Monday, August 3, 2026

Geno Segers exits Broadway's 'Hadestown' after backlash over transgender comments by Emily St. Martin

Geno Segers has left Broadway's 'Hadestown' and issued an apology after past videos and social media comments about transgender rights triggered online calls for his replacement.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:10PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Older actresses shine in rarely revived Noël Coward play at Theatricum Botanicum by Charles McNulty

Jan Wikstrom, Susan Angelo and Ellen Geer lead a cast of older actress in an entertaining revival of Noël Coward's 'Waiting in the Wings,' presented outdoor at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicu…

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Friday, July 24, 2026

'It's not coming back': Oskar Eustis and L.A. theaters confront the end of the nonprofit movement by Jessica Gelt

Oskar Eustis, who's stepping down as the artistic director of New York's Public Theater in 2028, shook up the arts world with his comment that the American nonprofit theater movement was ove…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:50PM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 23, 2026

'The Merry Wives of Windsor Cove' gives Shakespeare a 'Beach Blanket Bingo' makeover by Charles McNulty

Eli Simon directs 'The Merry Wives of Windsor Cove,' a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy that's part of this summer's New Swan Shakespeare Festival.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Sexual kinks are no substitute for human connection in Erik Patterson's 'F— Strangers' by Charles McNulty

Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of provocateur playwright Erik Patterson's "F— Strangers," directed by Chris Fields and starring Michael Sturgis, James Tupper, Sean Luc Ro…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:26PM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 16, 2026

The Hollywood Bowl's beast of a new sound system is a work in progress by Mark Swed

The L.A. Phil began the first all-American week of the L.A. Phil Hollywood Bowl season with new works about soccer and Suffs led by Tito Munoz in his Bowl debut and Thomas Wilkins

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:27PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

'Mexodus,' a live-looping, hip-hop history lesson, reenergizes the American musical by Charles McNulty

Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson bring their award-winning musical 'Mexodus,' a live-looping, hip-hop musical about a fugitive slave who finds freedom south of the border, to Pasadena Pla…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 8, 2026

8 splendid plays that beg for an L.A. production ASAP by Charles McNulty

8 new plays that deserve to be seen in L.A. include work by Joshua Harmon, Samuel D. Hunter, Nazareth Hassan, Talene Monahon and Ro Reddick.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

'Coriolanus' in Griffith Park: Indie Shakes conscripts Shakespeare's haughty warrior by Charles McNulty

Independent Shakespeare Co. presents a vivid outdoor rendering of William Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus,' directed by David Melville, as part of its Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Sequins! Dancing queens! ABBA! Go backstage for 'Mamma Mia!'s' 25th anniversary tour at the Ahmanson by Eloise Rollins-Fife

Twenty-five years after its Broadway debut, the veteran BTS creatives of "Mamma Mia!" helps turn the Ahmanson Theatre into an ABBA-fueled, multigenerational dance party.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]

As L.A. dance spaces shutter, dancers keep moving through a funding drought by Steven Vargas

As major dance institutions like Bodytraffic and L.A. Contemporary Dance Company close their doors, dancers still persevere. Here's how.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Monday, June 29, 2026

This 99-year-old ballet teacher once taught Parisian royalty. Now she teaches in Pasadena by Katie Simons

Helga Monson de Kansky was once predicted to become ballet's next star. Instead, she chose a life with her family and a career as a dance instructor.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]

American playwrights are embracing the nation's complexity. Will audiences answer the call? by Charles McNulty

Democracy is in crisis. But writers such as Young Jean Lee, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, are stepping up, dramatizing the complexities of what it means to be an American.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Monday, June 22, 2026

Hollywood Bowl kicks off season with heartfelt 'Best of Broadway' — though 'best' may be a stretch by Charles McNulty

The Hollywood Bowl opens for the season with 'The Best of Broadway,' a lavish concert headlined by Halle Bailey, Darren Criss, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Lea Salonga.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:45PM[SHARE]
Friday, June 19, 2026

'Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous' lives up to its title, but the plot lumbers by Charles McNulty

LaTanya Richardson Jackson directs the L.A. premiere of Pearl Cleage's 'Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous' at the Geffen Playhouse

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, June 12, 2026

Washington National Opera sues the Kennedy Center to recover $17 million in donations by Emily St. Martin

