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Rogue Machine, one of Los Angeles' more prominent small-theater companies, is heading west this fall, relocating from Hollywood to Venice. "We've been looking for a permanent home for 11 yea…
Isadora Russian ballerina Natalia Osipova portrays modern-dance legend Isadora Duncan in this full-length dance-theater bio-drama choreographed by Mariinsky Theatre's Vladimir Varnava and fe…
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 Ada Vox The drag artist and "Am…
Believed to be one of Canada's most-produced playwrights, Norm Foster has written dozens of plays over more than three decades. "Screwball Comedy," now in its U.S. premiere at Theatre 40 in …
Raccoons, owls and rabbits may crash the stage and steal the scene in Shakespeare productions held in the great summer outdoors, but for many actors, there's a more aggravating intruder hove…
The gender bending in the New Swan Shakespeare Festival production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is pulled off with aplomb, and if the comic approach goes a little too far, at least the shena…
The gender bending in the New Swan Shakespeare Festival production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is pulled off with aplomb, and if the comic approach goes a little too far, at least the shena…
Charlotte Rae, "The Facts of Life" star who died Sunday at 92, may be inexorably linked to the muffin-baking, wisdom-imparting housemother she played on TV, but the actress did find a place …
Like the pie fillings dreamed up by its central character, the 2007 independent movie "Waitress" is made of ingredients that wouldn't seem to belong together yet combine into something delic…
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 Longing Pinocchio Dark reimagin…
Stephen Sondheim " writer of unhummable melodies and cynical lyrics? Or unerring saint of musical theater? In the mid-1970s, opinion often gravitated toward the former. Then "Side by Side by…
Our picks for this weekend include Independent Shakespeare Co.'s "Titus Andronicus," two world premieres from American Contemporary Ballet and the national tour of the hit musical "Waitress.…
Sara Bareilles has spent the last five years of her life working almost exclusively on the musical "Waitress." With the show still sailing on Broadway after more than two years and a nationa…
They didn't set out to do it, but when the creative talents behind the Broadway musical "Waitress" assembled in a room, they looked around and realized something unusual: They were all women…
A search for family propels "Annie," the 1977 Broadway musical inspired by the Depression-era comic strip "Little Orphan Annie." In a weekend staging at the Hollywood Bowl, that came to mean…
Theater that tackles the dark side of capitalism and a rousing performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Plus: The Times pays tribute to beloved critic Jonathan Gold, who passed away last week. I'm…
Sundays Live Pianist Daniel Wnukowski performs works by Chopin, Szymanowski, Stojowski, Fitelberg, Tansman and Rathaus. LACMA, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Sun., 6 p.m. Free. (323…
Capsule reviews are by Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings Bucket List Cabaret An evening of comedic songs and show tunes. Theatre 40, Reuben Cordova Theatre, 241 S.…
The playwright of "Cost of Living" and "Ironbound" invites us into worlds that theatergoers have been trained to look past: domestic workers with foreign accents, factory laborers who strugg…
Martyna Majok, the Polish-born American playwright whose play "Cost of Living" won the Pulitzer Prize for drama this year, invites us into worlds that theatergoers have been trained to look …
Unless you've lived them, chances are the disruptive travails of new motherhood charted in Molly Smith Metzler's "Cry It Out" will come as a shock " and an unexpectedly sobering rebuttal to …
Capitalism and its discontents: Two new plays chronicle worlds undone by money " Ben Power's brilliantly acted adaptation of the origin story for the company too big to fail, with Sam Mendes…
Beyond being two of the most anticipated new dramas in London this summer, Ben Power's English adaptation of Italian playwright Stefano Massini's "The Lehman Trilogy" at the National Theatre…
If you could communicate with dogs, what would you ask them? Having pondered this problem more than I should probably admit, I think my first question would be: "Why do you roll on dead worm…
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 Shakespeare by the Sea Locally …
