Capsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.), Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings Bird Lives! Darryl Alan Reed po…
Review of Lynn Nottage's 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Sweat," set in a factory turn in Pennsylvania, where economic fears are igniting racial tensions
The state of the nation play has a long tradition in Britain, where playwrights are encouraged to think of the theater as a public forum, a place to debate the issues of the day and track th…
With the fall season ramping up, the 99-Seat Beat column is back with the best bets for promising shows on the small-theater scene. "American Saga " Gunshot Medley: Part 1" at Rogue Machine …
As its second presentation, the revived Reprise 2.0 is offering a John Kander-Fred Ebb cabaret. Not their "Cabaret," mind you. Lowercase cabaret. The show is "The World Goes 'Round," a small…
As theatergoers surge out the doors of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's three theaters, the air hums with discussions about the just-seen shows. Next morning, conversations are still going …
Jason Alexander directs the latest iteration of "Native Gardens," Karen ZacarÃas' popular play that has already sprouted up in theaters across the country . Playing Wednesday through Sept…
Ah, the perils and pleasures of live theater. Director Kate Jopson's al fresco production of Octavio Solis' "Hole in the Sky" was to premiere at the Courtship Ranch, a working ranch in Lake …
Neil Simon, the smile guy Regarding Charles McNulty's "Curtain Falls for a Broadway King" [Aug. 27]: To borrow a well-worn theatrical aphorism: Neil Simon spent the bulk of his professional …
Capsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.), Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings I Dig Rock & Roll Music Brand-n…
When "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations," the Broadway-bound jukebox musical, is in motion, it's a force almost as irresistible as any of the powerhouse R&B band's great…
Review of "Ain't Too Proud," a jukebox musical about the lives of "The Temptations."
At this peak, his plays were popular in a "Hamilton" sort of way, but that didn't necessarily earn Neil Simon respect among theater writers. The Times' theater critic looks at the trajectory…
Following the news that famed playwright Neil Simon died Sunday at the age of 91, stars and fans of the Pulitzer-prize winning writer took to social media to pay their respects. Broadway act…
Our latest roundup of love affairs between Hollywood and the theater world include Michael C. Hall, Keri Russell and Adam Driver, all among the well-known names from TV and film to head for …
Capsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.), Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings Feme (First Syllable Female) Re…
We've got music, dance and theater for your perusal: Tchaikovsky plus pyrotechnics at the Hollywood Bowl, the musical "Ain't Too Proud" at the Ahmanson, and two dance programs at the Ford. A…
Before there was "Hamilton" or "Dear Evan Hansen," there was Craig Zadan. In a decades-long career that spanned film, theater and television, the producer, who died Monday at age 69 as a res…
In his critics notebook, Charles McNulty opines that Heath Ledger's short legacy as a screen actor offers us enough evidence of the rarity of his talent.
Craig Zadan, the prolific producer behind the Oscar-winning film "Chicago" whose creative musical touch reached across movies, television and the Broadway stage, has died. He was 69. Zadan d…
Two new Broadway musicals with commercial hooks have opened this summer, one progressive in its approach to gender and sexuality, the other regressive about such matters. But the same proble…
The rom-com magic that propelled the Julia Roberts movie and the progressive gender politics the drive the Go-Go's jukebox musical can't quite overcome fundamental flaws in two of Broadway's…
Hollywood has its under the radar, whatever-the-cat-drags-in Fringe Festival. Los Angeles has its fill of venturesome large institutions " notably the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Roy and Edna …
Capsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.), Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings High Street Broadcast Old-fashi…
In an effort to lure a new generation of theatergoers, Center Theatre Group on Friday will start giving people 25 and younger free tickets to the first preview of productions at the Mark Tap…