Thursday, February 14, 2019
Nudity in "Linda Vista" at the Mark Taper Forum is so abundant, actors can hear the audience gasp when it begins. Lead actresses Cora Chantal Thuy and Cora Vander Broek, director Dexter Bull…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM[SHARE]In the darkly comic play "Linda Vista" at the Mark Taper Forum, three lead actors get naked. Not semi-naked, but totally naked. And not to take a bath or get dressed, but in service of some …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 5, 2019
If you love pop-driven R&B, singer-songwriter John Legend will headline opening night of the Hollywood Bowl's 2019 season. Fan of Hugh Jackman's boisterous brand of musical theater? The Tony…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 16, 2019
It didn't take long for Donald Webber Jr. to hear about the hardships endured by residents of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, the monster storm that ravaged the island in late 2017. The t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:20PM[SHARE]Monday, January 14, 2019
The quadrangle in front of the historic Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico is so quiet that you can hear a feral cat meowing as it lounges on the theater steps. The plaintive sound echo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 12, 2019
Lin-Manuel Miranda cried as he grasped the hands of his "Hamilton" costars during curtain call on opening night here, later raising a Puerto Rican flag and waving it high before wrapping it …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:50PM[SHARE]Friday, December 7, 2018
A surprise challenger infiltrated the musical theater album category when the Grammy nominees were announced Friday: The television special "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert," starring…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 27, 2018
"Dear Evan Hansen," the musical whose national tour shattered ticket sales records during an Ahmanson Theatre run that ended Saturday, will return to L.A. as part of Center Theatre Group's 2…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:55PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 25, 2018
Our latest roundup of love affairs between Hollywood and the theater world include Michael C. Hall, Keri Russell and Adam Driver, all among the well-known names from TV and film to head for …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 17, 2018
In an effort to lure a new generation of theatergoers, Center Theatre Group on Friday will start giving people 25 and younger free tickets to the first preview of productions at the Mark Tap…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 2, 2018
They didn't set out to do it, but when the creative talents behind the Broadway musical "Waitress" assembled in a room, they looked around and realized something unusual: They were all women…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]Sara Bareilles has spent the last five years of her life working almost exclusively on the musical "Waitress." With the show still sailing on Broadway after more than two years and a nationa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 9, 2018
Shhhhh. John Lithgow is performing his solo show, "Stories by Heart." The five audience members are riveted. Don't speak, don't fidget, and for God's sake, don't look at your phone. The acto…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 12, 2018
"The Band's Visit" won 10 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical, leading actor and leading actress. But if you can't get to New York to see the show, when might the show come to you?…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:45PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 10, 2018
Laurie Metcalf was anything but a shoo-in for a Tony Award, so her win Sunday for featured actress in "Three Tall Women" naturally raises the question: Did "Roseanne" controversy play a part…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:25PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 7, 2018
L.A. Times' theater critic Charles McNulty said the performance in "The Iceman Cometh" was "revelatory." The New York Times wrote that it was a "center-of-gravity" turn, equal parts joyful a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 17, 2018
For five midcareer pros working in film/video, dance, music, theater and visual art, the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is a remarkable prize: $75,000 to use at a time when work is often pois…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 15, 2018
"Frozen," the Broadway musical, will launch its national tour at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in fall 2019, the Pantages announced Tuesday. Following its splashy New York opening in March …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Frank "Fraver" Verlizzo has been creating some of Braodway's most memorable posters since the early 1970s. Now he's put more than 250 of his favorite designs in a book.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Jayne Houdyshell and Reed Birney will reprise their Tony Award-winning roles in Stephen Karam's play "The Humans" when it's staged at the Ahmanson Theatre this summer, Center Theatre Group a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:35PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The musicals "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Mean Girls" each garnered 12 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, leading a pack dominated by Hollywood franchises such as "Harry Potter" and familiar ti…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:35PM[SHARE]"Mean Girls" and "SpongeBob SquarePants" may have led Tony nominations with 12 apiece on Tuesday, but the real front-runners to emerge for Broadway's biggest honors were the musical "The Ban…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:25AM[SHARE]"Mean Girls" and "SpongeBob SquarePants" may have led Tony nominations with 12 apiece on Tuesday, but the real front-runners to emerge for Broadway's biggest honors were the musical "The Ban…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 09:25AM[SHARE]Monday, April 30, 2018
With one of Broadway's biggest days just around the corner, speculation over this year's Tony Award nominations is peaking. Will there be any surprises in the best musical category, where ma…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:55PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 18, 2018
The first batch of tickets to see Tom Hanks star as Sir John Falstaff in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles' production of "Henry IV" go on sale Monday. The play, which is scheduled to ru…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:42PM[SHARE]Monday, April 9, 2018
Stories with a rabid tot and tween fan base are proving their box office might as "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" and Disney's "Frozen" break records on Broadway. The Harry Potter play, …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Center Theatre Group on Wednesday will announce the 2018-19 seasons for the Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre, whose lineups will include work by Tracy Letts, Lynn Nottage, Luis Vald…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 2, 2018
"Frozen" the musical smashed the house record for weekly ticket sales at the St. James Theatre in New York, Disney Theatrical Productions announced Monday, beating the mark formerly held by …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 29, 2018
The Hollywood invasion of Broadway, and theater in general, continues with grand entrances by Ryan Murphy, Tina Fey and more television stars than we can count. Here is some of the most nota…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Reprise Theatre Company will try for an encore when founder Marcia Seligson brings it back as Reprise 2.0 in June with "Sweet Charity," directed by Kathleen Marshall. The company, which spec…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 15, 2018
"We're standing on the same stage where 'Oklahoma!' premiered," says British director Michael Grandage, gesturing at the flooring beneath his feet inside the historic St. James Theatre on We…
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