Broadway Stars
Today is Tuesday, November 13, 2018     Broadway Baby Birthdays:     Jordan Roth     Jordan Bridges     Whoopi Goldberg     Chris Noth     Frances Conroy     Joe Mantegna     Sean Simpson     Tom Atkins     Adrienne Corri     Richard Mulligan     Helena Carroll     Hal Lynch     Linda Christian     Madeleine Sherwood     John La Touche     Robert Sterling     Nathaniel Benchley     Helen Mack     Alexander Scourby     Blue Lu Barker     Hermione Baddeley     H. C. Potter     Eddie Buzzell     Worthington Miner     Harold Young     Jay Fassett     George Hayes     Henry Kolker     John Drew, Jr.     Herbert Standing     Edwin Booth     Sammy Williams     Garry Marshall     William Gibson     Robert Louis Stevenson

MORE...

Go To Date:
OLDER >>
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Obie-winning playwright María Irene Fornés, who rewrote the rules of the American theater, dies at 88 by Charles McNulty

obituary/appreciation of playwright Maria Irene Fornes

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:32AM
Friday, October 26, 2018

Perspective: Why political pundits give drama critics a bad name - Los Angeles Times by Charles McNulty

Political pundits have long been giving drama critics a bad name. Inevitably, in the run-up to an election, some op-ed columnist will make a crack comparing recent political coverage to thea…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:59AM
Thursday, April 26, 2018

My Refreshing (and Challenging) Tea With Glenda Jackson by Artsjournal

It was around this time in the interview that all hell broke loose. After sharing that I had made the trip from Los Angeles expressly to see her Lear, I told her that she had helped me to he…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:32PM
Sunday, April 22, 2018

Fifty Years Ago, These Four Pieces Of Music Blew Up The Modernist Status Quo by Artsjournal2

Mark Swed: Terry Riley's 'In C' "is simply a collection of 53 melodic motives, all in or around the key of C. Any instrument or vocalist — and any number of them — can play or sing. Each…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:06PM

Troubled Los Angeles Gallery CB1 To Close After Artists Say They Weren't Paid by Artsjournal2

CB1 will close when the current show closes, after claiming they were having cash-flow problems. "Those cash-flow issues are what prompted a group of artists to publish an open letter allegi…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:33AM
Friday, April 20, 2018

Netflix Considers Buying A Movie Theatre Chain by Artsjournal

Although no cinema deal has materialized, the idea of Netflix buying a theater chain would mark a new phase in the company's rapid ascent to become one of the most powerful players in the en…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:24PM
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

First tickets to see Tom Hanks live in 'Henry IV' go on sale Monday by Jessica Gelt

The first batch of tickets to see Tom Hanks star as Sir John Falstaff in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles’ production of “Henry IV” go on sale Monday. The play, which is scheduled…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:42PM
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

At South Coast Rep, glimmers of light in 'Little Black Shadows' by Charles McNulty

“Little Black Shadows,” a new play by Kemp Powers at South Coast Repertory, is set in the 1850s, when slavery in the South is an obdurate fact yet glimmers of a distant dawn are starting…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:37PM

The Historic Los Angeles Times Building Will No Longer Hold The Los Angeles Times by Artsjournal2

Why? Well, the previous owners sold the building to a development corporation - which asked for a $1 million per month increase in rent after the lease expires June 30. So, according to new …

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:05AM

Watts Tower Arts Center Director Is Suspended, And No One Will Say Why by Artsjournal2

Rosie Lee Hooks has been director of Los Angeles' Watts Tower Arts Center since 2010, and she has grown programs, attendance, and attention by leaps and bounds. Now, supporters say, there's …

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:54AM
Monday, April 16, 2018

Long Beach Opera raises life's questions, loudly, in Stewart Copeland's 'Invention of Morel' by Ricahrd S. Ginell

The new Stewart Copeland-Jonathan Moore opera “The Invention of Morel” from the mavericks at Long Beach Opera comes with a boatload of issues to ponder. Here are just a few: Is unrequite…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:12AM

