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Review: East West Players returns to Sondheim's 'Pacific Overtures' and delivers a magnificent revival by Charles McNulty

'Pacific Overtures,' Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's 1976 musical about the forcible opening of Japan to foreign trade, is dazzlingly revived by East West Players in one of the best prod…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:50pm on November 12, 2024

Directors remake 'Sunset Blvd.,' 'Romeo + Juliet' and 'Our Town' for a new Broadway era by Charles McNulty

New Broadway revivals of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Blvd," Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet" and Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" test how far these works can be refashioned for modern sensibili…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on November 12, 2024

Perspective: How do you make a play about Joan Rivers without Joan Rivers? by Charles McNulty

'Joan,' a new play by Daniel Goldstein at South Coast Repertory about the life of comedian Joan Rivers, mixes biography with the comedian's old stand-up material.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on November 6, 2024

Part theater, part puzzles, this real life video game takes you across L.A. " literally by Todd Martens

"Great Gold Bird," a theatrical mystery that touches on love and grief, turns audience members into participants who must travel from Arlington Heights to Los Feliz.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on November 6, 2024

Bare-bones 'Streetcar' invites a reconsideration of the Tennessee Williams' classic by Charles McNulty

"The Streetcar Project" brought Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" to Los Angeles for six performances, three in a Frogtown airplane hangar and three in a Venice Beach warehouse.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on November 4, 2024

'We're very connected': Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone on friendship and Broadway by Charles McNulty

Appearing together in 'The Roommate,' Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow bring their star power to Broadway and discuss friendship and longevity in theater.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on November 4, 2024

Review: The Wooster Group versus Richard Foreman at REDCAT by Charles McNulty

REDCAT presents the West Coast premiere of the Wooster Group's production of Richard Foreman's 'Symphony of Rats.'

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:31pm on October 21, 2024

Review: Touching, quirky 'Kimberly Akimbo,' winner of 2023 Tony for best musical, steals hearts by Charles McNulty

'Kimberly Akimbo,' David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori's 2023 Tony-winning musical, has its L.A. premiere at the Hollywood Pantages in a production starring a divine Carolee Carmello

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:41pm on October 18, 2024

Review: 'I, Daniel Blake,' the play, stumbles in its U.S. premiere at the Fountain by Charles McNulty

A stage version of Ken Loach's film 'I, Daniel Blake,' adapted by the film's star, Dave Jones, has its U.S. premiere at the Fountain Theatre.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:06pm on October 15, 2024

Review: Good news! The Mark Taper Forum is back. Bad news? 'American Idiot' misfires by Charles McNulty

CTG artistic director Snehal Desai makes his directorial debut at the company in a reimagined revival of the Green Day musical featured deaf and hearing actors in a collaboration with Deaf W…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on October 11, 2024

Playwrights, back in the spotlight on Broadway, kick-start New York's fall theater season by Charles McNulty

A strong New York season of playwriting features David Henry Hwang's 'Yellow Face,' Max Wolf Friedlich's sleeper hit 'Job' and, off-Broadway at the Public Theater, James IJames' 'Good Bones'

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on October 10, 2024

Review: Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes reunite in exquisite 'The Hills of California' on Broadway by Charles McNulty

Jez Butterworth's "The Hills of California," directed by Sam Mendes, rises above a strong New York season of playwriting.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on October 10, 2024

Review: 'Primary Trust,' Eboni Booth's tender 2024 Pulitzer winner, finds value in every life by Charles McNulty

Caleb Eberhardt stars in the West Coast premiere of Eboni Booth's 'Primary Trust,' winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for drama, at La Jolla Playhouse.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:00pm on October 8, 2024

Review: In 'Sugar Daddy,' comedian Sam Morrison spins grief into stand-up if not quite theater by Charles McNulty

After losing the 'daddy' of his dreams to COVID, comedian Sam Morrison tells the tale of his love and grief in "Sugar Daddy" at the Wallis in Beverly Hills.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on October 4, 2024

Broadway star Gavin Creel remembered for his kindness: 'Everyone fell in love with Gavin' by Nardine Saad

Broadway stars remember Gavin Creel after his death of a rare cancer. Bette Midler, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andrew Rannells and Idina Menzel shared tributes.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:45pm on October 1, 2024

Tony-winner Gavin Creel, a Broadway performer's Broadway performer, made magic whenever he appeared on stage by Charles McNulty

Broadway performer Gavin Creel, who died Monday at age 48, won a Tony for "Hello, Dolly!" and was also nominated for roles in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Hair."

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:54pm on October 1, 2024

Ken Page, Broadway star who voiced Oogie Boogie in 'Nightmare Before Christmas,' dies at 70 by Nardine Saad

Ken Page, the Broadway veteran who starred in 'The Wiz' and 'Cats' and who famously voiced Oogie Boogie in 'Nightmare Before Christmas,' died Monday. He was 70.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00pm on October 1, 2024

In his Broadway debut, Robert Downey Jr. plays a writer who succumbs to AI in 'McNeal' by Charles McNulty

Robert Downey Jr. makes his Broadway debut playing a writer who succumbs to AI in the world premiere of Ayad Akhtar's "McNeal" at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00pm on September 30, 2024

In a career of remarkable versatility, Maggie Smith revealed theatricality to be a mode of existence by Charles McNulty

Maggie Smith, who won two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, was at her best on screen when she could bring the stage with her.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:18pm on September 27, 2024

John Perrin Flynn on leaving Rogue Machine and the challenges of small L.A. theater by Charles McNulty

After 16 seasons, Rogue Machine Theatre co-founding producing artistic director John Perrin Flynn has announced his retirement at the conclusion of current season.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on September 27, 2024

In Samuel D. Hunter's 'Clarkston,' two outsiders discover tenderness at Costco by Charles McNulty

Echo Theater Company presents the West Coast premiere of "Clarkston" by Samuel D. Hunter, a gay drama about two lost souls set in the titular Washington state town on the Snake River.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on September 19, 2024

Review: In 'Kill Move Paradise,' James Ijames devises an emergency racial justice ritual by Charles McNulty

James Ijames, whose 'Fat Ham' won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for drama, confronts the grievous reality of lethal violence and racial injustice in 'Kill Move Paradise,' an earlier work now recei…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:04pm on September 17, 2024

Review: Sara Porkalob sings her truth in dangerous 'Dragon Lady' at Geffen Playhouse by Charles McNulty

Sara Porkalob stars in "Dragon Lady" at Geffen Playhouse, a solo show about her grandmother, a lounge singer who escaped a gangster-controlled nightclub in Manila before coming to the United…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on September 14, 2024

Review: 'Cyrano' update at Pasadena Playhouse is all about the words by Charles McNulty

Mike Donahue directs Martin Crimp's free-hand adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic "Cyrano de Bergerac' in a production starring Chukwudi Iwuji in the title role.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:44pm on September 10, 2024

With 'Only Murders' Emmy win, songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul gain EGOT status at 39 by Ashley Lee

The duo behind music for 'La La Land' and 'Dear Evan Hansen' reach EGOT status with an Emmy for co-writing Steve Martin's 'Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?'

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:10pm on September 8, 2024
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