34 stories by "Reed Johnson"
Event will coincide with the launch of 'RADAR L.A.,' festival dedicated to adventurous new performance concepts.
After years of experimentation, Brazilian singer Maria Rita has come to embrace the once-daunting legacy of her chanteuse mother, Elis Regina.When children of famous parents succeed, they're…
"Invisible Cities," the new "headphone opera" by composer Christopher Cerrone, based on Italo Calvino's book and being performed at Union Station, is adding five additional performances.
The Industry opera company and L.A. Dance Project are presenting 'Invisible Cities' on a unique platform — Union Station train terminal — and beaming it through headphones.The id…
The playwright and actor rises to the challenge in adapting his neo-noir play to film, which will screen at the L.A. Latino International Film Festival.Richard Montoya keeps a mental library…
Like Walt Whitman, Roger Guenveur Smith contains multitudes. In various past one-man shows he has portrayed Huey P. Newton, baseball brawling immortals Juan Marichal and John Roseb…
Shakespeare's 'Henry VIII' is retold from the Spanish point of view by Madrid's Rakata this week at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.As long as back-stabbing colleagues, flattering minions an…
The eclectic gathering of performers Radar L.A. focuses on collaborative theater while helping to boost profile of Los Angeles ensembles.During their 17-year creative partnership, Tina Kroni…
The Latino Theater Network/Los Angeles aims to be a greater part of the theatrical world through collaborations, communication.One evening last month, eight Southern California theater profe…
Guillermo Calderón, alarmed as much by his country's current neo-liberalism as its hyper-repressive past, lets his characters vent for him in 'Villa + Discurso.'The stage lights rise, and…
The meta-opera, which will have its West Coast premiere at Long Beach Opera, tries to deconstruct the mythology around its central character.Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz's "Camelia la Tej…
The new-immigrant perspective of Teatro Mitote y Cine, visiting from Phoenix, grows from members' life experiences.In "Cada Quien Su Mexicano" (To Each Their Own Mexican), a one-act comedy w…
'Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker' by Belarus Free Theatre dramatizes citizen's sex lives in shadow of Europe's last dictatorship. It's at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.The sex lives of …
The 'outsider' troupe explores power, cultural misappropriation and more in its 'Ganesh Versus the Third Reich.'At first blush, "Ganesh Versus the Third Reich" sounds like a long-lost Monty …
The experimental group keeps its focus on F. Scott Fitzgerald's words in an otherwise off-kilter stage adaptation of 'The Great Gatsby' that makes its way to REDCAT.In his younger and more v…
The 61/2-hour 'Gatz,' a 'Great Gatsby' re-creation coming to REDCAT, is the latest in a long-held tradition of stamina-stretching stagecraft that's a challenge to actors and audiences alike.…
John Hurt reflects on a role he knows well — the titular figure of 'Krapp's Last Tape,' which he's now starring in at Kirk Douglas Theatre — and Samuel Beckett.Technology is mess…
'Room 105: The Highs and Lows of Janis Joplin' by Gigi Gaston at Macha Theatre stars Sophie B. Hawkins as Janis Joplin. It's an intense connection.Twirling her microphone stand like a demon …
John Adams 'The Gospel According to the Other Mary' sparks debate among religious scholars about who exactly is this. Mary Magdalene? Mary of Bethany? Someone else?Mary, the mother of Jesus,…
The satire on race relations is best play, and the romance about an Irish street musician and an immigrant flower seller is top musical.Bruce Norris' "Clybourne Park," a sharp-toothed satiri…
Her prize-winning 'Water by the Spoonful' is the second play in a trilogy. She's readying the third as 'Spoonful' heads to New York. But: Hey, L.A.!At 34, playwright Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes …
For many, Anna Deavere Smith's work remains an influential touchstone of the uprising, which are being explored artistically across town for the 20th anniversary.When Anna Deavere Smith firs…
Anna Deavere Smith's one-woman docu-play "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" is among the most durable artworks to emerge from the ashes of L.A.'s 1992 riots. Based on hours of interviews with abo…
Clara Mamet, teenage daughter of actress Rebecca Pidgeon and author David Mamet, stars in "Paris" (which she wrote) and "The Solvit Kids" (which she co-wrote) at Ruskin Group Theatre in Sant…
John Adams' "The Gospel According to the Other Mary," "Where the Wild Things Are," Mozart and Esa-Pekka Salonen are among the high points of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2012-13 season.
