Thursday, October 17, 2013
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will officially open its doors Thursday evening with a black-tie gala co-hosted by Robert Redford, Brad Pitt and Jamie Tisch, as well …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 15, 2013
'Anne,' a new exhibition at the Museum of Tolerance, delves into the teenage Holocaust victim Anne Frank's experiences.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti sat alone in a front-row folding chair …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Considered a touchstone of 1980s activism, the play and its message are relevant today, says Simon Levy, its director. Actor Tim Cummings is quietly stripping on stage at Los Angeles' Founta…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 14, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Patricia Bardon played a recording of 'Carmen' featuring Placido Domingo 'to death,' she says. Now she's starring with him conducting.Growing up in Dublin, Ireland, mezzo-soprano Patricia Ba…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Alison Pill is finding herself in the dark these days -- for play rehearsals, anyway.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]Yo, the Italian Stallion is coming to Broadway and Andy Karl will play the struggling Philly boxer-with-heart in the upcoming musical, “Rocky,” producers announced on Monday. Mar…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:15AM[SHARE]Friday, September 6, 2013
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, which will finally open its long-awaited doors for a gala celebration in October, has announced additional programs for its inaugural sea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]The sun will come out -- tomorrow. But the forecast looks cloudy for the Broadway revival of “Annie” in the not-too-distant future.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:07AM[SHARE]Friday, August 30, 2013
A certain luminescent Genie will take the Broadway stage this spring – along with Princess Jasmine, Prince Ali and Jafar -- in a new, musical adaptation of Disney’s 1992 animated…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:30AM[SHARE]Vocalist and pianist Michael Feinstein took over as music director and principal conductor of the Pasadena Pops on June 1; the five-time Grammy-nominated performer had never conducted an orc…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
How has Sarah Horn’s life changed since she was randomly plucked from the audience at the Hollywood Bowl last Friday and brought onstage to sing an impromptu duet with her idol, Kristi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:54PM[SHARE]Friday, August 2, 2013
The previously announced La Jolla Playhouse-Kennedy Center production of the 1997 musical "Side Show" will open in La Jolla on Nov. 5 in a reimagined form that will be directed by screenwrit…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:04PM[SHARE]Friday, July 19, 2013
Grammy winner Fantasia Barrino, who came to fame as winner of the third season of “American Idol,” is heading to Broadway to star in “After Midnight,” producers said …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AM[SHARE]Friday, July 12, 2013
The characters of “X Men,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Avatar” could be singing and dancing their way across the Broadway stage.Â
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 28, 2013
Culture Monster got the chance to chat with Australian opera director Barrie Kosky on Thursday, head of Berlin’s experimental Komische Oper Berlin. He’s in town for just three da…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM[SHARE]Not too long ago, Culture Monster chatted with Theatre Development Fund’s David LeShay about its popular TKTS booth in Times Square turning 40. TDF, he said, would soon be offering a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:04AM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2013
Let’s face it: Theater lovers don’t always plan in advance. Sometimes the yen for a glitzy, high-heeled hit such as “Kinky Boots” just washes over you unexpectedly. W…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 9, 2013
Sunday is Broadway’s big night -- the 67 th Tony Awards -- and from the looks of things, the show is going to be especially, well, big .
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM[SHARE]Friday, June 7, 2013
Robert James Waller’s steamy, 1992 bestselling romance novel, “The Bridges of Madison County,” evokes many things: Iowa’s placid vistas and striking, covered bridges …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]Broadway will get a concentrated dose of comedy and tragedy this fall – brought on by acclaimed British actor Mark Rylance.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:02AM[SHARE]Friday, May 31, 2013
“Les Miserables” will be hitting Broadway again – and for far longer than “one day more.”
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]South Coast Repertory announced the lineup for its 50th season Thursday – and it includes the mix of new and recent works, classics and modern masterpieces they are known for.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:57AM[SHARE]Friday, May 24, 2013
Lee Melville, a fierce champion of theater in Los Angeles, has died. He was 74 years old.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 16, 2013
The musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” may be nearly as nimble as its lead actor, Jefferson Mays, who plays multiple characters and dies no less than eig…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:32PM[SHARE]Friday, May 10, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
In response to Monday’s bombings in Boston, Tony-winning playwright Richard Greenberg made last-minute changes to his new play, "The Assembled Parties," before its Broadway opening on …
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