Zooey, Taye, Rebel: Lineup announced for the Hollywood Bowl's 'Beauty and the Beast' concert by Sonaiya Kelley

For one weekend in May, Disney fans are once again invited into the world of "Beauty and the Beast," this time with a cast that includes Zooey Deschanel, Taye Diggs and Rebel Wilson. The Hol…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:12AM

L.A. theater openings, April 16-23: 'The Walking Forest' and more by Matt Cooper

This week: An immersive “Macbeth”-inspired fable at REDCAT, a new drama about the founders of the NAACP, and it’s all Greek to “junkyard opera” company Four Larks at the Getty Vill…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:12AM

NEA study explains financial effect of the arts nationally — and California's huge cultural economy by Carolina A. Miranda

Data released Wednesday by the National Endowment for the Arts, in a joint effort with the Bureau of Economic Analysis, offers an argument for keeping arts funding alive at a time when the T…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:12AM

As Center Theatre Group turns 50, an artistic director plots the second act (Hint: Think Hollywood) by Margaret Gray

A beat-up 10-speed bicycle leans against the wall in Michael Ritchie’s office on the second floor of the Center Theatre Group’s annex building in downtown L.A. Befitting a theater compan…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:12AM

Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!': A match that makes for Broadway heaven by Charles McNulty

Rarely has an exclamation point in a title been earned as thoroughly as the one in the new Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!” starring Bette Midler. The show, which opened at the Sam S.…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:12AM

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the farmhouse next door, and unexpected connections in between by Charles McNulty

Path-breaking artists help us to see the world afresh by challenging our habitual patterns of perception. They shock us into new awareness by joining the disparate and sundering the similar.…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
Friday, April 13, 2018

How Images Are Increasingly Shaping Our Political Debate by Artsjournal

The line between subjective truth and propaganda is as old as war, politics and religion, but what's disquieting today is the velocity at which it moves, and how impossible it is to shove th…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:33PM

Say 'I do' to 'Significant Other,' the rare romantic comedy with depth to match the laughs by Charles McNulty

Joshua Harmon's funny play, in a glorious new production at the Geffen Playhouse, follows a gay man in his late 20s whose female BFFs get married, one by one, leaving him ever more anxious a…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:20PM

In Wake Of Curator Firing, Is MoCA's Director About To Resign? by Artsjournal1

"Is Museum of Contemporary Art Director Philippe Vergne on his way out? That's the question swirling in the art-world air following his surprise firing of MOCA's chief curator one month ago,…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:03AM

The 99-Seat Beat: Dorothy Parker, plus Ayad Akhtar times two by Philip Brandes

This week in L.A.'s small-theater scene: "The Willows" at the Bootleg Theater, "The Dorothy Parker Project" at Pacific Resident Theatre. "Disgraced" at L.A. Theatre Works and "The Invisible …

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM

Mitzi Shore, Owner Of LA's Comedy Store, Dead At 87 by Artsjournal1

"For at least a dozen years, she was 'all-powerful, during a remarkably fertile time for stand-up comedy - the 1970s and early '80s - when many of today's comedy stars showed up in L.A. to g…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:01AM
Thursday, April 12, 2018

David Bowie, the ballet: Complexions dancers pay tribute with 'StarDust' by Tim Greiving

"There's a little Bowie in all of us," says choreographer Dwight Rhoden, whose company will translate nine Bowie songs into contemporary dance at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Gender fluidi…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM

Why Broadway's hottest theater just might be on the West Coast by Barbara Isenberg

Christopher Ashley, the reigning Tony Award winner for best director of a musical, calls it “an extraordinary moment,” but it’s actually been an extraordinary year: “Come From Away,…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM

Why Broadway's hottest theater just might be on the West Coast by Barbara Isenberg

"Come From Away," "Indecent," "Junk," "Latin History for Morons," "Escape to Margaritaville" and, opening April 23, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical": Six recent plays and musicals to lan…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Two Tween "Franchise" Plays Break Broadway Box Office Records by Artsjournal

The Harry Potter play, based on a new story by author J.K. Rowling in collaboration with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, announced Monday that it had set a Broadway record for the strongest pr…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:31PM
Monday, April 9, 2018

