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What else is there to say? (Quite a lot, but - ) "'Everyone thinks anyone can replicate a Jackson Pollock painting,' said private conservator Chris Stavroudis, recalling a Three Stooges bit …
The style has its roots in colonialism, and in a place that hasn't been Mexico for quite some time. Carolina Miranda has the story: "The architectural style known as Colonial Californiano is…
As "Angels" gets major revivals on both coasts (and "Caroline, or Change" transfers to the West End in London), Kushner says he's tried to get his most famous work out of his head - but he j…
"Angels in America" comes soaring back and King Tut makes the rounds " again " while painter Laura Owens announces that her art space 356 Mission will close. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff w…
Evil can look benign. It can appear official. It can masquerade as kind. It can show up at the door in the form of a boy you watched grow up, now wearing a crisply pressed military uniform a…
The Times' theater critic sits down with the playwright to discuss two new productions of his masterpiece, "Angels in America" " one at Berkeley Rep and the other in New York, where Kushner …
This week on the small-theater scene: Neil Simon's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" in Burbank, the new play "Damaged Furniture" in Sherman Oaks, the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival in Veni…
Edward Albee's Pulitzer-winning drama is the vehicle for Glenda Jackson's return to Broadway. Laurie Metcalf, a Tony winner last year, and Alison Pill co-star.
The Hollywood invasion of Broadway, and theater in general, continues with grand entrances by Ryan Murphy, Tina Fey and more television stars than we can count. Here is some of the most nota…
Airing fewer commercials could mean less revenue for the networks " unless they can convince advertisers that it's worth it to pay more to have their spots running in a less cluttered progra…
"The New Colossus," the Actors' Gang production centered on the stories of immigrants coming to America, has been extended through May 12. Directed and co-written by Tim Robbins, the company…
Reprise Theatre Company will try for an encore when founder Marcia Seligson brings it back as Reprise 2.0 in June with "Sweet Charity," directed by Kathleen Marshall. The company, which spec…
For one critic recalling the experience of seeing "Angels in America" 25 years ago, the current Broadway revival is perfectly timed, proving the political prescience of playwright Tony Kushn…
The superb new Broadway production of "Angels in America" from London brought back my first encounter with the work at the Walter Kerr Theatre in 1993. I had traveled from New Haven to see t…
Two photographers talk about what they're doing in their shows at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and it's not what you'll hear in the news. "The shows tell a wildly different story about M…
Taylor Mac's "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music" is a necessary and great American epic for our time. It is, on the surface, like nothing else, a queering of American history with the hel…
Spring has sprung! And we've got previews, new plays, more MOCA stonewalling and Chicano everything. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer with the Los Angeles Times, with the week's top cul…
Dedicated to producing new works, Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles has nurtured a mixed blessing in "Pigs and Chickens," Marek Glinski's premiere at the company's Atwater Village space. W…
Stop me if you've seen this one: An aging, tempestuous, narcissistic ruler craves adulation, exiles those who question him, and neglects those who suffer on the fringes of society. We're tal…
Applaud strong, resourceful, vital women as depicted in "Of Government" by Son of Semele, a festival of plays by Latinas at Casa 0101, "Through the Eye of a Needle" by the Road Theatre Compa…
When it shrugs off its Shakespearean aspirations, Disney's female-centric fairy tale succeeds with comic sweetness and a charming cast.
No one attending "Frozen," the new Broadway musical that had its official opening on Thursday at the St. James Theatre, is meant to ponder the rise of extreme weather events. Leave it to a s…
Ready for a show? Here's a rundown of when and where to catch "Hamilton," "The Book of Mormon," "School of Rock," "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," "On Your Feet!" and more.
Amy Freed sensed the guy could use some help. He'd written a knockabout comedy but got sloppy with details and seemed to have run short of ideas, especially in segments involving the rough w…
Theater critic Charles McNulty notes promising productions in the coming season, including Joshua Harmon's "Significant Other," Stephen Karam's "The Humans," Amy Herzog's "Belleville" and Le…
