Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Debra Jo Rupp has had more than 300 TV and film roles, and she’s still best known as doting mom Kitty Forman in “That ’70s Show.” But the actress is most at home onstage, she says, w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, June 12, 2017
“Well, hello, Tony!” That could have been Bette Midler’s mantra Sunday evening as she took the stage to accept her award for lead actress in a musical for “Hello, Dolly!” Throughou…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00AMWednesday, June 7, 2017
You could say Susan Stroman is crazy for the musical. In 1992 Stroman launched her career by choreographing the original Broadway production of “Crazy for You,” a Wall Street-boy-meets-M…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMSaturday, May 13, 2017
The Ford Theatres, the 97-year-old outdoor amphitheatre nestled in the Hollywood Hills, has finally completed its $72.2-million renovation, and the facility is promising a spirit of collabor…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PMTuesday, April 18, 2017
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is hardly a shoestring operation, with its $255-million endowment and an annual budget of $120 million for the 2015-16 season. The 106-member orchestra led by Gu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMFriday, March 31, 2017
“Hamilton” may celebrate inclusion, but the frenzied quest for tickets to the musical’s Los Angeles run has left some ticket hopefuls confused or worried they will be left out. Perform…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:30PMTuesday, March 14, 2017
Los Angeles “Hamilton” fans, take note: 10 a.m. April 30. That’s when individual tickets for the musical’s run at the Hollywood Pantages will go on sale, the theater announced Tuesda…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMTuesday, February 14, 2017
Randall Arney is stepping down as artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, the company said Tuesday. After 17 years with the company, Arney will leave when his contract ends i…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:20PMWhen the Hollywood Bowl announces its 2017 summer season on Tuesday, the lineup will swing from the ABBA musical “Mamma Mia!” to a Gustavo Dudamel-conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphon…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMTuesday, February 7, 2017
Al Pacino stumbles onstage during rehearsals at the Pasadena Playhouse, his rumpled suit too loose, his hair disheveled, his eyes buggy. The set of playwright Dotson Rader’s “God Looked …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMFriday, January 6, 2017
If you missed George Takei’s Broadway musical, “Allegiance” — or the subsequent one-night-only screening of the live production in movie theaters nationwide — then fear not. It…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:50PMThursday, December 22, 2016
If there was an arts buzzword for 2016, it was “immersive.” The word landed in our email boxes with invites to immersive theater events. It topped press releases announcing immersive …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMThursday, November 17, 2016
The portrait is tall and stately, its subject a distinguished gentleman who stands with chest puffed out, proudly. But here's the thing: He wears no pants. The man, it turns out, stands atop…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMThursday, September 22, 2016
Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty has written that we’re enjoying “one of the most exciting periods in American playwriting in at least a generation,” one in which “…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:05AMSaturday, August 20, 2016
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced Friday that it has named Gerun Riley as its new president. Riley has spent 13 years with the Broad Foundation, which provides grants in educatio…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:32PMTuesday, July 5, 2016
Christopher Verdugo, executive director of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, is engaged in something of an alphabet scramble: The leader of GMCLA is headed to the SFGMC - the San Francisc…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:50PMFriday, April 1, 2016
The stage is sparse but for seven plywood boxes, lined up like train cars and bathed in the golden light of dusk. One by one, the kids climb atop the boxes, which rumble and shake beneath th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:42AMFriday, January 22, 2016
Deaf West’s revival of the musical “Spring Awakening” is closing Sunday at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after more than 130 performances on Broadway. “Spring Awakening” is based on …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:39PMWednesday, December 23, 2015
The crowd of about 200 huddled in the parking lot of San Pedro City Ballet, ensconced in fog and drizzle. Restless and excited, they might have been awaiting the arrival of a rock legend. So…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:14AMWednesday, December 9, 2015
If you missed the L.A. run of “Hit the Wall,” the popular and well-reviewed play about the 1969 Stonewall riots, you have one last chance: Five performances have been added for January. …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:39PMMonday, December 7, 2015
Musical theater lovers weren’t hit with too many surprises Monday with the 2016 Grammy nominations in the theater album category. Of the five Broadway cast recordings recognized, four had …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:27PMFriday, November 20, 2015
Playwright Young Jean Lee wants to brutalize you. She wants to get in your face and make you, the audience, squirm, so that you leave the theater questioning not just what you've seen but yo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:52PMThursday, November 19, 2015
The cast of Deaf West Theatre's revival of the musical "Spring Awakening" will give a special performance of the show today at the White House -- nude scene and all –- and it will be live-…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:47AMSaturday, November 7, 2015
Choreographer Rudy Perez may be 85 and legally blind, but when he strolls along the sidewalks near Hollywood and Vine on a recent afternoon, his vision is crystal clear. Gripping his cane, t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:10AMSaturday, August 1, 2015
Growing up in England, fine art photographer Ellie Davies spent afternoons frolicking in the forest with her twin sister, Rebecca - they played hide-and-seek, got blissfully lost in the dimn…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:05PMSaturday, July 25, 2015
The Mark Taper Forum is dark and still during a tense scene in a preview performance of "Bent," Martin Sherman's 1979 play about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:07AMMonday, June 8, 2015
Like any of life's extreme events, awards shows bring out the best and worst in their players. Here are some of most memorable moments from the 69th Tony Awards:
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:24AMSunday, June 7, 2015
"Fun Home" snagged the top honor at the Tonys on Sunday for best musical. The production, based on Alison Bechdel’s acclaimed graphic memoir, earned 12 nods and was considered a front-runn…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:29PMBroadway first-timer Alex Sharp won the Tony Award for lead actor in a play Sunday night. The actor was considered a front-runner in the category for his role in “The Curious Incident of t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:12PMWednesday, June 3, 2015
What’s the meaning of life? What’s the point of economic privilege if it comes with an even steeper cost? What’s life without salad?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:38AMTuesday, April 28, 2015
Alison Bechdel’s graphic coming-of-age memoir, “Fun Home,” doesn’t exactly seem the stuff of Broadway musicals. The book -- which has become a touchstone of gender identity since its…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:45PM 
