Friday, December 6, 2013
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"Romeo and Juliet," Shakesepeare's most enduring tragic love story, has found its way back to Broadway after nearly three decades. Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad are this year's star-cross…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:55PMThursday, September 19, 2013
Call it luck or coincidence -- some of Broadway's top performers happen to be hitting Los Angeles and Orange County stages in the coming weeks. That's four performers with 10 Tony Awards amo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:15PMWednesday, June 26, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Cyndi Lauper's post Tony Awards tweet was to the point: "I won!" she said succinctly Sunday night. And she underscored the victory with a fierce photo of herself with her freshly won Tony …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:30PMTuesday, April 30, 2013
Within minutes after they were nominated for Tony awards Tuesday morning, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein and Lin-Manuel Miranda were among the nominees tweeting their reactions.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:45AMSunday, April 28, 2013
Tuesday is a big day for Broadway with the Tony nominations set for a live webcast starting at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PMWednesday, February 27, 2013
"The Death of Klinghoffer," the controversial 1991 opera by John Adams, is scheduled to make its much-belated Los Angeles-area debut in 2014. But the producing company won't be L.A. Opera, w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMTuesday, February 26, 2013
Alas, ABC Family ’s “Bunheads” finished its second season this week. That’s the fast-talking series starring Broadway triple threat Sutton Foster.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:41PMThursday, February 21, 2013
Mix two actors with reputations for passion and stormy personalities and it's not surprising things did not turn out as planned for an upcoming Broadway production of "Orphans" that was to h…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:50AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
Pasadena Symphony and Pops has scheduled a free concert on the steps of Pasadena's City Hall Sept. 22 to celebrate the life and music of Marvin Hamlisch .
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:38PMTuesday, August 7, 2012
Marvin Hamlisch, who died Monday in Los Angeles at 68, was an indelible composer across the entertainment universe, with memorable contributions in theater, movies and television.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PMFriday, May 4, 2012
Mash-ups of Broadway titles are popular among the theater Twitterverse. Since today is considered " Star Wars" Day (who knew?), the hashtag #Broadwaystarwars got the creative juices flowi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:50PMWednesday, March 28, 2012
James Cromwell is treading the boards once again in the Mark Taper Forum’s well-received production of Samuel Beckett’s masterwork “Waiting for Godot.” Cromwell plays Pozzo.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:15PMMonday, March 12, 2012
A report on the scene of the Broad Stage concert by Brian Stokes Mitchell.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:22PMFriday, March 2, 2012
Musical "Carrie" revival goes off-Broadway for premiere: An updated revival of the musical “Carrie,” the legendary 1988 Broadway flop based on the 1974 Stephen King novel, opened Thursda…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:55PMWednesday, February 29, 2012
Now that the Oscars are over we can move on to Broadway's big night, the 2012 Tony Awards. They will take place on June 10 in a three-hour ceremony at New York's Beacon Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:25PMFriday, February 24, 2012
Talk show host Stephen Colbert showed off his singing skills on Thursday's episode of "The Colbert Report" as he teamed with tenor Plácido Domingo for a rendition of one of the most familia…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:24AMMonday, February 13, 2012
One had the sense on Sunday that the audience for "La Traviata" was hoping for something special to happen at this re-birth of City Opera
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:40AMThe first question for “The Book of Mormon” co-creator Trey Parker wasn’t how he felt to take home a Grammy for best musical theater album on Sunday. Instead, the “South Park” mas…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45AMWednesday, February 1, 2012
Swift lost the role to British actress Samantha Barks. Others who were reportedly considered for the part included Lea Michele and Scarlett Johansson.Swift lost the role to British actress S…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:27PMTaylor Swift has lost out on the role of the tragic Eponine in the all-star movie version of "Les Miserables."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:52AMFriday, January 20, 2012
When L.A. Opera music director James Conlon conducts two one-act operas at the Colburn School this weekend, the occasion will mark the first time that his company’s Domingo Thornton Young …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMSunday, January 1, 2012
Faces to Watch in the arts in 2012 in theater, dance, architecture, art, classical music and jazz.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:05PMThursday, December 22, 2011
Peters wishes to honor her obligations for concert performances that conflict with the Ahmanson dates.Peters wishes to honor her obligations for concert performances that conflict with the A…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:56PMWhen the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" comes to the Ahamanson Theatre in the spring it reportedly will be without one of its leading ladies, Bernadette Peters. Playbill.com is repo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:52PMWednesday, December 14, 2011
Theater critic Charles McNulty names the best plays he saw in 2011.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:06PMFriday, November 11, 2011
Blogger Paul Winkler snapped this photo of the marquee at "Funny Girl's" would-be New York home, the Imperial Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:30PM“Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway” opened a sold-out limited run Thursday night.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:22PMIt wasn't long ago that the Pasadena Playhouse was struggling to survive and today it's announcing a solid team for its revival of Yasmina Reza's 1998 Tony winning play, "Art." Michael O'Kee…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:39AMSunday, October 30, 2011
A program scheduled for Saturday night at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, “Sondheim: In Conversation” ran into a seemingly fatal snag Saturday afternoon: the composer was stuck 3,00…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:02PM 
