The new MacArthur winners. Springsteen does the Great White Way. And a look at what made Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao such a hit. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer with the Los Angele…
The week's offerings in L.A.'s small theaters include "Kaidan Project" by Rogue Artists, "A Love Affair" at Santa Monica Playhouse, "Resolving Hedda" at Victory Theatre and "The House on Man…
Bravo, Bruce. The star of Broadway's fall season delivers a piece of theater that few will forget - two hours of longing, loss, quiet melancholy and reflection, all from the man who was born…
The Broadway star Carmen Cusack arrives at the Silver Lake Reservoir dressed for a midday walk in shorts, sneakers, a hat and sunglasses. Even the most devoted theater fanatic would be hard-…
In 2015, the Smithsonian asked music lovers to submit photos they'd taken of their favorite rock 'n' rollers. Four-thousand pictures later, the book "Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unse…
The 2017 MacArthur fellows have been revealed, and among the honorees are an experimental opera director, a freewheeling novelist exploring the moral complexities of the Vietnam War, a Niger…
As soon as the lights dimmed at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday night, the screaming began. And it lasted " at varying levels " for practically the entire two-hour run of J Balvin's sold-out…
Any Place But Here Amie Cota and No)one. Art House explore the "Great Migration" of African Americans out of the rural South during the 20th century; part of the LAX Festival. The Bootleg Th…
Jeremy J. Kamps' play "Runaway Home," now premiering at the Fountain Theatre, is set in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward three years after Hurricane Katrina. The waters may have long receded, but…
This week in L.A.'s small-theater scene: "Captain Greedy's Carnival" at the Actors' Gang, "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play" at Sacred Fools, "Ridiculous Darkness" at Son of Semele and "Mrs. …
"Our Town" has become such a chestnut that it's easy to forget just how innovative it was when the drama premiered in 1938. Thornton Wilder's style, so thoroughly absorbed by the 20th centur…
The word "audience" comes from the Latin word "audientia," meaning a hearing. People gather to listen, and an individual or group is given the opportunity to be heard. It is a basic exercise…
John Douglas Thompson, the British-born actor of Jamaican heritage who trained in America and is now a citizen here, has carved out a reputation as one of our leading classical actors. His O…
Tzu Chi "Thousands of Helping Hands" Concert China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe presents the Buddhism-themed dance piece "My Dream"; musician Daniel Ho and the All-American Boys C…
Our weekly picks in the small-theater scene: "The View UpStairs" at Celebration, "Exit Strategy" at the LBGT Center, "Br'er Cotton" at Zephyr and "Wicked Lit" in Altadena.
"Head of Passes," Tarell Alvin McCraney's play set where the land trails off into the sea in hurricane-prone Louisiana, has undergone quite a bit of tinkering since I saw it at Berkeley Repe…
Capsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.), Charles McNulty (C.M.), Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.) and David C. Nichols (D.C.N.). Openings Chis…
The weapon: 16 sticks of dynamite and a windup alarm clock. The target: The old Los Angeles Times building, an 1886 brick-and-granite edifice known as "the fortress," on Broadway and First S…
The most promising shows in L.A.'s small-theater scene include new work from some big names.
Churchgoer. Gymgoer. Fundraising executive. Devoted spouse, son and colleague. This is the trickster of Los Angeles theater? My, but Tom Jacobson's still waters run deep. He is, after all, t…
When Thomas "Fats" Waller played piano and sang, life was a party. A large man with a big personality, he was known as much for making people laugh as for his extraordinary skill at a jumpin…
In a posh Beverly Hills hotel suite overflowing with gift baskets, Michael, the central character of Paul Rudnick's tentative new comedy, "Big Night," is anxiously primping for what may be t…
Capsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings Big Night An actor and nominee deals with demands on …
The Best of Khachaturian Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre performs to the music of the Armenian composer. The Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Sun., 5 p.m. $25-$125. (818) 243-2539. F…
As anyone from a large family can attest, it's a wonder how so many wildly different individuals can spring from the same genetic pool. In Daniel MacIvor's "Marion Bridge," a guest productio…