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Commentary: Why the Tony Awards should give one to the audience this year by Charles McNulty

Broadway audiences deserve a Tony Award this year for helping to make shows like "Leopoldstadt," "Parade" and "Fat Ham" not just excellent productions but unforgettable shared events.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00am on June 6, 2023☆⚑

Robin Wagner dies; visionary set designer dressed up Broadway by Barbara Isenberg

Wagner create the stage world of "The Producers," "Crazy for You," "Hair" and dozens more

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:20pm on June 2, 2023☆⚑

Review: A compassionate 'Transparent' musical is stymied by its chaotic production by Charles McNulty

The Mark Taper Forum presents the world premiere of 'A Transparent Musical,' inspired by the Prime Video series and featuring a book by MJ Kaufman and Joey Soloway and a score by Faith Solow…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on June 2, 2023☆⚑

After four decades, 'A Soldier's Play' is still urgent in Tony-winning revival by Charles McNulty

The Tony-winning revival of Charles Fuller's 1981 drama 'A Soldier's Play,' directed by Kenny Leon, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre with a cast that includes Norm Lewis and Eugene Lee.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00am on May 26, 2023☆⚑

After two 'catastrophic' years for Broadway, have the Tonys become too big to fail? by Ashley Lee

The threat to this year's Tonys underscored their sway over the industry. Some say making them the 'be-all, end-all' of shows' survival is risky business.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on May 25, 2023☆⚑

Josh Groban realizes an impossible dream: Making a killer impression on Broadway by Charles McNulty

Josh Groban, who received a Tony nomination for his performance in the new Broadway revival of 'Sweeney Todd,' talks about living out his Sondheim dream.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:42pm on May 23, 2023☆⚑

With Regional Theatre Tony win, Pasadena Playhouse is undoubtedly out of the woods by Charles McNulty

Pasadena Playhouse wins the Tony Award for regional theater excellence, becoming only the second Los Angeles institution to earn the honor and continuing its triumphant streak after years of…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00pm on May 23, 2023☆⚑

How 'Six' turned a huge theater faux pas into a game-changing phenomenon by Ashley Lee

Filming live theater is usually a form of sacrilege. A musical about the wives of Henry VIII turned it into grassroots marketing for a new generation of fans.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on May 21, 2023☆⚑

Ben Platt, up for a Tony for his performance in 'Parade,' gets by with a little help from his friends by Charles McNulty

Ben Platt embraces the 'discomfort and anxiety' of 'Parade,' about the 1913 trial and subsequent lynching of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:08pm on May 18, 2023☆⚑

Writers Guild clears path for Tony Awards to proceed " with alterations by Ashley Lee

The WGA announced Monday that it would not picket the Broadway awards show, scheduled for June 11, allowing it to proceed in altered form.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:31am on May 16, 2023☆⚑

Tony Awards cancel June 11 live telecast amid ongoing writers' strike by Ashley Lee, Meg James

The Tony Awards Management Committee and television partner CBS will meet Monday to determine next steps for the awards show.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:29pm on May 12, 2023☆⚑

13 unmissable arts events we're looking forward to this summer by Deborah Vankin, Steven Vargas, Carolina A. Miranda, Christopher Knight, Mark Swed, Jessica Gelt, Charles McNulty

Keith Haring's first-ever L.A. museum survey, Sondheim celebrations, a groundbreaking Chicanx art show, intriguing Ojai Music Festival offerings and plenty more to check out this summer.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:27pm on May 9, 2023☆⚑

Commentary: The 2023 Tony Award nominations reflect a year of progress and backsliding on Broadway by Charles McNulty

The musical "Some Like It Hot" led with 13 Tony nominations. "Kimberly Akimbo," the critical pick for best musical, received 8. Tom Stoppard's play "Leopoldstadt," "Ain't No Mo'" and the re…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:45pm on May 2, 2023☆⚑

The sublime Merle Dandridge is a musical theater dream come true in 'A Little Night Music' by Charles McNulty

This high-caliber production of 'A Little Night Music' is the crowning achievement of Pasadena Playhouse's six-month-long Sondheim Celebration festival.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:02pm on May 2, 2023☆⚑

Tony Awards 2023: 'Some Like it Hot,' 'A Doll's House' lead nominations by Jessica Gelt

'Some Like it Hot' emerged as the most nominated musical for the 2023 Tony Awards, with 13 nods. The awards show will take place on June 11.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:46am on May 2, 2023☆⚑

J. Harrison Ghee, Alex Newell make Tony Awards history as first nonbinary-identifying actor nominees by Ashley Lee

Ghee and Newell's nominations follow last year's historic first, when composer Toby Marlow's became the Tony Awards' first nonbinary nominee and winner.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:38am on May 2, 2023☆⚑

La Jolla Playhouse's immersive 'La Lucha' finds heartbreak and mystery in the world of lucha libre wrestling by Todd Martens

The La Jolla Playhouse's Wow Festival illustrates the ways in which theater and play continue to converge, most spectacularly in the world premiere of "La Lucha," an immersive theater stando…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:41pm on May 1, 2023☆⚑

The overwhelming, glorious quest of starring in a Stephen Sondheim revival by Ashley Lee

Merle Dandridge, Montego Glover, Annaleigh Ashford, Katie Rose Clarke and Britney Coleman, each starring in a Stephen Sondheim musical, reflect on the texts of the late theater legend.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00am on April 30, 2023☆⚑

Jodie Comer on Broadway echoes the pain and fury of the Trump rape trial by Charles McNulty

In Suzie Miller's 'Prima Facie," Jodie Comer brings to Broadway her acclaimed West End performance as a successful criminal defense barrister who experiences the other side of the legal syst…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:32pm on April 28, 2023☆⚑

'New York, New York' the film is not good. The new Broadway musical is worse by Charles McNulty

Martin Scorsese's 1977 film has been turned into a shlocky Broadway musical despite a Kander and Ebb score and additional lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00pm on April 26, 2023☆⚑

Todd Haimes dies; took off-off Broadway company to Tony Award glory by Mark Kennedy

Turned the nearly bankrupt Roundabout Theatre Company into a major theatrical force that won dozens of Tony Awards

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:57pm on April 20, 2023☆⚑

Review: In 'Ava,' Elizabeth McGovern casts a spell at Geffen Playhouse as a classic Hollywood femme fatale by Charles McNulty

It's hard to imagine 'Ava: The Secret Conversations' getting produced at the Geffen Playhouse without Elizabeth McGovern on the marquee as the show's star.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:08pm on April 17, 2023☆⚑

John Iacovelli, beloved L.A. theater set designer, dies at 64 by Jessica Gelt, Margaret Gray

John Iacovelli, the Emmy-winning prolific scenic designer for stage and screen and invaluable collaborator for L.A. theater artists for many decades, died Friday. He was 64.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:34pm on April 15, 2023☆⚑

In a watershed moment for L.A. arts, Snehal Desai becomes first person of color to lead Center Theatre Group by Jessica Gelt, Charles McNulty

Center Theatre Group has named Snehal Desai as its artistic director, making the East West Players leader the first person of color to helm the organization.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:15pm on April 14, 2023☆⚑

Center Theatre Group is at an inflection point. New artistic director Snehal Desai aims to 'turn the ship' by Charles McNulty

Theater critic Charles McNulty interviews Snehal Desai, producing artistic director of East West Players, who has been named artistic director of Center Theatre Group.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:15pm on April 14, 2023☆⚑
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