Monday, June 9, 2014
"A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," the musical with no marquee names or obvious marketing hook, won big at the Tony Awards on Sunday night, proving that a droll Edwardian tale of homici…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 6, 2014
In a Broadway season in which revivals have eclipsed new plays it was still a surprise that the American drama that spoke most urgently to our time was Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM[SHARE]New York (and L.A. and the U.S.) snap into focus when CTG's Michael Ritchie, Pasadena Playhouse's Sheldon Epps, the Geffen's Randall Arney and South Coast Rep's Marc Masterson gather.New Yor…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM[SHARE]The Tony Awards will be handed out Sunday, and the safe money is on "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" for best musical and "All the Way" for best play. But nothing is guaranteed in a Br…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AM[SHARE]The Tony Awards will be handed out Sunday, and the safe money is on "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" for best musical and "All the Way" for best play. But nothing is guaranteed in a Br…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Last weekend my theatergoing got off to an especially bloody start at the Sacred Fools Theater, where I caught one of the last performances of "Taste," the world premiere of Benjamin Brand's…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AM[SHARE]Friday, May 23, 2014
The exclamatory title of Sheana Ochoa's biography of legendary acting teacher Stella Adler invokes Marlon Brando's tormented cry in "A Streetcar Named Desire." It's a fitting allusion: Brand…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 22, 2014
One of the great interests in any revival of the Tennessee Williams classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" is seeing how a production will negotiate the balance of theatrical power between Blanc…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 20, 2014
NEW YORK " If you happened to notice hell freezing over this Broadway season, please don't assume that it was another fluky manifestation of climate change. There's something I need to confe…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 19, 2014
Every great dramatic masterpiece poses a question about a protagonist that expresses the "darker purpose," to borrow a phrase from "King Lear," of a playwright's vision. The classic example,…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 14, 2014
A cross section of life in Nampa, Idaho, is delivered through the theatrical equivalent of cinematic jump cuts in "different words for the same thing," a new play by Kimber Lee that opened S…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:31AM[SHARE]Friday, May 2, 2014
Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham touches on a yearning for transcendence. This time, he imagines Brooklyn brothers beset by frustrations and mysteries.Pulitzer Prize winner Michael C…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 29, 2014
What can you say about a Broadway season that was distinguished by adventurous revivals and crammed with superb performances? That it was a good year for actors and a challenging year for pl…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:41PM[SHARE]The 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes is given a fluid, authentic production at the Old Globe in San Diego.— Elliot, the central figure of Quiara AlegrÃa H…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]The 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes is given a fluid, authentic production at the Old Globe in San Diego.The 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Quiara AlegrÃa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 25, 2014
The dance master teams with adventuresome colleagues to present two short stories conjoined as the non-dance theater piece 'Man in a Case.' There's a lot going on. Not all of it serves the a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:23PM[SHARE]The dance master teams with adventuresome colleagues to present two short stories conjoined as the non-dance theater piece 'Man in a Case.' There's a lot going on. Not all of it serves the a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:23PM[SHARE]No matter the musical style, the American classic's score always envelops the actors and drives the drama.Depending on your knowledge of the material and expectations going in, the touring v…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]No matter the musical style, the American classic's score always envelops the actors and drives the drama.No matter the musical style, the American classic's score always envelops the actors…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Theater review: Recap of the singer, actor and activist's life respectfully covers all the bases, but its educational tone overcomes any sense of drama.Multi-hyphenated celebrities are all …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AM[SHARE]Friday, April 18, 2014
Annette Bening brings a subdued charm to 'Ruth Draper's Monologues' at the Geffen Playhouse.Annette Bening brings a subdued charm to 'Ruth Draper's Monologues' at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 17, 2014
The New York theater piece based on playwright Moss Hart's memoir hasn't been distilled into a workable dramatic form. But Tony Shalhoub's performance is richly rewarding.Whenever a thespian…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:40PM[SHARE]The New York theater piece based on playwright Moss Hart's memoir hasn't been distilled into a workable dramatic form. But Tony Shalhoub's performance is richly rewarding.The New York theate…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 16, 2014
A distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serve to magnify Anna D. Shapiro's glossy yet empty 'Of Mice and Men' revival.NEW YORK — Why is James Franco, the world's most fam…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30PM[SHARE]A distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serve to magnify Anna D. Shapiro's glossy yet empty 'Of Mice and Men' revival.A distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serv…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 13, 2014
NEW YORK — Only a fool would second-guess the transformative power of Audra McDonald, but when it was announced that this five-time Tony Award-winner was going to portray Billie Holida…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:14PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " Only a fool would second-guess the transformative power of Audra McDonald, but when it was announced that this five-time Tony Award-winner was going to portray Billie Holiday in t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:14PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 12, 2014
Critic's Notebook: Plays based on history are big this year. England has adaptations of Hilary Mantel's Henry VIII novels; we have the LBJ play 'All the Way.' In them, we see parallels to th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM[SHARE]Critic's Notebook: Plays based on history are big this year. England has adaptations of Hilary Mantel's Henry VIII novels; we have the LBJ play 'All the Way.' In them, we see parallels to th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 10, 2014
A flashy adaptation of Woody Allen's 1994 film 'Bullets Over Broadway' illuminates the stage, yet the singing, acting and writing seem out of whack.NEW YORK — "Don't speak! Don't speak…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:05PM[SHARE]Theater Review: Dazzling production overwhelms Shakespeare's poetry even as extraordinary music vainly seeks to unify story and spectacle.LAS VEGAS — Telling friends that you're headin…
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