1,219 stories by "David Ng"
'The Mother... With the Hat' is getting productions by South Coast Repertory and L.A. Theatre Works, but its title makes promoting it problematic."The Mother… With the Hat" is a play …
Including award-winning composers and memorable actors, the theater world lost some big names in 2012.
The Broadway season has not been kind to David Mamet. The playwright has seen his new drama "The Anarchist" close after less than a month while a highly touted revival of "Glengarry Glen Ros…
HBO has had much success turning such notable plays as "Wit," "Dinner with Friends" and "Angels in America" into cable-movie events. Now the premium cable channel is reportedly setting its s…
A high school production of the musical "Legally Blonde" in Ohio has been deemed by administrators to be inappropriate for its audiences, resulting in the apparent dismissal of a drama teach…
Theater critics will tell you what they hate. What they really, really hate. In London, it's a new stage musical called "Viva Forever!" that uses songs from the British pop group Spice Girls…
Anything goes in live theater. And that includes injuries, illnesses and all sorts of physical mishaps that come with performing in high-energy, high-impact productions eight times a week.
The recent stage adaptation of the bestselling novel "Sideways" that debuted in May in Santa Monica is moving up in the world. The La Jolla Playhouse said it will produce the play starting i…
Just as the Broadway theater community was getting back on its feet following Hurricane Sandy, another potential showstopper is headed its way.
The career makeover of Shia LaBeouf has taken another unexpected turn with the announcement that the young actor will make his Broadway debut in the spring alongside Alec Baldwin in a reviva…
The theatrical telling of the back story of "Deep Throat" is on its way to Los Angeles.Â
Twenty years ago, Al Pacino starred in the movie version of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," receiving an Oscar nomination for his performance as Ricky Roma, one of a group of shady r…
Dámaso Rodriguez -- a familiar presence in the Southern California theater scene for his work at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Furious Theatre Company -- has been named the new artistic …
"The Honeymooners" lasted only one season on television but its legacy in the world of comedy has been far more enduring, thanks to re-runs and DVD. Next year, a new stage musical adapted fr…
"Once" is once again in the awards spotlight. The original cast recording for the popular Broadway show is among the Grammy nominees this year in the category of musical theater albums. T…
Leaders at Los Angeles Opera are breathing a little easier now that a huge financial burden has been lifted from their shoulders.
Kathie Lee Gifford made a lot of money in the '80s as the spokeswoman for Carnival Cruise Lines, singing the lyrics "In the morning, in the evening, ain't we got fun?" on TV commercials.
What do David Mamet and Kathie Lee Gifford have in common? Both have flops on Broadway this season.
People didn't flock to the Cirque du Soleil show — or its ticket prices — as hoped.The surprising demise of Cirque du Soleil's "Iris" at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood has disapp…
David Mamet's talky new play 'The Anarchist' stars Patti LuPone and Debra Winger.With two productions running on Broadway this fall, David Mamet is once again the talk of New York theater. A…
Has Cirque du Soleil flown a little too close to the sun?
Cirque du Soleil said it will close its production of "Iris" at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in January, saying that demand for tickets has not met expectations. The production, which open…
A spokeswoman for Cirque du Soleil said Friday that despite the company's best efforts to market "Iris," "nothing would tilt the needle" toward a successful run.
