The stage is sparse but for seven plywood boxes, lined up like train cars and bathed in the golden light of dusk. One by one, the kids climb atop the boxes, which rumble and shake beneath th…
Deaf West's revival of the musical "Spring Awakening" is closing Sunday at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after more than 130 performances on Broadway. "Spring Awakening" is based on the 1891 G…
The crowd of about 200 huddled in the parking lot of San Pedro City Ballet, ensconced in fog and drizzle. Restless and excited, they might have been awaiting the arrival of a rock legend. So…
If you missed the L.A. run of "Hit the Wall," the popular and well-reviewed play about the 1969 Stonewall riots, you have one last chance: Five performances have been added for January. "Hit…
Musical theater lovers weren't hit with too many surprises Monday with the 2016 Grammy nominations in the theater album category. Of the five Broadway cast recordings recognized, four had ra…
Playwright Young Jean Lee wants to brutalize you. She wants to get in your face and make you, the audience, squirm, so that you leave the theater questioning not just what you've seen but yo…
The cast of Deaf West Theatre's revival of the musical "Spring Awakening" will give a special performance of the show today at the White House -- nude scene and all "- and it will be live-st…
Choreographer Rudy Perez may be 85 and legally blind, but when he strolls along the sidewalks near Hollywood and Vine on a recent afternoon, his vision is crystal clear. Gripping his cane, t…
Growing up in England, fine art photographer Ellie Davies spent afternoons frolicking in the forest with her twin sister, Rebecca - they played hide-and-seek, got blissfully lost in the dimn…
The Mark Taper Forum is dark and still during a tense scene in a preview performance of "Bent," Martin Sherman's 1979 play about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals.
Like any of life's extreme events, awards shows bring out the best and worst in their players. Here are some of most memorable moments from the 69th Tony Awards:
"Fun Home" snagged the top honor at the Tonys on Sunday for best musical. The production, based on Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic memoir, earned 12 nods and was considered a front-runner.
Broadway first-timer Alex Sharp won the Tony Award for lead actor in a play Sunday night. The actor was considered a front-runner in the category for his role in "The Curious Incident of the…
What's the meaning of life? What's the point of economic privilege if it comes with an even steeper cost? What's life without salad?
Alison Bechdel's graphic coming-of-age memoir, "Fun Home," doesn't exactly seem the stuff of Broadway musicals. The book -- which has become a touchstone of gender identity since its 2006 pu…
South Coast Repertory, known for its prolific commissioning of new works by both emerging and established writers, now has more firepower behind it.
Claudia Lavista wears many hats. She is co-artistic director of Delfos Danza Contemporánea, one of Mexico's premier contemporary dance companies. She is also a leading choreographer, a wi…
The Great White Way is just that " white with fresh snow " from the massive snowstorm that hit New York, but after a dark Monday, most of Broadway's Tuesday night performances will go on as …
Cyndi Lauper knows what she wants: good lighting. Harvey Fierstein knows what he wants too: "Whatever she wants," he said with a laugh.
"The Pope of Broadway" will be getting a face-lift.
Comedians may be known for their frenetic personalities, but as Andrea Martin descends the Santa Monica hotel staircase, she slowly takes in the foggy ocean view through a wall of glass. "Mm…
Inside a theater among the warehouses of L.A.'s Arts District, an ensemble of actors in their early 20s scattered across a bare stage like billiard balls after the strike of a cue. Some prac…
"The Lion King" is now officially King of the Beasts on Broadway: The hit musical is the top-earning ticket of all time, the Associated Press reported Monday.
Girls just wanna have fun. So do boys. And so do boys dressed as girls.
The USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance is bringing on internationally renowned choreographer William Forsythe to join the faculty as a professor in fall 2015 " just in time to greet the new …