Life after 'Glee': Matthew Morrison on his dream role and his national concert tour by Christopher Smith

A pained frown raced along Matthew Morrison's brow. This wasn't the terrorized expression of horror we recall from the hit TV show "Glee" when his Mr. Schuester was under attack by his arche…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on January 4, 2017☆⚑

At 29, this 'El Niño' singer is the buzz of California's opera world by Christopher Smith

Standing ovations at performances get handed out like Halloween candy, a reflexive exercise  that shows how the over-liking of anything has long since become the norm. On the rural outski…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00am on December 8, 2016☆⚑

Faith Prince brings her 'Faith-isms' to L.A. Opera's 'Wonderful Town' by Christopher Smith

Faith Prince has forged a four-decade Broadway career of drama and, especially, musical comedy, stitching quirk, nuance and an eye to mining laughs. To best understand what makes her marv…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:00pm on November 25, 2016☆⚑

Love Shakespeare and great scenery? Utah Shakespeare fest is just the ticket by Christopher Smith

North America's major summer theater festivals invariably conjure up cozy descriptives: "timeless" (all five have been around for decades), "bucolic" (a small town environment amid pleasant …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:07am on August 12, 2016☆⚑

Influences: Broadway maven Seth Rudetsky by Christopher Smith

Of the Broadway musical's many cheerleaders, Seth Rudetsky is waving the flashiest pompoms.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Michael Feinstein will make movie music at Pasadena Pops concert by Christopher Smith

Michael Feinstein’s work inside the Great American Songbook may seem largely derived from Broadway of the past century, but he is quick to say that the unexplored treasures from Hollyw…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:00pm on July 11, 2013☆⚑

It will all be new for Michael Feinstein with Pasadena Pops by Christopher Smith

Singer and pianist Michael Feinstein will conduct an orchestra for the first time, replacing the late Marvin HamlischWhen the Pasadena Pops kicks off its summer season of concerts at the L.A…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on May 30, 2013☆⚑

Audra McDonald slips into L.A. to sing and stump for PBS by Christopher Smith

Cabaret fanatics – and you know who you are – invariably suffer a persistent worry: What if there is some amazing live gig out there I don’t know about?

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:55pm on January 15, 2013☆⚑

Lewis Black recalls the tough days as a playwright by Christopher Smith

Lewis Black is known today as a comedian but he toiled from the late 1960s to the late '80s as a playwright.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00pm on November 30, 2012☆⚑

Lewis Black's trademark fury crosses all lines by Christopher Smith

The comedian's appeal crosses generations. Just don't try to like him on Facebook.LAS VEGAS — Picture the lion before the kill.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on November 30, 2012☆⚑

A Cole Porter quiz: Anything Goes by Christopher Smith

So you think you know the witty, stylish songwriter? Test your knowledge -- or learn something -- as you peruse these trivia questions.In his 1934 review of the frothy musical “Anythin…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00am on November 27, 2012☆⚑

Christopher Plummer still has 'A Word or Two' to say by Christopher Smith

The Oscar winner for 'Beginners' has a new one-man show with director Des McAnuff that he'd like to do in the Ahmanson."First you're young. Then you're old. Then you're wonderful."

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:20pm on August 24, 2012☆⚑

Jesse Tyler Ferguson takes on 'The Producers' at the Bowl by Christopher Smith

The actor from 'Modern Family' will portraying nervous Leo Bloom in the Mel Brooks' musical.Mel Brooks brimmed with brio recently, chatting up next weekend's three-day mounting of "The Produ…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:00pm on July 21, 2012☆⚑