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We may be heading into a bit of a summer slowdown, but shows are still opening in L.A.'s small theaters. Our picks this week: Coeurage Theatre's "Slaughter City," Whitefire's "The Blade of J…
Stephen Karam's drama, winner of the 2016 Tony Award for best play, has come to Los Angeles with its Broadway cast almost completely intact, including Tony winners Jayne Houdyshell and Reed …
If there's a better acting ensemble working in America right now than the extraordinary cast of "The Humans," which opened Wednesday at the Ahmanson Theatre with nearly the entire Broadway c…
Ella Turenne stepped onto a small Hollywood stage singing the early-2000s hit by neo-soul singer India Arie, "I Am Not My Hair." The song was a fitting introduction to her one-woman show, "L…
"The Band's Visit" may have claimed 10 trophies at the Tony Awards last week, but it also scored a big win offstage as well: a bump in music streaming. Since the June 10 ceremony, streaming …
Happy Weekend, El Lay! It's been a busy week culture-wise, with Tony Awards, new gallery shows and a blazing music festival. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, w…
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 Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018 …
Donald McKayle mixed love with melancholy in his 2015 lyrical dance piece "Bittersweet Farewell," which honored deceased friends " bonds made during 70 years working on Broadway and in telev…
Dominique Morisseau, the playwright of "Detroit '67" and also a writer for Showtime's "Shameless," delivers a powerful drama about the working class " and what happens when their work is tak…
The handwriting is on the wall for the workers at one of the last standing small auto plants in Detroit. They know management is planning to shut down the operation, but they don't know when…
Your attention probably has turned to the almost-summer outdoors, but L.A. theater is doing its best to get you off of the sand and into a seat. Consider: the Hollywood Fringe Festival at fu…
Lesley Manville is breathtaking as Mary Tyrone, the wife and mother imprisoned in addiction. Jeremy Irons is suave and subtle as James Tyrone, the husband and father helpless as his family f…
There are two main reasons to once again undergo Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night," which opened Sunday at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills…
"The Band's Visit" won 10 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical, leading actor and leading actress. But if you can't get to New York to see the show, when might the show come to you?…
Michelle Kholos Brooks' play "Hostage" at the Skylight Theatre revisits the Iranian hostage crisis almost 40 years after the fact. Based on real-life characters, Brooks' new drama is filtere…
The Tony Awards have closed the book on the 2017-18 season, and now that "The Band's Visit" has won 10 trophies and "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" has won six, producers and press agent…
Revivals redeemed a lackluster Broadway year. But now that the Tony Awards have closed the book on the 2017-18 season, it will be easy for producers and press agents to spin a self-congratul…
Bruce Springsteen may have been born to run, but Sunday evening, after an introduction by his buddy Billy Joel, the Boss casually made his way up to the Radio City Music Hall stage to accept…
Laurie Metcalf was anything but a shoo-in for a Tony Award, so her win Sunday for featured actress in "Three Tall Women" naturally raises the question: Did "Roseanne" controversy play a part…
Staging a sprawling, two-part Shakespearean drama outdoors is a brave task, so credit to the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles for pulling it off with a cast that includes Rondi Reed, Raffi …
Tackling both parts of Shakespeare's "Henry IV" in an outdoor staging with a company of actors not primarily known as Elizabethan specialists is a recipe for a long and bumpy night. So it's …
It's Tony Awards weekend. And the Hammer Biennial and Ojai Musical Festival are in full swing. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, and we're knee-deep in early su…
Can "Mean Girls" edge out "The Band's Visit" and "SpongeBob SquarePants"? Will "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" or "Angels in American" take home more trophies? Here's a quick rundown of …
A look at six featured performances nominated for Tony Awards that stood out in the season.
The truth of that old theatrical saying that there are no small parts, only small actors, was redeemed last season on Broadway, with a bevy of featured performances that transcended their li…
