It didn't take long for Donald Webber Jr. to hear about the hardships endured by residents of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, the monster storm that ravaged the island in late 2017. The t…
Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Ethel Merman, Mary Martin: They all starred in "Hello, Dolly!" but no one had the same kind of giddy, goofy charm as the beloved Carol Channing.
The quadrangle in front of the historic Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico is so quiet that you can hear a feral cat meowing as it lounges on the theater steps. The plaintive sound echo…
Count no man happy till he dies, the great Greek playwright Sophocles warned us in 429 BC " a perspective renewed often in the deliberately bleak, slow and dark movement-theater spectacle "T…
Lin-Manuel Miranda cried as he grasped the hands of his "Hamilton" costars during curtain call on opening night here, later raising a Puerto Rican flag and waving it high before wrapping it …
Be Seen This work from Acts of Matter artistic director Rebecca Lemme examines the lives of those on the margins of society; part of the third annual "Dance at the Odyssey" festival. Odyssey…
Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.), Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings Driving Miss Daisy Michael Learn…
The holidays are over, and we've gotten the memo: For the next 11 months, SUVs may not wear reindeer horns and people must coexist without eggnog. L.A. theaters have packed away the Dickensi…
Capsule review by Charles McNulty (C.M.). Openings Solofest 2019 Seventh-annual showcase features solo writer-performers from around the world. Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherma…
We welcome 2019 with a blockbuster musical, a legendary maestro's return and the opening moves of a six-weekend dance festival. A veteran comedy trio cracks wise, a musical ensemble sings ou…
When the Cine Metropolitan opened on Avenida Independencia in Mexico City in 1943, it was one of those spare-no-expense architectural extravaganzas that reveal why movie theaters were once r…
Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.) and F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.). Openings The Annual One-Time-Only New Year's Eve Musical Revue Family-friendly show features comedic sketches, s…
Aaron Sorkin's Broadway adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" has broken an internal box-office record after only eight performances. The latest staging of Harper Lee's landmark American nov…
Welcome to the holiday weekend! I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with your weekly dose of what is making us mad as hell … in the best way possible. A POTENT …
THEATER Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.), Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings The Dina Martina Christm…
It's increasingly hard to write a review about the Troubadour Theater Company without sounding like a gushing fangirl. The group's Christmas offering, "The Year Without a Santana Claus," is …
The stage adaptation of the '70s film, directed with bold flourishes by European auteur Ivo van Hove at Broadway's Belasco Theatre and co-starring Tony Goldwyn and Tatiana Maslany, has somet…
Two thoughts occurred to me at the end of Ivo van Hove's stage production of "Network": Bryan Cranston is one of the most fearless actors working today, and Paddy Chayefsky attained a kind o…
The cabaret drag star who staged his 24-hour music and social history marathon earlier this year, returns with an L.A. holiday show that takes on this, the most materialistic time of the yea…
Imagine a Christmas tree ornament made by Picasso on an absinthe bender and you'll have some idea of Taylor Mac's initial costume for "Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce," the festive fandango that …
A little bit of controversy. A little bit of Broadway. A little bit of Zubin Mehta. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the week's essential arts stories. M…
How much Cher is too much Cher? I mean how much pasteurized celebrity information do you really, really want? A related question posed by the new Broadway musical "The Cher Show," now at the…
Does anyone really expect genuine drama from this kind of commercial jukebox musical? Get past the lackluster writing, and this production directed by Jason Moore and choreographed by Christ…
Christmas at the Bradbury with Kitka The Oakland-based all-female vocal ensemble performs seasonal favorites from Eastern European and Eurasian traditions in this Da Camera Society presentat…
Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.), Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings As Always, Jimmy Stewart Steve N…