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Craig Wright's oft-produced play "The Pavilion," now in a lovely revival at Malibu Playhouse, takes place in the early 2000s, in the fictional town of Pine City, Minn. (That's where Wright, …
For those who have been tracking the thrilling career of the Belgian-born, Amsterdam-based director Ivo van Hove, the last place you'd expect to find him working is Broadway. But the Flemish…
Springtime on Broadway is usually racked with strategy, stress and speculation. New shows vie for any possible edge to capture the Tony Awards' brass ring of best musical, on the (often corr…
Shortly after the news broke that "Hamilton" had landed 16 Tony Award nominations, the musical's director, Thomas Kail, sent a text to choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and others on the sho…
Last year, the Tony Awards could have adopted the hashtag #TonysSoBritish. This year, the nominees announced Tuesday morning look like the anti-Oscars, so diverse is the roster. There may no…
From its humble start in a small theater space in downtown Los Angeles to its three Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, including a nod for musical revival, Deaf West's production of "Spring …
The historical significance of "Hamilton"'s trove of Tony nominations
The 2016 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning, and beyond the record 16 nominations for "Hamilton," there were strong showings for "Shuffle Along," "She Loves Me," "Eclipsed…
"Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical about America's founding fathers wrote its own bit of Tony Award history Tuesday morning by picking up 16 nominations, breaking the record he…
Just how tall do the record-breaking 16 Tony nominations racked up by "Hamilton" on Tuesday stand up in Broadway history? Here's a rundown of a dozen other productions with the most Tony nom…
Alan Mandell, the evergreen 88-year-old actor, confessed that he might be ready to bid farewell to the stage when I interviewed him last year on the occasion of his performance in the Mark T…
Choreographer Daniel Ezralow defined himself in a long-ago interview as an "art-lete," a combination artist-athlete. Nearly 30 years on, that's still an apt way to consider his populist appr…
The Montagues and Capulets may be feuding once again, but in Los Angeles Ballet's forthcoming production of "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare's tragic love story is a happier family affair. Th…
Springtime on Broadway is usually racked with strategy, stress and speculation. New shows vie for any edge possible to capture the Tony Awards' brass ring of best musical, believing the awar…
A Broadway history lesson is being delivered these days at the Music Box Theatre, and never has anything this educational been so sensationally staged. All credit to Professor George C. W…
" Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night," considered by some to be the greatest American drama, is a marathon of family squabbling. Grueling in the wrong hands, the play's relentle…
Comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will perform one more night in L.A. of their sold-out show, "Oh, Hello," representatives said Monday. The show had a five-night run at Hollywood's Mo…
OK, theater buffs, get ready to be stumped. From what musical did "I'm Just Wild About Harry" spring? If you answered "Shuffle Along," you either have an encyclopedic memory (and way too man…
What is that indefinable quality that makes an actor a star? Jessie Mueller, who won a Tony in 2014 for her performance in "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," helped me once again answer t…
The 400th anniversary of beloved poet and playwright William Shakespeare's death will be marked around the world on Saturday. Places like the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C…
On the seating chart of American culture, choice tables are still reserved for those who can earn a permanent place in the zeitgeist by way of a big Broadway musical. And this week, Bret Eas…
In "Sweeney Todd," Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler proved that laughter in a musical could make the adrenaline pump harder. Funny, it turned out, didn't have to be the nemesis of fear. A t…
A year after he surprised the arts world by giving $100 million to Lincoln Center, David Geffen is dropping another cool hundred million on a second New York institution, the Museum…
This week: A look back at the Cold War, new takes on two ancient Greek tales, and a whole lot of "Henry VI." Carnival of the Animals Australian circus troupe Circa performs this family-frien…
After nearly four years of renovations at a cost of close to $66 million, the historic John Anson Ford Theatres complex in the hills of the Cahuenga Pass will be taking its bow, with a publi…
