Jeff Daniels will play the inimitable lawyer Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin's forthcoming Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," a spokesman for the produc…
Falstaff will get the Tom Hanks treatment when the actor stars in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles' production of "Henry IV," the center is expected to announce Monday. The cast also wi…
Put the theater in your pocket. Or your purse. Or wherever you keep your phone or tablet. That is the goal behind the latest move from audio book and podcast company Audible, which this week…
The 2018 Ovation Awards gave top honors to Actors Co-op's production of "33 Variations," and East West Players' "Next to Normal," the former taking the award for best production of a play in…
"Hello, Dolly!" which won four Tony Awards last year including best musical revival, is coming to Los Angeles as part of the Hollywood Pantages' 2018-19 season, the theater announced Tuesday…
"Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of the Temptations" has been added to Center Theatre Group's 2018-19 season, Artistic Director Michael Ritchie announced Wednesday. The musical, with a …
The Broadway hit "Rock of Ages" will try to return to its Los Angeles roots, one of the show's producers says. Matthew Weaver of Media Weaver Entertainment said he wants to restage the produ…
Pam MacKinnon is a hot commodity on Broadway, where her work has scored Tony, Drama Desk and Obie awards, but now the director is headed west: American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco …
Philip Glass' "Satyagraha," Mozart's "The Clemency of Titus" and a world premiere by up-and-coming composer Ellen Reid will form part of Los Angeles Opera's 2018-19 season, the company annou…
Playwright and "This Is Us" writer Bekah Brunstetter's "The Cake," a comedy about a Christian-conservative baker who balks at making a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, will follow its prem…
Click. Click. Click. The sound comes from deep inside Michael Luwoye's mouth, near the back of his tongue. It's not intentional. The "Hamilton" star clicks when he's trying to order his thou…
Rory O'Malley's husband says O'Malley's head has gotten bigger since it's been wearing a crown. O'Malley doesn't argue. Playing King George III in the national tour of "Hamilton," after ruli…
For better or for worse, Hollywood is stitching itself more thoroughly into the fabric of theater. Here are some of the latest threads " casting news, opening-night announcements and more. "…
"Shameless" writer Molly Smith Metzler calls theater her "secret lover." "I always want to be with her the most," she says, "and when I'm doing anything else, I'm thinking about her." In thi…
Center Theatre Group will announce Wednesday the addition of three productions to its 2018-19 season, including the 9/11 musical "Come From Away." Irene Sankoff and David Hein's show, which …
A wiry orange alien scuttles across a cracked parking lot near the corner of 4th and Main streets downtown. The creature towers over the acting secretary of the Interior, who stands before a…
In 2015, the Smithsonian asked music lovers to submit photos they'd taken of their favorite rock 'n' rollers. Four-thousand pictures later, the book "Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unse…
It has all the hallmarks of a movie trailer " the fast pace, the quick cuts, the relentless beat. "Something primal," a deep voice intones. "Something raw. Something otherworldly. Something …
When Geert Chatrou whistles, it's easy to picture the birds trilling and flitting around Snow White in the classic 1937 film. The two-time world champion from the Netherlands stands onstage …
"Dear Evan Hansen," the heart-wrenching Broadway hit that dominated this year's Tony Awards with six wins including best musical, will come to Los Angeles as part of Center Theatre Group's 2…
Jane Kaczmarek will star as the Stage Manager in an upcoming production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," a co-production of Pasadena Playhouse and Deaf West Theatre. The play, directed by To…
Contestants in "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda's #Ham4All campaign were vying for a rare prize: tickets to opening night of the musical in Los Angeles, plus airfare, hotel accommodatio…
Joshua Henry is at a loss for words. It doesn't happen often. The gregarious, golden-voiced actor who stars as Aaron Burr in the national tour of "Hamilton" opening Aug. 16 at the Hollywood …
"Have you heard of a show called 'Hamilton'?" Emmy Raver-Lampman's agent asked her in spring 2015. The actress had just concluded the national tour of "Wicked" in Los Angeles. The hype surro…
Wendie Malick is set to star alongside a cast with notable television résumés for the world premiere of playwright Paul Rudnick's "Big Night," Center Theatre Group announced Tuesday. The p…