Saturday, January 16, 2021
The Mellon Foundation grants nearly $1 million to Lula Washington Dance Theatre, part of an effort to correct systemic inequality in arts funding.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:49AMThursday, January 14, 2021
The nation's overlapping crises have sparked the notion that audiences want to be uplifted, more than anything else. I disagree.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:36PMWednesday, January 13, 2021
The 2021 Kennedy Center honorees Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke and Midori will be honored with a scaled-down gala in May.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:26PMThe 2013 multimedia stage version of George Orwell's novel "1984," which has been adapted many times, is being developed as a five-part limited series.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:26PMThe Fountain in East Hollywood gets city permission to turn its parking lot into an outdoor theater with distanced seating for up to 84 people.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:08AMTuesday, January 12, 2021
The TikTok musical based on Pixar's "Ratatouille" film generated millions for relief efforts launched by the Actors Fund amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:47PMMonday, January 11, 2021
Pasadena Playhouse streams "You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman," in which paying tribute to the Broadway composer proves harder than it might seem.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:32PMSaturday, December 12, 2020
Netflix's star-studded spin on the Broadway musical underscores a major shortcoming of the landmark 2019 profit-sharing agreement between producers and actors.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:53PMWhat to watch while celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve? Our mega-list hits all the favorites, plus some wildcards.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:53PMThis was the year that streaming versions of "Hamilton," "What the Constitution Means to Me" and "Ma Rainey" proved stage stories can shine on-screen.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:53PMRannells, Ryan Murphy and the creative team share how the movie's "white guy gospel song" came to life at the Northridge mall.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:53PMFriday, June 5, 2020
The best of the best of Broadway from 2010-2019
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:14AMTuesday, September 17, 2019
"In Circles," Al Carmines' musical adaptation of Gertrude Stein's "A Circular Play," gets a topnotch revival at the Odyssey Theatre.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:24PMFriday, September 13, 2019
Playwright Joshua Harmon's family comedy has its West Coast premiere.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:49PMWednesday, September 11, 2019
Fall theater season highlight for Los Angeles include a musical version of 'Almost Famous,' Bill Irwin in "On Beckett," a revival of August Wilson's "Jitney" and a new standup show by comic …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:12PMMonday, September 9, 2019
John Leguizamo's one-man show, now at the Ahmanson, delves into the Latino history missing from his son’s textbooks. It's a funny, dizzying journey.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:21PMFriday, September 6, 2019
The annual outdoor production of classic Greek theater is Sophocles reimagined by Aaron Posner, known for adapting Chekhov into "Stupid ... Bird."
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:49PMMonday, August 19, 2019
Jiehae Park's "Hannah and the Dread Gazebo," presented by the Fountain Theatre and East West Players, follows a New York woman to the DMZ as she unravels the mysterious death of her grandmot…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:44PMTuesday, August 13, 2019
'Fefu and her Friends,' María Irene Fornés' feminist classic, is reborn at the Odyssey Theatre
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:01AMWednesday, July 31, 2019
Hal Prince redefined the musical and Broadway in the second half of the 20th century.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 05:24PMSunday, July 28, 2019
Geraldine Inoa's "Scraps" and Dionna M. Daniel's "Gunshot Medley: Part 1" explore pain in the fight for control over black bodies in America and demonstrate exciting new directions in Africa…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:11PM"Into the Woods," Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical deconstruction of classic fairy tales, gets a starry, al fresco revival at the Hollywood Bowl with Sierra Boggess, Sutton Foste…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:04PMTuesday, July 23, 2019
Rob Nagle, Lisa Fernandez and Justin Huen star in E.L. Lewis' latest play, 'Apple Season' at Atwater Village Theatre
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:55PMSunday, July 21, 2019
"X-Men" superstar and Broadway triple-threat Hugh Jackman performs his concert show, "Hugh Jackman: The Man. The Music. The Show," at the Hollywood Bowl.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:07PMFriday, July 12, 2019
Olivier-winning British comedy "The Play That Goes Wrong" arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre as a comedy of blunders with a fringe-theater soul.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, July 1, 2019
Betsy Brandt stars in a new Pasadena Playhouse version of "Riverdale" creator Aguirre-Sacasa's 2008 work, which centers on a prep-school sex scandal.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 05:20PMThursday, June 13, 2019
PBS’ ‘American Masters’ explores the path-breaking gay writer Terrence McNally through interviews with Billy Porter, Nathan Lane, Rita Moreno and others.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:07PMWednesday, June 12, 2019
It’s the end of another week, and the end of my supply of Japanese gummy candies. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMOf the many cliffhangers the Tony Awards will resolve on Sunday, the story line that has me on the edge of my seat is whether “Hadestown” will be crowned best musical. Anaïs Mitchell is…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMWhen Ali Stroker rolled onstage in her wheelchair to accept the Tony Award for featured actress in a musical, audiences at home went bananas. As Ado Annie in director Daniel Fish’s revival…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMAndré De Shields capped a 50-year acting career by scoring his first Tony Award on Sunday, winning best featured actor in a musical for his role as Hermes in “Hadestown.” It’s been a …
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