President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint himself chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The org says it has 'received no official communications' about…
'Fake It Until You Make It,' a satiric farce by Larissa FastHorse ('The Thanksgiving Play'), has its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, in a production directed by Michael John Garcés.
Long Beach Opera embarks on a risky, unprecedented season centered on pioneering composer Pauline Oliveros. "We're just going for it."
The office-set farce "Fake It Until You Make It," starring Julie Bowen and Tonantzin Carmelo, explores "race-shifting" and nonprofit organizations.
Rogue Machine presents the Southern California premiere of Will Arbery's 'Evanston Salt Costs Climbing' in a Rogue Machine Theatre production at the Matrix Theatre directed by Guillermo Cien…
Martha Graham Dance Company reminds us that our city continually reinvents itself, with or without disasters like the Palisades and Eaton fires.
Jules Feiffer, the cartoonist and playwright whose syndicated comic strip ran for four decades, has died. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner was 95.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanaz Toossi, who grew up in Orange County, has a homecoming of sorts with the West Coast premiere of "Wish You Were Here" at South Coast Repertory.
Theater critic Charles McNulty writes on how Shakespeare, and 'The Tempest' in particular, is helping him bear witness to the scale of loss caused by the Los Angeles wildfires.
Historic landmarks by the likes of Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey and a noted Midcentury retreat by architect Ray Kappe have been lost. Here's our residential architecture list, to be updated reg…
'When people are in pain and trauma the way our community is right now, I don't think the show has to go on,' says the Pasadena Playhouse's Danny Feldman.
The actor stars in Netflix's gritty western "American Primeval" and will soon take over the lead role in "Oh, Mary!" on Broadway.
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster's latest public jaunt is bound to be a kick for Broadway fans: The two were seen holding hands on a date night in Santa Monica.
Playwright and director Richard Foreman, one of the pillars of New York's downtown theater scene, dies at 87.
Yannick Trapman-O'Brien's "Undersigned" explores our deepest wants and desires, and what we may sacrifice to achieve them.
New York City Center Encores! production of 'Once Upon a Mattress,' starring Sutton Foster, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre direct from Broadway.
'Wicked,' soaring onscreen, has returned to the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. This production reveals what the movie gets right, as well as weaknesses neither version can overcome.
"Dune: Part Two" and "Anora." Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan. "The Vince Staples Show" and "The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin." "Kimberly Akimbo" and "Waiting f…
The Times' theater critic selects his top SoCal stage productions for 2024, including 'Funny Girl,' 'Fat Ham,' 'Primary Trust,' 'Pacific Overtures,' 'The Brothers Size' and 'Company.'
A theater critic reflects on his profession at a time when its very survival seems on the line and champions a return of critical thinking.
"Code Green" is a sci-fi-inspired escape room with a heavy backstory and complex puzzles. It also resides in a dorm room at UCLA.
Elton John's musical 'Tammy Faye' announces its Dec. 8 closing date less than a week after a weak opening on Broadway. The show was a hit in London's West End.
Sam Pinkleton directs a festive revival of 'La Cage aux Folles" at Pasadena Playhouse, starring Cheyenne Jackson and Kevin Cahoon.
Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi star in the Geffen Playhouse's new production of Samuel Becektt's absurdist classic 'Waiting for Godot.'
It's not often that two major stars of the small screen appear together onstage in one of the 20th century's most significant works of modernist drama. But that's just what's happened as Aas…