Growing up in 1980s Detroit as part of the Winans gospel clan, music was a way of life for BeBe and CeCe Winans — and later it became a calling. After the teenage brother-sister duo joined…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMThe Hammer’s annual fundraising soiree will be especially smart this year: The museum announced on Friday that Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay and Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMDebra 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 09:00AM“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 12:00AMYou 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 09:00AMThe 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 04:00PMThe 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 11:00AM“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 04:30PMLos 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 09:00AMRandall 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 06:00AMAl 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 06:00AMIf 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 05:50PMIf 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 09:00AMThe 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 11:00AMLos 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 12:05AMThe 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 04:32PMChristopher 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 09:50PMThe 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 10:42AMDeaf 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 12:39PMThe 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 11:14AMIf 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 05:39PMMusical 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 07:27PMPlaywright 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 06:52PMThe 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 08:47AMChoreographer 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 07:10AMGrowing 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 05:05PMThe 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 08:07AMLike 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 09:24AM"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…
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