1,219 stories by "David Ng"
The office of the California attorney general is launching an audit of San Diego Opera, the company said on Tuesday, a day after the company announced it has reversed its decision to close a…
Having recently completed one stage production in Los Angeles, Annette Bening has already set her next theatrical outing: a role in Shakespeare's "King Lear" that New York's Public Theater w…
Elsa's love of cold climates will serve her well when the hit animated move "Frozen" becomes a live touring show for Disney on Ice. Feld Entertainment, which produces live touring family …
"Venus in Fur" by David Ives and "Zealot" by Theresa Rebeck will be among the new and recent stage works presented by Costa Mesa's South Coast Repertory in its upcoming season, which was ann…
San Diego Opera has officially reversed its decision to shut down and has announced a scaled-back 2015 season that will consist of three main-stage productions, down from the slate of four p…
Ian Campbell, the long-serving general and artistic director of San Diego Opera, has officially parted ways with the company following a contentious two months during which the decision to c…
In 1995, a rising young soprano named Renée Fleming sang her first opening night at the Metropolitan Opera in a production of Verdi's "Otello," with Plácido Domingo in the title role. On…
James Gray recalled attending a performance at Los Angeles Opera that would eventually inspire him to make his latest movie, "The Immigrant," which opens Friday and stars Marion Cotillard, J…
San Diego Opera said Friday that it has reached its crowd-funding goal of $1 million, 10 days ahead of the May 19 deadline. But the financially troubled opera company said it wasn't ready to…
As the publicity for the latest "X-Men" movie ramps into fifth gear, veteran Broadway producer Sonia Friedman took the opportunity to announce late Thursday that Hugh Jackman -- Wolverine hi…
They've probably never shared a stage together, and they are a strange match even by the odd-pairings standards of entertainment awards. Peter Sellars, the innovative Los Angeles-based direc…
New and recent works by director Robert Wilson, artist Matthew Barney and avant-garde musician John Zorn are among the highlights of the new 2014-15 season of the Center for the Art of Perfo…
For Daniel Radcliffe, the third time wasn't a charm at Tuesday's announcement of the Tony Award nominations.
Woody Allen received his first Tony Award nomination on Tuesday for writing the script for the stage musical version of his 1994 movie "Bullets over Broadway."
It was a richly rewarding Tony Award morning for two regional theater companies, including one in Southern California.
Tim Robbins will take the Actors' Gang's production of " A Midsummer Night's Dream" to China, with performances in Beijing and Shanghai scheduled for June.
"Cabaret" is back on Broadway in a revival of a revival production — yes, that's right — that was first seen in 1998.
Artist Marina Abramovic and theater director Diane Paulus are among Time magazine's 100 most influential people for 2014. The annual list, which covers fields as diverse as arts, politics…
William Shakespeare, whose 450th birthday is being celebrated around the world Wednesday, never seems to go out of vogue for movie directors eager to put their own spin on his classic texts.…
Mel Brooks will appear in a one-man autobiographical show at the Geffen Playhouse on Monday, "Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen." The show will have only one performance.
Daniel Radcliffe returned to Broadway on Sunday with the official opening of Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan" at the Cort Theatre in New York. The drama is the third Broadway out…
San Diego Opera set a new deadline of May 19 to obtain new funding or close down after the resignation Thursday of 13 members of its board of directors, including President Karen Cohn.
"Jersey Boys," Clint Eastwood's big-screen adaptation of the Broadway jukebox musical, is scheduled to open June 20. On Friday, Warner Bros. released the trailer for the highly anticipated m…
A new drama inspired by the life of author Patricia Highsmith and written by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith will be among the offerings of the Geffen Playhouse's 2014-15 season, w…
The president of San Diego Opera's board of directors resigned Thursday and walked out of an afternoon board meeting, deepening the uncertainty surrounding the troubled company. Â
