David Bowie, the ballet: Complexions dancers pay tribute with 'StarDust' by Tim Greiving

"There's a little Bowie in all of us," says choreographer Dwight Rhoden, whose company will translate nine Bowie songs into contemporary dance at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Gender fluidi…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00am on April 12, 2018☆⚑

Why Broadway's hottest theater just might be on the West Coast by Barbara Isenberg

Christopher Ashley, the reigning Tony Award winner for best director of a musical, calls it "an extraordinary moment," but it's actually been an extraordinary year: "Come From Away," "Indece…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00am on April 12, 2018☆⚑

Why Broadway's hottest theater just might be on the West Coast by Barbara Isenberg

"Come From Away," "Indecent," "Junk," "Latin History for Morons," "Escape to Margaritaville" and, opening April 23, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical": Six recent plays and musicals to…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00am on April 12, 2018☆⚑

Two Tween "Franchise" Plays Break Broadway Box Office Records by Artsjournal

The Harry Potter play, based on a new story by author J.K. Rowling in collaboration with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, announced Monday that it had set a Broadway record for the strongest pr…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:31pm on April 10, 2018☆⚑

'Harry Potter' and 'Frozen' break records on Broadway by Jessica Gelt

Stories with a rabid tot and tween fan base are proving their box office might as "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" and Disney's "Frozen" break records on Broadway. The Harry Potter play, …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:30pm on April 9, 2018☆⚑

Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Shaw's 'Saint Joan': A marathon for four actors, and the audience by Charles McNulty

Four actors play all the characters of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" in Bedlam's touring productions at the Broad Stage through Saturday.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:57pm on April 9, 2018☆⚑

Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Shaw's 'Saint Joan': A marathon for four actors, and the audience by Charles McNulty

However you judge Bedlam, this young and adventurous New York company deserves extra points for a program with an unusual degree of difficulty. Imagine four actors taking on all the roles no…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:55pm on April 9, 2018☆⚑

'Love Never Dies,' a sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera,' struggles to abduct us by Daryl H. Miller

You would think that Christine Daaé might have learned by now to avoid rooms with full-length mirrors in them, because a certain masked face is bound to materialize in the looking glass, he…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:15pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑

'Hamilton' wins 7 prizes at Britain's Olivier Awards, and Time's Up wins more support by Associated Press

"Hamilton" took seven trophies including best new musical at British theater's Olivier Awards, where women's rights activists joined stage stars on the red carpet to support the Time's Up mo…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:55pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑

Talent Agencies Are Exploding Onto Every Scene In Hollywood (And Beyond) by Artsjournal2

As agencies try to get into the production business during this time of streaming, not everyone is excited by the multi-tentacled operations. "The Writers Guild of America sounded an alarm i…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:00pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑

When You're A Woman Starting To Direct, Go Big (So You Don't Go Home) by Artsjournal2

Constance Zimmer, who just directed an episode of UnReal: "I saw Greta Gerwig [an Oscar nominee for her directorial debut of Lady Bird] on a panel recently and she said, 'When it's your firs…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00pm on April 8, 2018☆⚑

Helen Molesworth, Who Was Abruptly Fired As MOCA's Chief Curator, Will Give A UCLA Commencement Address by Artsjournal2

The dean of the school said, "It is in the times that are most challenging that we, as artists, must engage the world with our greatest passion, clarity and forward-thinking vision. ... To b…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00am on April 8, 2018☆⚑

Essential Arts & Culture: Opera and the black experience, 'Shrew' and TV's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' by Carolina A. Miranda

Opera's intersections with race, plus a re-imagination of a sexist Shakespeare play. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week's most interesting cultural…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00am on April 7, 2018☆⚑

With 'A Pink Chair,' Wooster Group conjures from spirits from theater's past by Charles McNulty

With a theme of hope in the face of oppressive politics, the Wooster Group stages 'A Pink Chair,' a piece centered on the work of the late Polish writer and stage director Tadeusz Kantor, so…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:25pm on April 6, 2018☆⚑

With 'A Pink Chair,' Wooster Group conjures from spirits from theater's past by Charles McNulty

We live in an age where the internet has become an open archive. YouTube warehouses our collective nostalgia. (Oh, the hours I've lost watching old music videos and classic tennis matches!) …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:25pm on April 6, 2018☆⚑

The 99-Seat Beat: 'Mulatto Love Child,' 'Deathtrap' and more on L.A.'s intimate stages by Margaret Gray

This week in L.A.'s small theaters: Bellina Logan in "Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child," Claire Booth Luce's modern classic "The Women" in Burbank, Echo Theater Company's "What Happened W…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on April 6, 2018☆⚑

Weekend Picks: Kyle Abraham, Bedlam, the Breeders and more by Matt Cooper

What to do this weekend? SoCal picks include Abraham.in.Motion dance; Bedlam theater's "Hamlet + Saint Joan"; the Breeders; Orange County Women's Chorus singing "The Creation"; Aspen Santa F…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:20pm on April 5, 2018☆⚑

Kathleen Battle, Julia Bullock and the saga of opera singers of color by Mark Swed

A year from now we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of one of the most important concerts in American history. Richard Powers set the scene in his epic novel, "The Time of Our Singing," b…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on April 5, 2018☆⚑

AMC TO Open 100 Movie Theatres In Saudi Arabia by Artsjournal

Leawood, Kan.-based AMC and the entertainment subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund have signed a deal to operate cinemas in the kingdom, with up to 40 locations expected to op…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:01pm on April 4, 2018☆⚑

Taper and Kirk Douglas 2018-19 seasons: 'Sweat,' Tracy Letts, Dianne Wiest and a Lucas Hnath premiere by Jessica Gelt

Center Theatre Group on Wednesday will announce the 2018-19 seasons for the Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre, whose lineups will include work by Tracy Letts, Lynn Nottage, Luis Vald…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on April 4, 2018☆⚑

Meet the theater illusionists conjuring a red rainstorm inside Disney Hall by Tim Greiving

For Mahler's "Song of the Earth," the L.A. Phil is collaborating with the Chilean avante-garde theater company Teatrocinema, whose visual creations lend a new dimension to the music.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on April 4, 2018☆⚑

'Frozen' shatters box-office record at the St. James Theatre by Jessica Gelt

"Frozen" the musical smashed the house record for weekly ticket sales at the St. James Theatre in New York, Disney Theatrical Productions announced Monday, beating the mark formerly held by …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:00pm on April 2, 2018☆⚑

South Coast Rep's 'Shrew!' trips along the rutted road of Shakespearean updates by Charles McNulty

Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" belongs to a convention of comedy that isn't coming back anytime soon. The figure of the scolding, abusive wife, a reliable source of hilarity on the …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:30pm on April 2, 2018☆⚑

South Coast Rep's 'Shrew!' trips along the rutted road of Shakespearean updates by Charles McNulty

Playwright Amy Freed revisits the character of the scolding, abusive wife with this female-centric update of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:29pm on April 2, 2018☆⚑

Steven Bochco, Creator Of 'Hill Street Blues' And Perhaps Modern TV Itself, Has Died At 74 by Artsjournal2

Bochco also created "LA Law" and "NYPD Blue." His "boundary-pushing methods as a producer could make some network executives skittish. But they often deferred to him and were ultimately rewa…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00am on April 2, 2018☆⚑