1,306 stories by "Charles McNulty"
2021 didn't quite go as planned for stage performances, but our critic has several memories to cherish.
Stephen Sondheim regretted the original song's lyrics. For the revamped film, Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner came up with an ingenious solution.
The Old Vic production of the Charles Dickens holiday classic stars Bradley Whitford as Scrooge.
David Yazbek and Itamar Moses' Tony-winning production has its Los Angeles premiere.
In Season 2, HBO's Emmy-winning drama walked a tightrope of savage comedy and Shakespearean drama. In Season 3, it's lost its balance.
A critic's tribute to Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, a master of storytelling in song.
As part of Dominique Morisseau's "Detroit Project" trilogy, the work chronicles the generational struggles of the Black community in the playwright's native city.
The Broadway production, which combines '80s hits with a 16th century pastoral romance, is freshly re-conceived at Pasadena Playhouse.
Playwrights' Arena and Skylight Theatre Company present the world premiere of Inda Craig-Galván's 'A Hit Dog Will Holler.'
Lucy Kirkwood's Tony-nominated play arrives at the Fountain Theatre for its Los Angeles premiere.
Now receiving its world premiere at Echo Theater Co., Chiara Atik's production offers a drolly modern take on the life of St. Clare of Assisi.
Now streaming on Center Theatre Group's website, this cinematic reimagining of the troupe's play offers a history lesson to a too-forgetful Los Angeles.
The Ron Sossi-directed revival of the avant-garde production returns after the pandemic cut it short.
A professor's recent showing of Laurence Olivier's offensive "Othello" prompts a heated " and necessary " conversation.
The new solo play written by Richard Greenberg ("Take Me Out," "Three Days of Rain") and starring David Ivers has insights, but also two big problems.
A review of Jennifer Holliday's concert 'Here's To Life' at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Jeremy O. Harris threatens to pull "Slave Play" from the Mark Taper Forum in solidarity with female playwrights noting the lack of representation.
"Diana: The Musical," about the ill-starred royal marriage, is streaming ahead of its Broadway opening. There's a reason for that.
Puzzle master David Kwong turns brain twisters into live theater with his show "The Enigmatist," at the Geffen in Westwood.
"Moulin Rouge!" takes home 10 Tonys, but Broadway as a whole emerges as the big winner at the pandemic-postponed awards.
Written and directed by Hagai Levi and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, this version left our critic dreading, not relishing, each episode.
Ben Platt reprises his Tony-winning performance in the movie adaptation of 'Dear Evan Hansen.'
The comical Troubadour troupe mashes up Liza Minnelli song and dance with the classic Greek political farce about women on a sex strike.
The hit Broadway musical 'Come From Away,' premiering on Apple TV+, is a stirring way to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
After 17 months, our critic heads back indoors for the reopening of "Hamilton" in Hollywood. The experience is not entirely what he expected.