'Harry Potter' and 'Frozen' break records on Broadway by Jessica Gelt

Stories with a rabid tot and tween fan base are proving their box office might as “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and Disney’s “Frozen” break records on Broadway. The Harry Pot…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:30PM

Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Shaw's 'Saint Joan': A marathon for four actors, and the audience by Charles McNulty

However you judge Bedlam, this young and adventurous New York company deserves extra points for a program with an unusual degree of difficulty. Imagine four actors taking on all the roles no…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:55PM
Sunday, April 8, 2018

'Love Never Dies,' a sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera,' struggles to abduct us by Daryl H. Miller

You would think that Christine Daaé might have learned by now to avoid rooms with full-length mirrors in them, because a certain masked face is bound to materialize in the looking glass, he…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:15PM

'Hamilton' wins 7 prizes at Britain's Olivier Awards, and Time's Up wins more support by Associated Press

“Hamilton” took seven trophies including best new musical at British theater's Olivier Awards, where women's rights activists joined stage stars on the red carpet to support the Time's U…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:55PM

Talent Agencies Are Exploding Onto Every Scene In Hollywood (And Beyond) by Artsjournal2

As agencies try to get into the production business during this time of streaming, not everyone is excited by the multi-tentacled operations. "The Writers Guild of America sounded an alarm i…

Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM
OLDER >>

Recommended  |  viewed  |  Tags
MORE...

AUTHORS  |  SITES  

LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE
Today on Broadway: Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Tell Me More | Episode 18: David Rossmer and Steve Rosen on “The Other Josh Cohen”
This Week on Broadway for November 11, 2018: Gloria: A Life
Stagecraft: Larissa FastHorse, author of “The Thanksgiving Play” at Playwrights Horizons
Today on Broadway: Friday, November 9, 2018
Today on Broadway: Thursday, November 8, 2018
Today on Broadway: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Today on Broadway: Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Class Notes: From “Renascence,” Carmel Dean
Today on Broadway: Monday, November 3, 2018
MORE...
All that Chat

2018-2019 BROADWAY SEASON
May 31: The Boys in the Band - Booth Theatre
Jul 23: Straight White Men - Helen Hayes Theatre
Jul 26: Head Over Heels - Hudson Theatre
Aug 13: Gettin' The Band Back Together - Belasco Theatre
Aug 16: Pretty Woman: The Musical - Nederlander Theatre
Sep 25: Bernhardt/Hamlet - American Airlines Theatre
Sep 27: The Nap - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Oct 18: The Lifespan of a Fact - Studio 54
Oct 21: The Ferryman - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Oct 25: The Waverly Gallery - John Golden Theatre
Nov 01: Torch Song - Helen Hayes Theatre
Nov 04: American Son - Booth Theatre
Nov 08: King Kong - Broadway Theatre
Nov 11: The New One - Cort Theatre
Nov 15: The Prom - Longacre Theatre
Nov 23: The Illusionists - Magic of the Holidays - Marquis Theatre
Dec 03: The Cher Show - Neil Simon Theatre
Dec 06: Network - Belasco Theatre
Dec 11: Ruben and Clay’s First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show - Imperial Theatre
Dec 13: To Kill a Mockingbird - Shubert Theatre
Jan 08: Choir Boy - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Jan 24: True West - American Airlines Theatre
Mar 10: Be More Chill - Lyceum Theatre
Mar 14: Kiss Me, Kate - Studio 54
Mar 21: Ain't Too Proud - Imperial Theatre
Apr 04: King Lear - Cort Theatre
Apr 11: Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus - Booth Theatre
Apr 18: Hillary and Clinton - John Golden Theatre
Apr 22: All My Sons - American Airlines Theatre
Apr 23: Tootsie - Marquis Theatre
Apr 24: Ink - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 25: Beetlejuice - Winter Garden Theatre
Apr 25: Tony Award eligibility cut-off date
Apr 30: 2019 Tony Award Nominations Announced
Jun 03: Theatre World Awards
Jun 09: 72nd Annual Tony Awards
MORE...

What's Playing On Broadway