Friday, March 21, 2025
Kennedy Center contract employee Tavish Forsyth, troubled by President Trump's takeover of the national arts institution, strips naked and delivers a 35-minute protest poem suggesting that a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:54AMMonday, March 10, 2025
The L.A. County Museum of Art announces three commissions for large-scale outdoor art around its new David Geffen Galleries, including one work that could end up being a civic landmark like …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:08AMFriday, March 7, 2025
A golden era at the Los Angeles Philharmonic approaches its end as the organization announces its final season under Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel before he departs for the New…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:50AMSaturday, February 22, 2025
The Kennedy Center downplays CPAC comments from longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon that a choir composed of Jan. 6 rioters will perform at the Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:36AMThursday, February 13, 2025
A new board of Trump allies makes him chairman of the Kennedy Center and fires the arts organization's longtime leader, Deborah Rutter.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:03AMSunday, February 9, 2025
President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint himself chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The org says it has 'received no official communications' about…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:59PMSunday, January 12, 2025
Historic landmarks by the likes of Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey and a noted Midcentury retreat by architect Ray Kappe have been lost. Here's our residential architecture list, to be updated reg…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:35AMTuesday, November 12, 2024
It's not often that two major stars of the small screen appear together onstage in one of the 20th century's most significant works of modernist drama. But that's just what's happened as Aas…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:47PMThursday, June 13, 2024
Here's how you can watch, and stream, the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday — all three hours of it.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:58PMThursday, May 16, 2024
A year after winning the Regional Theatre Tony Award, Pasadena Playhouse unveils its 2024-25 season and readies to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its historic building.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMMonday, April 29, 2024
Helder Guimarães and Frank Marshall created the rare COVID-era theater hit with "The Present." They're back with "The Hope Theory," a magic show about the immigrant experience.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMTuesday, November 28, 2023
The bestselling children's book series 'Dog Man' gets the musical treatment in a touring show playing at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMFriday, September 1, 2023
Named after late actor Leonard Nimoy, CAP UCLA's renovated, multi-use 300-seat venue at Westwood's historic Crest Theatre will be L.A.'s newest performing arts space.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMSaturday, June 17, 2023
The titan of L.A. theater, Center Theatre Group, is shutting down the Mark Taper Forum for at least a year to save money. Will other theaters follow?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:05PMThursday, June 15, 2023
Facing a budget shortfall of millions of dollars, Center Theatre Group on Thursday announced that it will lay off about 10% of its full-time staff and pause season programming at Mark Taper …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:11PMSunday, June 11, 2023
Tony Awards viewers expecting to stream the 76th awards on Paramount+ found themselves watching last year's show instead.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:53PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
'Some Like it Hot' emerged as the most nominated musical for the 2023 Tony Awards, with 13 nods. The awards show will take place on June 11.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:46AMThursday, March 23, 2023
Jeremy B. Cohen will replace Robert Egan as the producing artistic director of Ojai Playwrights Conference. Egan was at the helm for more than 20 years.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMThursday, February 2, 2023
In his recently-published memoir "My Own Directions: A Black Man's Journey in the American Theatre," Sheldon Epps reflects on his 20-year tenure as artistic director of the Pasadena Playhous…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMWednesday, November 16, 2022
The Ahmanson Theatre has a hit with the supernatural thriller "2:22 — A Ghost Story," starring Constance Wu and Finn Wittrock.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFriday, September 16, 2022
Broadway's "The Phantom of the Opera" will close after a record-breaking 35-year run. With the pandemic keeping audiences away, the iconic show is among many unable to stage a lasting comeba…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:41PMWednesday, August 31, 2022
Matt Shakman, who has served as the artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse since 2017, has announced his intention to step down in February 2023. Shakman plans to join the company's board…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:18PMFriday, August 26, 2022
The premier theater centered on deaf culture has plans for a 'CODA' musical and 'Encanto' videos. But first: 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa, coming this fall.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMThursday, June 9, 2022
The 75th Tony Awards will air live, coast-to-coast, on Sunday, June 12, with a one-hour pre-show streaming on Paramount+. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose hosts.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
After nearly two years of pandemic closures, live theater has returned. But attendance is down, operational costs are soaring, and leaders are worried.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:41PMWednesday, February 16, 2022
The actor takes on the role of a Harvard professor under fire for inviting a white nationalist to speak on campus in a production opening this week at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMTuesday, January 11, 2022
After its 'A Christmas Carol' shuttered shortly after opening, the company will launch a new show this weekend, 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:57PMFriday, January 7, 2022
Many local arts groups are taking a more moderate approach to this moment of peak COVID, allowing safeguards such as boosters to ramp up weeks after shows open.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMWednesday, November 24, 2021
Playwright Dominique Morisseau pulls her play, canceling the rest of its West Coast premiere, after artists were "verbally abused and diminished."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:58PMWednesday, October 20, 2021
The historic Plaza Theatre, where Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra performed and where "My Fair Lady" and "The Music Man" had world premieres, takes a big step toward restoration.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:27PMThursday, September 30, 2021
Center Theatre Group revealed its upcoming slate of productions, including "The Lehman Trilogy" and a Mike Birbiglia show.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM 
