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'Am I Roxie?,' a solo show by Roxana Ortega at the Geffen Playhouse, delves into the roller coaster of caring for her widowed mother, who's losing her memory.
Richard Bean's 'One Man, Two Guvnors' renews the hilarity by resetting Carlo Coldoni's 'The Servant of Two Masters' to Britain in the swinging '60s.
The Troubadour Theater Company returns to the Getty Villa for 'Oedipus the King, Mama!,' a mashup of Elvis and Sophocles that's all shook up.
With songs by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally and book by Robert Horn, 'Shucked' is a Broadway musical about corn that's too funny to be considered corny.
A sensation on Broadway and London's West End, '& Juliet' updates Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' with a dose of female empowerment and a slew of hits from juggernaut producer Max Marti…
Echo Theater Company's West Coast premiere of 'Berta, Berta,' a romantic drama by Angelica Chéri that was inspired by a chain gang song from the notorious Mississippi prison Parchman Farm, …
In 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' the conflict between Cynthia Erivo's all-seeing, all-feeling Jesus and Adam Lambert's competitive yet remorseful Judas was thrillingly brought to life in their d…
'The Seagull: Mailbu,' adapted from Anton Chekhov, and 'Strife' by John Galsworthy, big cast plays of weighty substance, lend heft to Theatricum Botanicum's outdoor season.
'The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise' at Hollywood Pantages makes the most of a glorious catalog.
An appreciation of playwright Richard Greenberg, author of 'Three Days of Rain' and 'Take Me Out,' among other plays, who premiered many of his works at South Coast Repertory before taking t…
Jake Brasch's 'The Reservoir,' directed by Shelley Butler, features a cast that includes Marin Hinkle at the Geffen Playhouse.
Michael Arden's Tony-winning revival of "Parade," Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's musical about the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager accused and convicted of a heinous …
Cole Escola, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Snook and Darren Criss are among the performers who took home Tony Awards in a season in which A-list Hollywood actors and veteran stage performers hel…
In a historic first, CNN will broadcast a live performance of a Broadway show on Saturday. 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' a stage adaptation of George Clooney's 2005 film, stars the actor as C…
Director Robert O'Hara's noir version of 'Hamlet,' starring Patrick Ball and premiering at Mark Taper Forum, audaciously but incoherently toys with Shakespeare's tragedy.
Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' is the front-runner in the Tony Award race for best play. But in one of the strongest playwriting categories in years, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Purpose' deserves to…
For L.A. Theatre Works producing director Susan Albert Loewenberg and managing director Vicki Pearlson, the company's legacy of audio drama holds new potential in the age of podcasting and a…
Michael Arden could follow his Tony win for directing 'Parade' with another Tony this year for 'Maybe Happy Ending.' Coming next: 'The Queen of Versailles' with Kristin Chenoweth and 'The Lo…
Playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Danya Taymor reveal how the Tony-nominated play 'John Proctor Is the Villain' made it to Broadway, with help from 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink…
The tale of a Dublin bus conductor with a yen for Oscar Wilde drives this fantastic revival of 'A Man of No Importance,' from the 'Ragtime' team of Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lyn…
Elizabeth Reaser and Jason Butler Harner star in the Pasadena Playhouse production of 'A Doll's House, Part 2,' the clever Lucas Hnath comedy that earned Laurie Metcalf a Tony on Broadway.
Sarah Ruhl treats the world as her classroom, deriving spiritual lessons along with practical wisdom about life and art in a compelling new book.
Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour's global hit 'White Rabbit Red Rabbit,' a theatrical experiment swathed in mystery, opens at the Fountain Theatre with a different actor handed the script righ…
Yann Martel's 2002 novel, also made into a 2012 Ang Lee film, gets a stage adaptation that is wondrously dreamy and profound. As the tale's shipwrecked teen, Taha Mandviwala is mesmerizing.
'Maybe Happy Ending,' 'Dead Outlaw,' Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' and 'John Proctor Is the Villain' lead the competition for best musical and best play, with Audra McDonald in 'Gypsy' and Nicol…
