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A staged reading of an Italian play examining the legacy of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and a panel discussion on the impact of assassinations of reporters are part of the Gl…
Shakespeare took enough liberties in his writing that he certainly wouldn't mind if 21st-century directors of his work do the same, maintains Finn Wittrock, who's co-directing a 21st-century…
Jose Fructuoso is convicted of murdering Fountain Theatre's Ben Bradley. Two recently opened shows suspend performances but plan to return. Rubicon Theatre announces most of its 2012 program…
Roger Q. Mason draws on magical realism and his interracial family's "hidden histories " in 1870s Texas in his new play Onion Creek, directed by June Carryl. It's produced by Padua Playwrigh…
Majd Murad created his solo show Blood Fruit as a way to explain how this Iraqi American ex-Catholic came out to his family as a gay man. After a run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, it…
We survey the range of Christmas shows, or other seasonal-friendly theatrical fare -- both naughty and nice -- in greater LA. READ MORE
A revival of Miguel Pinero's Short Eyes ricochets through LATC's Theatre 4. And two plays offer comic takes on Jewish identity in America -- Laurel Ollstein's Esther's Moustache and James Sh…
Kathrine Bates' The Color of Rose uses three actresses, on stage together, to portray Rose Kennedy in three stages of her life. The West Coast premiere opens tonight at Theatre 40. Bates, wh…
Raymond J. Barry writes, acts and directs at Electric Lodge while Gigi Bermingham displays her chanteuse talents at Boston Court. Michael Kearns spotlights World AIDS day; Tracy Letts an…
Paolo Andino was given the only role in the Blank's Santaland Diaries without an audition, without even having read the script. Then the hard work began. READ MORE
Charlayne Woodard's CTG solo The Night Watcher, at the Kirk Douglas, raises CTG's overall grade on LA talent and content to a C+. Is Bring It On actually set in California, too? Pasadena Pla…
Michael Leoni's The Playground -- A Street Rock Musical was produced at several LA venues from 2004 to 2007, telling stories based on life in the New York streets. Now it's back, in a revise…
The oft-told story of Elektra gets a contemporary sound and a graphic novel spirit in Joel Raffee's new adaptation for Stokastik Theatre Ensemble. READ MORE
A play called Ching Chong Chinaman can be expected to disturb some audience members, and that's fine with the four creators of the new production company Artists at Play, which is presenting…
What's it like to work on two strangely similar plays simultaneously? Ken Barnett, who acts in Next Fall at the Geffen and co-directs Stop Kiss at the Lounge, reports that the benefits are w…
When The Playground – A Street Rock Musical opens at the MET Theatre in Hollywood on November 18, it will be another step in an on-going odyssey writer/director Michael Leoni began in …
Coming soon at the Ahmanson -- Fela! in place of Funny Girl. Antaeus' new troika of artistic directors announce a three-play season. LATW tours China. Holiday happenings and post-holiday…
Producers Dan Friedman and Jessica Hanna discuss what happened behind the scenes at Monday's Ovation Awards ceremony. Then the two young siblings, David and Rachael Kartsonis, who streamed t…
Julian Acosta first read Short Eyes as an undergraduate, directing a scene from it in class, but he had to recruit staff members to act in it because his fellow students refused to tackle th…
Charlayne Woodard, famed for her autobiographical solo plays, takes on her role as surrogate mother to nieces, nephews, godchildren and other offspring of friends in her latest production, T…
The fifth of 17 siblings, Rochelle Duffy coaxed stories out of most of them, ultimately focusing on her conversations with one of her brothers when he was incarcerated. This material comes t…
The Ovation Awards ceremony Monday offered laughs from French Stewart, Carolyn Hennesy and Sally Struthers, tears and counsel from Wren Brown, fond memories of Gil Cates from Randall Arney a…
Pat Kinevane's solo, Forgotten, examines four octogenarians who live in what they consider "geriatric asylums." Yet the writer/performer explains that his work isn't restricted to text-heavy…
Troubadour Theater Company won more Ovations than any other company, its A Wither's Tale took more trophies than any other production, and two of its leaders -- Matt Walker and Beth Kennedy …
At opening night of Bring It On at the Ahmanson, Connie chatted with former Laker Rick Fox, Glee star Max Adler, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, composer Jason Robert Brown, Bring I…
