Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Two new versions " a National Theatre film coming to PBS and a Public Theater podcast out now " bring new life to Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 24, 2021
What role can art play in opening eyes to the humanity of people different from ourselves? After the Atlanta-area shootings, the answer is urgent.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 16, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions are loosening for cultural institutions even though health experts urge caution. We've haven't yet won the fight.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:22PM[SHARE]Friday, March 12, 2021
A year ago Michael Michetti, one of L.A. theater's most accomplished directors, was about to open the Stephen Sondheim musical "Passion" at Boston Court Pasadena. Then the pandemic hit.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:28PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 6, 2021
Center Theatre Group streams "The Gaze ... No Homo," a Larry Powell play examining the possibilities of Black queer work in white environments.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Daniel Fish, Culture Clash, Dael Orlandersmith, Richard Maxwell, Annie Dorsen and Lars Jan reveal much loss " but also see a way forward.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:37PM[SHARE]Friday, February 12, 2021
REDCAT's digital production of 'Yorick, La Historia de Hamlet' miniaturizes Shakespeare's tragedy into an ingenious hourlong show.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 9, 2021
The reading actor isn't a thing of the past, but a refined literary sensibility is valued less than social media savvy today.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:14PM[SHARE]Monday, February 8, 2021
As the Senate impeachment trial gets underway, Shakespeare's tragedy illuminates the politics of rebellion and the quest to maintain a grip on power.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Adrienne Kennedy, a Black playwright who's more influential than produced, is celebrated in a rare digital festival not to be missed.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:54PM[SHARE]Monday, January 25, 2021
Theater has suffered from placelessness in the digital era. Mark O'Rowe's "The Approach" roots us somewhere theatrically real.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 21, 2021
Same stage, different script: For a theater critic watching President Biden's inauguration, the most notable part of the performance is its humility.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 14, 2021
The nation's overlapping crises have sparked the notion that audiences want to be uplifted, more than anything else. I disagree.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:36PM[SHARE]Monday, January 11, 2021
Pasadena Playhouse streams "You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman," in which paying tribute to the Broadway composer proves harder than it might seem.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:32PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 12, 2020
This was the year that streaming versions of "Hamilton," "What the Constitution Means to Me" and "Ma Rainey" proved stage stories can shine on-screen.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:53PM[SHARE]Friday, June 5, 2020
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
"In Circles," Al Carmines' musical adaptation of Gertrude Stein's "A Circular Play," gets a topnotch revival at the Odyssey Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:24PM[SHARE]Friday, September 13, 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Fall theater season highlight for Los Angeles include a musical version of 'Almost Famous,' Bill Irwin in "On Beckett," a revival of August Wilson's "Jitney" and a new standup show by comic …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:12PM[SHARE]Monday, September 9, 2019
John Leguizamo's one-man show, now at the Ahmanson, delves into the Latino history missing from his son's textbooks. It's a funny, dizzying journey.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:21PM[SHARE]Friday, September 6, 2019
The annual outdoor production of classic Greek theater is Sophocles reimagined by Aaron Posner, known for adapting Chekhov into "Stupid ... Bird."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:49PM[SHARE]Monday, August 19, 2019
Jiehae Park's "Hannah and the Dread Gazebo," presented by the Fountain Theatre and East West Players, follows a New York woman to the DMZ as she unravels the mysterious death of her grandmot…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:44PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 13, 2019
'Fefu and her Friends,' MarÃa Irene Fornés' feminist classic, is reborn at the Odyssey Theatre
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:01AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Hal Prince redefined the musical and Broadway in the second half of the 20th century.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 28, 2019
Geraldine Inoa's "Scraps" and Dionna M. Daniel's "Gunshot Medley: Part 1" explore pain in the fight for control over black bodies in America and demonstrate exciting new directions in Africa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:11PM[SHARE]"Into the Woods," Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical deconstruction of classic fairy tales, gets a starry, al fresco revival at the Hollywood Bowl with Sierra Boggess, Sutton Foste…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Rob Nagle, Lisa Fernandez and Justin Huen star in E.L. Lewis' latest play, 'Apple Season' at Atwater Village Theatre
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:55PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 21, 2019
"X-Men" superstar and Broadway triple-threat Hugh Jackman performs his concert show, "Hugh Jackman: The Man. The Music. The Show," at the Hollywood Bowl.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:07PM[SHARE]Friday, July 12, 2019
Olivier-winning British comedy "The Play That Goes Wrong" arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre as a comedy of blunders with a fringe-theater soul.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 1, 2019
Betsy Brandt stars in a new Pasadena Playhouse version of "Riverdale" creator Aguirre-Sacasa's 2008 work, which centers on a prep-school sex scandal.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 13, 2019
PBS' 'American Masters' explores the path-breaking gay writer Terrence McNally through interviews with Billy Porter, Nathan Lane, Rita Moreno and others.
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