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The ensconced veteran reluctant to give up the spotlight. The impatient successor nipping at his heels. This scenario has launched plots from "Paradise Lost" to "The Late Shift."
Beloved tenor Andrea Bocelli and vaunted soprano Renee Fleming will perform in a benefit concert titled "Remembering Pavarotti" on Sept. 25 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
The announcement last year that Benedict Cumberbatch would be starring in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" was a consummation devoutly to be wished for the actor's legions of female fans -- so much…
Are Broadway audiences ready to fall in love with Cirque du Soleil?
The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica has hired Wiley Hausam, the leader of a performing arts program affiliated with Stanford University, as artistic and executive director.
Los Angeles Opera will host a free simulcast of the first production of its 2015-16 season at Santa Monica Pier on Oct. 3.
Idina Menzel will be joined by several original Broadway cast members of the musical "If/Then" for seven stops on the national tour that arrives at the Pantages Theatre in December.
 Life bustles in the clock shop/residence of the Fail family of early 1900s Chicago. Father and daughter huddle eagerly over timepieces. Another daughter, an aspiring competitive swimmer,…
A skirmish of wit attends "Much Ado About Nothing" in Griffith Park, and it proves a notable argument. Independent Shakespeare Company concludes its summer season with an agreeably quirky, r…
As this country's first secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton would surely be proud that the new musical named after him is making a respectable mint on Broadway.
To the world, Chaz Bono is one of many things: the lone child of famed entertainers Sonny and Cher, an author, a transgender LGBT rights advocate. But to Bono himself, these titles mean litt…
On the outside, Dan, the 31-year-old computer guy with a fleshy middle, knows he comes off as "unassuming and plain." Good at math, he tells us he's 5-foot-10, 200 pounds and that 52 is the …
I'm Kelly Scott, and last week the arts staff took on everything from inferior classical music streaming to the dramaturgy of political debate, with a few French horns added for good measure…
Shortly after savoring Rogue Machine Theatre's scrupulously acted production of Samuel D. Hunter's "A Permanent Image" and just before attending the much-praised Antaeus Company revival of W…
There are plenty of quotable moments in "Tap World," an engaging new documentary. Dancers were invited to share their stories with the filmmakers, and not surprisingly the ones selected are …
As Will Ferrell's longtime creative partner, Adam McKay has a history in screen comedy, with directing credits on movies such as "Anchorman" and "Talladega Nights" and a founding role in "Fu…
The life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has inspired biographies, documentaries and two feature films, including one starring Michael Fassbender and written by Aaron Sorkin to be released…
Unlike the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony, which have outdoor summer homes, the New York Philharmonic wanders when the weather gets hot. In …
Lynn Manning overcame blindness from a barroom bullet to forge a 30-year career as a champion athlete, poet, actor, theater company founder and, especially, playwright inspired by his own ha…
It's hard to go wrong with "Spamalot" at the Hollywood Bowl. The Tony-winning show, based on the cult movie comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," leaves no silliness unturned as it affec…
Growing up in England, fine art photographer Ellie Davies spent afternoons frolicking in the forest with her twin sister, Rebecca - they played hide-and-seek, got blissfully lost in the dimn…
It wasn't enough for them to write a song that has gotten lodged in legions of brains over the last year or so. (Seriously, at this point "Let It Go" should be paying rent to our heads.)
The quest for the Holy Grail never ends.
More than a few students over the years have wished they were listening to hip-hop instead of learning about American history.
The Mark Taper Forum is dark and still during a tense scene in a preview performance of "Bent," Martin Sherman's 1979 play about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals.