The Washington National Opera has filed a lawsuit against the Kennedy Center, claiming it has been blocked from $17 million in donated funds.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:53PM[SHARE]

Lessons in letting go: In 'Rheology,' Shayok Misha Chowdhury's secret weapon is his physicist mother by Charles McNulty

The playwright teams up with his theoretical physicist mother at REDCAT for a physics lesson applicable to both art and life

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:02PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

One of L.A.'s most personal theater experiences is disguised as a tarot reading by Todd Martens

Koryn Wicks' 'You Must Be Here for the Reading' relies heavily on audience participation and a willingness to be vulnerable.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]

Is Hollywood Fringe finally becoming the theater festival that L.A. deserves? by Jenelle Riley

After 16 years, Hollywood Fringe is finally becoming the kind of cohesive festival that L.A. deserves. Most surprisingly, the super-powered new version of the massive theater festival was bo…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Dudamel's Disney Hall send-off became more than a mere party by Mark Swed

Gustavo Dudamel's final concerts at Disney Hall as L.A. Phil music and artistic director included send-offs from John Williams and John Adams.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:30PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 8, 2026

Trump forges ahead with D.C. cityscape transformation against growing resistance by Michael Wilner, Ana Ceballos

Trump has responded to growing legal and political obstacles to his ballroom, arch and other projects by attempting to force approvals through faster than opponents can challenge them.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]

A 'Giant' win, vampires and the Pink of it all: 7 essential moments from the 2026 Tony Awards by Jessica Gelt, Charles McNulty

"Schmigadoon!" won best musical, during the 79th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, but fans were also buzzing about Pink's hosting skills, John Lithgow's not entirely expected wi…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Tony Awards 2026: "Schmigadoon!" wins best musical in a season saved by revivals by Charles McNulty

'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' and Ragtime' were the standout musical winners at the Tony Awards; "Schmigadoon!" took the prize for best new musical.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:13PM[SHARE]

Tony Awards 2026: 'Death of Salesman,' the prestige hit of the Broadway season, is showered with Tony love by Charles McNulty

The critically hailed revival of 'Death of a Salesman' wins TK Tony Awards, including best revival and best featured actress in a play for Laurie Metcalf.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:50PM[SHARE]

Tony Awards 2026: An upset win delivers the night's most political speech (with vampires as a metaphor) by Jessica Gelt

Ali Louis Bourzgui scored an upset win for performance by an actor in a featured role and went on to make a passionate speech in support of Palestine and immigrants — using vampires as a m…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:32PM[SHARE]

Tony Awards 2026: Three's a charm, John Lithgow, Laurie Metcalf achieve Tony trifectas by Jessica Gelt

John Lithgow won his third Tony Award for "Giant," while Laurie Metcalf took home her third statue for "Death of a Salesman" at the 2026 Tony Awards.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:31PM[SHARE]

Tony Awards 2026: Bess Wohl's Pulitzer-Prize-winning 'Liberation' is crowned best play by Charles McNulty

'Liberation,' Bess Wohl's playful imagining of her mother's feminist consciousness-raising group in 1970s Ohio, deservedly wins the Tony for best play

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:22PM[SHARE]

Tony Awards 2026: The complete winners list by Kevin Crust

'The Lost Boys,' 'Schmigadoon!', 'Ragtime,' 'Death of a Salesman,' John Lithgow, Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf are among the top contenders for 2026 Tony Awards.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, June 5, 2026

How to watch the 2026 Tony Awards and everything else you need to know by Eloise Rollins-Fife

The 2026 Tony Awards, hosted by pop star Pink, will air live Sunday on CBS. Here's everything you need to know about the ceremony.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:15PM[SHARE]

James Conlon turns to Mozart and magic for his L.A. Opera farewell by Mark Swed

L.A. Opera reprises its inventive Barrie Kosky silent-movie production of Mozart's "Magic Flute" for James Conlon's farewell as the company's music director.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 4, 2026

This dance troupe will perform for free at 9 SoCal landmarks, including LACMA and Hollywood Forever by Steven Vargas

Choreographer Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project is taking its work to the streets of Los Angeles over a period of two weeks with free performances at LACMA's David Geffen Galleries, Ho…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AM[SHARE]

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