1,306 stories by "Charles McNulty"
An encounter with Dr. Phil Stutz, the subject of 'Stutz,' the Netflix documentary Jonah Hill made about his beloved Hollywood therapist.
The Broadway debut of 91-year-old playwright Adrienne Kennedy is supercharged by Audra McDonald's seismic performance in 'Ohio State Murders,' which will close on Jan. 15.
The Broadway revival of 'Into the Woods' and the new off-Broadway revival of 'Merrily We Roll Along' bring new life to challenging Stephen Sondheim musicals.
Rogue Machine presents the world premiere of Justin Tanner's 'Little Theatre,' a snapshot of one L.A. writer's beginnings.
Tony Award-winning legend Chita Rivera brings her concert 'Chita: The Rhythm of My Life' to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo bring their musical version of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. But the production can't escape the jukeb…
Edward Albee's 'Fam and Yam,' a 1960 one-act inspired by the author's encounter with Broadway playwright William Inge, remerges at Venice's Pacific Resident Theatre.
Theater critic Charles McNulty runs through his 2022 high points, including 'The Inheritance,' 'Slave Play' and, yes, a divisive 'Oklahoma!'
With an opera, a jukebox musical and a Broadway comedy running simultaneously this year, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage has never been busier or more determined to move A…
Ex-leader of A.C.T. talks about "Leopoldstadt" and the remarkable admission Stoppard makes about his relationship (or lack thereof) to his Jewish past.
D.T. Max's "Finale," about Sondheim, and "Shy," by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green, bring the singular Broadway personalities back to life.
Created and performed by theater artist and mentalist Vinny DePonto, 'Mindplay' probes the unreliable narrators of our minds in a Geffen Playhouse world premiere.
The play's U.S. premiere brings the horror, but wastes the talents of Constance Wu, Finn Wittrock, Anna Camp and Adam Rothenberg on creaky characters.
Aaron Sorkin's hit Broadway stage adaptation of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' shapes the classic 1960 novel for a new era.
'Omar,' the new opera by singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens and film composer Michael Abels, gets its West Coast premiere by L.A. Opera.
The Geffen Playhouse production of 'The Inheritance' superbly realizes playwright Matthew López's vision. At 6½ hours long, it's worth every minute.
The first Broadway revival of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'The Piano Lesson' stars Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks and John David Washington.
I wasn't particularly excited by sitting through another 'Funny Girl' revival. But I left understanding why tickets to see Lea Michele star as Fanny Brice in the musical are going for a king…
Angela Lansbury, the star of stage and screen who died on Tuesday, put her talents at the service of story.
Cecily Strong reprises her performance in an updated version of Jane Wagner's 'The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.'
A conversation with four older cast members starring in Antaeus Theatre Company's production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Everybody.' 'You learn simplicity, you learn economy.'
Martyna Majok's 'Sanctuary City' movingly tracks the plight of those living in the shadows of citizenship.
Daniel Fish's Tony-winning revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Oklahoma!' reveals the underside of the American story.
What does Matt Shakman's decision to step down as as artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse say about the theater's future?
Bart DeLorenzo directs a revival of 'Ghosts,' Henrik Ibsen's 1881 masterpiece about family secrets that refuse to stay buried.
