Monday, September 26, 2016
California may be in a drought, but inside Walt Disney Concert Hall it's cloudy with a chance of rain. Nebulous slate-colored thunderheads loom above the escalators that transport visitors f…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Twelve years have passed since the premiere of ABC's hit series "Lost," but die-hard fans are still as crazy about it as ever. So is Michael Giacchino, the man who composed the series' music…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PM[SHARE]Monday, April 25, 2016
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…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:47PM[SHARE]Friday, April 22, 2016
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…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Complexions Contemporary Ballet is known for taking on timely social issues via music and movement, and the New York company's upcoming three nights in Los Angeles are no exception, particul…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:30PM[SHARE]The Music Center of Los Angeles will announce its 2016-2017 dance season on Tuesday, and organizers say the boundary-pushing lineup features some of the art form's most exciting established …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 31, 2016
Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland think they're the funniest people in the room. Their creators, however, comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, know that most of the time Faizon and St. Ge…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 15, 2016
"Hit the Wall," a play about the 1969 Stonewall Inn riots, and "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles," which sets a classic Greek tragedy in Boyle Heights, won the top award Monday night at the Lo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:18PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 13, 2016
Sheila Callaghan doesn't just want to make you laugh. She wants to tickle you until you squirm.The playwright behind Center Theatre Group's "Women Laughing Alone With Salad," opening at the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 9, 2016
The set for La Mirada Theatre's new musical "Empire" is so different that director and choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge has given it a name: Helga. The old-fashioned musical is all about w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:02AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 31, 2016
The Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Baldwin Hills is hot. Hot with sweat, hot with frenetic movement and hot with excitement. On a brisk January morning, the unassuming, cheerful space around …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:11PM[SHARE]Friday, January 29, 2016
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced its annual awards nominations Friday, and the L.A. LGBT Center's "Hit the Wall" led all contenders with seven citations, followed by "Mojada: A…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:47PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 7, 2016
Pasadena Playhouse artistic director Sheldon Epps, a leading voice for more diversity onstage and in theater audiences, will step down from his post at the end of the 2016-17 season, officia…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:26PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 3, 2016
Big Brother isn't watching you. You're watching him. An acclaimed adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian vision on the future, "1984," is crossing the Atlantic to make its U.S. debut on the…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 25, 2015
"Grey Gardens" will replace "Titanic the Musical" in the Ahmanson Theatre's current season, Center Theatre Group announced Tuesday. Broadway mainstays Rachel York and Betty Buckley will star…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 12, 2015
L.A. Dance Project founding director Benjamin Millepied, who left Los Angeles to be director of dance at the Paris Opera Ballet, will return next month to perform with former New York City B…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:57PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 4, 2015
"Hopscotch," a mobile opera performed by the experimental company the Industry in 24 cars driving the streets of Los Angeles, is extending its sold-out run. The show, which takes place in ca…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:02PM[SHARE]Monday, October 26, 2015
Makhar Vaziev will replace Sergei Filin as the ballet director of the Bolshoi Ballet early next year, the Bolshoi Theater announced Monday. Filin, who suffered severe eye injuries and imp…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:55PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 20, 2015
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.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:41PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 30, 2015
Madeline Puzo, the dean of USC's School of Dramatic Arts, will step down from her position on June 30, university provost Michael W. Quick has announced.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:15PM[SHARE]Friday, May 15, 2015
ACT I. SCENE 1: A small black-box theater with a scuffed black floor. A charcoal gray armchair and matching ottoman sit in the center of the stage. Two long metal benches flank the armchair.…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 7, 2015
The Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena announced Thursday that it will open two of its most popular mainstage productions in New York City in June, including "Happy Days," starring Brooke Ad…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2015
When Jimmi Simpson told his agent and manager that he was bowing out of TV pilot season in order to play a chimpanzee at a small theater in Atwater Village, they thought he was bananas. The …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2015
There can be no doubt about it: "An American in Paris" thrilled critics on its opening night at Broadway's Palace Theater on Sunday, with a special emphasis on the power of the show's dan…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:51PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 2, 2015
The Pasadena Playhouse revealed its 2015-16 season on Wednesday with a lineup of shows featuring the kind of ethnic and cultural diversity that has become the company's hallmark.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:49PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Actual grand jury testimony from the Michael Brown case lays the groundwork for the new play "Ferguson," written by journalist and documentary filmmaker Phelim McAleer and to be presented by…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:14PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Small theaters took home top honors at the 46th annual L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards on Monday night at Beyond the Stars Palace in Glendale.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2015
The Pasadena Playhouse announced Thursday that Executive Director Elizabeth Doran will leave the organization at the end of April to become president and chief executive of San Diego Theatre…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2015
Touring blockbusters are a staple at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, so with the Costa Mesa venue's announcement Monday of its 2015-16 Broadway series, the question was not whether big names…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00PM[SHARE]Monday, February 16, 2015
Yuval Sharon, artistic director of the experimental L.A. opera company the Industry, believes that opera is an emerging art form. Yes, he knows it's been around since the late 16th century, …
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