With direction and choreography by Matthew Bourne and music by Prokofiev, Cinderella at the Ahmanson takes place in 1940s London during World War II, and it's basically a war-torn romanti…
"Most singers in the world aren't going to want to do this piece," composer David Lang confesses about his curious new opera, The Loser, which receives its West Coast premiere at the Thea…
Christiane Jatahy's fascinating puzzle box What If They Went to Moscow? is a multimedia theatrical piece and film loosely extrapolated from Anton Chekov's Three Sisters, in which the sisters…
From a cat video festival, to a vampire ball, to Fluxus-related performances and more, here are the 14 best things to do in Los Angeles this week!
It's been a little more than two weeks since the legendary Carol Channing died, but her presence and spirit can unquestionably be felt at Hello, Dolly! on the revival's national tour, whi…
Isabella Rossellini used all of her skills as an actor, writer, filmmaker, artist, director, model and budding animal behaviorist to thoroughly enchant a capacity audience at the Broad Stage…
Think Tank's new space in Little Tokyo will be a free gallery up front, a ticketed experience in the back, with some crossover " and memberships starting at $250 a year. "We feel it's almost…
Less than two years after she first took RuPaul's Drag Race by storm, L.A. native queen Valentina has got a handful of projects: playing the HIV-positive cross-dressing character AngelÂ�…
Katabasis promises a participatory ritual procession with the dancers, singers and musicians expanding ancient musical elements and mythic themes into their world folk and art pop music.
Actor-filmmaker Isabella Rossellini is on the road touring with her latest project, Link Link Circus, an unusual theatrical performance about the intelligence of animals that combines lighth…
Here in Los Angeles, at the Hollywood Pantages, the colorful musical Wicked is a hot ticket for new audiences and a winter highlight for old fans, especially since the current tour offers so…
Sandra Bernhard's fearless style made her a perfect first L.A. Weekly cover subject, along with other young groundbreaking female comedians making a name for themselves at local venues like …
Last month, 55 years to the day that Bob Baker opened the country's oldest continuously operating puppet theater, its landmark home on First Street downtown was closed to the public for good…
Interview with Val Kilmer.
The world of Twyla Tharp, and Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out
Behind the scenes of Athol Fugard’s newest play
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How a big city became America’s small-theater mecca
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The man taking over for Gordon Davidson
Polly Warfield, 1914–2003. Pamela Gordon, 1937–2003.
Though Mullally nails the officious manner and mercurial pettiness of the practiced office functionary, Bart DeLorenzo's detail-mired direction ultimately proves unable to bridge the miscalc…
His play is a Broadway hit, but don't ask Stew to come home again