday, April 2, 2012
Lee Strasberg, the acting instructor who promulgated the Method style of acting and nurtured the careers of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Al Pacino and many more, left behind a wealth of docum…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:09PMGore Vidal's 1960 play "The Best Man" receives an all-star revival on Broadway, with James Earl Jones, John Larroquette, Eric McCormack, Angela Lansbury, Michael McKean and Candice Bergen.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMThursday, March 29, 2012
Gavin Creel, the Tony-nominated actor who starred in the recent Broadway revival of "Hair," will trade in his love beads for the Holy Scripture when he joins the national tour of "The Book o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:45PMSusan Boyle can add a new category to her showbiz resume. The frumpy Scots woman, who became an international celebrity in 2009 when she belted showtunes on the reality TV show "Britain's Go…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:45AMMonday, March 26, 2012
Mike Daisey, the New York theater performer who has been at the center of a media controversy surrounding his solo show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," has issued an apology on hi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:24PMTim Tebow, the former Denver Broncos quarterback who was recently traded to the New York Jets, paid a visit to Broadway this weekend, attending a performance of the hit musical "Wicked" at t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMThursday, March 22, 2012
Appearances by the performance artists known as the "NEA Four" will be among the highlights of the new 2012-13 season at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. The season, which…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMWednesday, March 21, 2012
"The Book of Mormon" will offer a free performance on June 6, with tickets distributed via a lottery system. Entries are accepted at the box office of the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:11PMTuesday, March 20, 2012
Mike Daisey is still standing his ground and refusing to retreat. In fact, he is taking the counter-offensive, blasting the media for what he sees as their obsession with him.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:09AMThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle handed out its annual awards at a ceremony Monday at A Noise Within in Pasadena. The evening's biggest winners were "Margo Veil," a new play by Len Jenki…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00AMMonday, March 19, 2012
Janai Brugger is among the winners of this year's Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The soprano is currently enrolled in Los Angeles Opera's Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Progra…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:59PMSo who exactly is Mike Daisey, and what kind of theater does he practice?So who exactly is Mike Daisey, and what kind of theater does he practice?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:42PMThe former boxing champion wants to take his one-man Las Vegas show to New York.The former boxing champion wants to take his one-man Las Vegas show to New York.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:58AMMike Daisey, an actor, writer and solo stage performer, has become fodder for commentators and journalists across the country after NPR's program "This American Life" retracted a story that …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMMike Tyson wants to take his one-man Las Vegas show to New York
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:15AMWednesday, March 14, 2012
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots," the new musical based on the Flaming Lips' 2002 album of the same name, will make its debut later this year at the La Jolla Playhouse, the theater company …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:24PMTuesday, March 13, 2012
"Downton Abbey" creator and writer Julian Fellowes will pen the screenplay while Streisand and Joel Silver produce, but a director has not been announced"Downton Abbey" creator and writer Ju…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:04PMThe on-again, off-again movie adaptation of "Gypsy," with Barbra Streisand in the lead, is officially on again. Universal announced Tuesday that the movie project is moving forward with "Dow…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:57PMDarren Criss will provide a good measure of star power when San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre throws its annual season gala in April.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:48PMLoLos Angeles Theatre Works is changing radio stations in its hometown. Starting March 25, the radio-play series will begin broadcasting on KPFK-FM (90.7) each Sunday at 8 p.m. The show will…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:25AMMonday, March 12, 2012
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada has chosen from within its own ranks for a new artistic director.The Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada has chosen from within its own rank…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:19PMAntoni Cimolino will succeed Des McAnuff as artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:08PMThe play is scheduled to have its premiere at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. It is set to run Jan. 10 to Feb. 2.The play is scheduled to have its premiere at the Royal Manito…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:38AM 
