1,308 stories by "Charles McNulty"
Eugene Ionesco's absurdist tale always feels drawn out, but in a visiting Theatre de la Ville-Paris production, its horror shakes the foundations.Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota's smart, sleek product…
A Gob Squad show inspired by Warhol films brings the audience into a very surreal 'Kitchen.'Andy Warhol is sometimes blamed for ushering in the age of reality television. Nonsense. All those…
The body-switch comedy from Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser plays on the Pasadena Playhouse stage like a bad sitcom.Connoisseurs of really bad television — you know you're out there…
This national tour production matches the verve, if not the sharpness, of the original Broadway production. The musical about two mismatched Mormon missionaries assigned to Uganda is a profa…
A singing parody of the Oscar winner, 'Silence! The Musical' may overstretch at times, but a madcap cast and shameless daring make it outrageously fun.Any day now the announcement that "Jaws…
The Playwrights' Arena production makes Helen a fugitive from Hollywood who has been sullied by the tabloids but still seeking refuge at the tomb of Proteus.Just a few years after writing hi…
Sketch comedy and magic make for a fun night in the hands of madcap performers Trey Lyford, Geoff Sobelle and Steve Cuiffo.Don't let the retro styling fool you. Although they look like comic…
The play receiving its U.S. premiere at the Fountain Theatre provides tantalizing insight into the South African writer. At 80, South African playwright Athol Fugard is still turning out pla…
War, brutality, despair and cryptic storytelling fill the U.S. premiere. Matthew McCray directs.Enigmatic anecdote is the currency of Martin Crimp's "The City," having its U.S. premiere at S…
The character, now in the musical at the Ahmanson Theatre, is beloved — and radical.No, that's not a UFO hovering over the Music Center. It happens to be Mary Poppins, who has glided b…
William Friedkin's film of Tracy Letts' play leaves little to the imagination, and that can really mess up your mind.William Friedkin's film of Tracy Letts' play"Killer Joe" is nasty, brutis…
In a sensational production of John Logan's play at the Mark Taper Forum, an artist of highbrow ambition has accepted a lucrative commission, and guilt results. As imagined by John Logan in …
Neither voice nor body is what it was. Still, she lives the emotions of her songs, and that goes a long way, even on a night held up by delays.The crowd was growing restless at the Hollywood…
Soho Rep's 'Uncle Vanya' takes its time while Sydney Theatre's version moves at a quick pace. Each staging is effective, and each shows how timeless Chekhov can be.NEW YORK — Anton Che…
With a short rehearsal time it's no wonder the musical stops short of perfection, but the comic level of the Mel Brooks work remains high."The Producers" returned to Los Angeles for three pe…
The director delivered opening ceremonies for the Olympics that celebrated both the eccentricity and enlightenment that are fascinatingly entwined in Britain's cultural DNA. Olympic openin…
Are we really living in a post-racial world? It seems like we’re back in the 1990s, when all hell broke loose on Broadway after the British star Jonathan Pryce was cast as the Eurasian…
The star juggles family with an actor's life. These days, that includes co-running a Sydney theater troupe with her husband. Their latest — Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya.'On the surface, Cate…
A diabolically stilted dialogue and some patchy performances trip up the new Geffen Playhouse work, although its striking design and effective music are standouts.Two questions immediately p…
The company's staging of 'Richard III' and 'As You Like It' may emphasize plot over psychology, but the classics are still a lovely way to spend a summer night.There are as many ways to rean…
The Tony Award-winning play communicates the staggering waste of war but provides an opportunity to reconnect with the childhood enchantments of bedtime fables, folk tales and storybook adve…
In his graceful assuming of various characters, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine lobs a searing riposte at Uganda's anti-gay bill in a new solo show.He roams the night in menacing military police garb…
Full of the gritty textures of the '70s, August Wilson's play does something today's artists should emulate — reveal how rooted we are in our uniquely styled moment of history.The noti…
A study of American involvement in the Soviet-Afghan war, J.T. Rogers' 'Blood and Gifts' artfully lays out the shortsightedness of foreign players in a rocky region.Dramatic works about Afgh…
The Rogue Machine production of Enda Walsh's 'The New Electric Ballroom' at Theatre/Theater captures the haunting spectacle of three sisters who often revisit the past.Enda Walsh's "The New …
