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A mesmerizing 'Hadestown' at the Ahmanson makes an old tale feel startlingly new by Charles McNulty

"Hadestown," Anaïs Mitchell's Tony- and Grammy-musical reimagining the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, arrives in Los Angeles with a cast that includes Tony-winner Levi Kreis as Hermes.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:07pm on April 28, 2022

A Broadway run and 8 Tonys later, 'Hadestown' returns to where it first took off: L.A. by Ashley Lee

Anaïs Mitchell reflects on the "Hadestown" tour's Los Angeles opening and how the Tony-winning musical led to her new album.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:13pm on April 27, 2022

Review: Black, queer and laceratingly honest, 'A Strange Loop' liberates Broadway by Charles McNulty

Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical triumphantly arrives on Broadway.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00pm on April 26, 2022

She sang of abuse in a Broadway smash. 15 years on, she reveals she's a survivor too by Ashley Lee

Lauren Pritchard talks with The Times about the original 'Spring Awakening,' the reunion special and why she's speaking out about her own abuse now.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on April 25, 2022

Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre vividly reimagine Beethoven's 'Fidelio' opera by Mark Swed

Gustavo Dudamel returns to the L.A. Phil to lead a new production of Beethoven's "Fidelio" with Deaf West Theatre.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:50pm on April 17, 2022

Review: Phylicia Rashad beautifully directs 'Blues for an Alabama Sky' at Mark Taper Forum by Charles McNulty

Phylicia Rashad leads a revival of Pearl Cleage's play about artists and activists at the convergence of the Great Depression and the Harlem Renaissance.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:00pm on April 14, 2022

Review: Dark side of Walt Disney brought to weird life in Lucas Hnath's drama, now playing in L.A. by Charles McNulty

The strange, intriguing "A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney" has its West Coast premiere at the Odyssey Theatre.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:41pm on April 5, 2022

Two years to the day after shuttering, the Actors' Gang is back with stylized in-person theater by Margaret Gray

The Actors' Gang opted not to reopen productions until theatergoers could attend shows in person. The interplay between actors and audience is an especially important part of its latest effo…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00am on April 1, 2022

Review: 'I'll Be Seein' Ya,' a new play by Jon Robin Baitz, fumbles an old tune by Charles McNulty

Starring Christine Lahti, "I'll Be Seein' Ya" is seeing its digital world premiere from Center Theatre Group.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:21pm on March 31, 2022

Commentary: In 'Alma' and 'Apartment Living,' kitchen-sink realism returns to the theater L.A.-style by Charles McNulty

Two new plays, Boni B. Alvarez's 'Apartment Living' and Benjamin Benne's 'Alma,' throw a spotlight on the lives of everyday Angelenos.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:52pm on March 25, 2022

In-person theater is back. A lost generation of artists chose not to return with it by Ashley Lee

The pandemic's collective pause over the last two years had many reconsidering their commitment to the theater industry. Here are 10 of their stories.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:46pm on March 24, 2022

Six picks for weekend culture in L.A.: Ballet Folklórico de México, 'The Band's Visit' by Matt Cooper

A Nowruz concert and 'The Band's Visit' at Segerstrom Center. 'Anna in the Tropics' at A Noise Within. Traditional Mexican dance at the Luckman.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00am on March 24, 2022

Holland Taylor brings the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards' story to the stage one last time by Charles McNulty

Acclaimed television and stage actress Holland Taylor will reprise her Tony-nominated 'Ann' one last time " at Pasadena Playhouse.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:01pm on March 23, 2022

Review: 'Trayf,' a sweet-natured buddy comedy in a mitzvah van, explores Jewish identity by Charles McNulty

'Trayf,' which recently saw its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse, is an unorthodox tale of two 18-year-old Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:21pm on March 14, 2022

Puppet weddings and box-truck shows: How L.A.'s Bob Baker Marionette Theater survived COVID by Margy Rochlin

Creative pandemic-era solutions, including Zoom puppet classes, mobile marionette shows, even wedding planning helped the Bob Baker Marionette Theater thrive.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on March 14, 2022

Review: A stunningly staged 'Lehman Trilogy' critiques and romanticizes American capitalism by Charles McNulty

"The Lehman Trilogy,' which dramatizes the rise and fall of a banking giant, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre fresh from its heralded Broadway run.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:42pm on March 8, 2022

Review: Rogue Machine is back with a winner in Daf James' 'On the Other Hand, We're Happy' by Charles McNulty

Spread the word: Buzzy playwright Daf James' "On the Other Hand, We're Happy" gets a stellar U.S. premiere at L.A.'s Matrix Theatre.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:11pm on March 1, 2022

Review: At South Coast Repertory, 'Paris' aims to deliver what we sorely need: some laughs by Charles McNulty

Set in 1973 Atlanta, Pearl Cleage's 'What I Learned in Paris' sets romance against the backdrop of the election of Atlanta's first Black mayor.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00am on March 1, 2022

Harvey Fierstein " warts, ego and all " in his juicy memoir 'I Was Better Last Night' by Charles McNulty

Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein reveals how a chubby gay kid from Brooklyn became a Broadway powerhouse and LBGTQ crusader.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on March 1, 2022

Review: 'Detained' confronts the many cruelties of the immigration system by Charles McNulty

The world premiere of 'Detained,' France-Luce Benson's docudrama, at the Fountain Theatre, explores the plight of longtime U.S. residents held in immigration detention.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:52pm on February 24, 2022

Review: East West Players revives a disturbingly timely 'Assassins' by Charles McNulty

Snehal Desai of East West Players directs 'Assassins,' Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's darkly comic musical about presidential assassins.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:54am on February 23, 2022

Review: Bryan Cranston tests the bounds of free speech in 'Power of Sail' at the Geffen Playhouse by Charles McNulty

With Bryan Cranston and Amy Brenneman starring in the West Coast premiere of 'Power of Sail' at the Geffen Playhouse, what could go wrong? Well ...

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:46pm on February 20, 2022

Review: Jeremy O. Harris' 'Slave Play' awakens the Mark Taper Forum with a jolt by Charles McNulty

"Slave Play," which confronts America's race problem through depiction of experimental sex therapy, is a controversial work making its West Coast debut.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:34pm on February 17, 2022

How the radical set of 'Slave Play' transforms L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum by Ashley Lee

Opening this week, the divisive show will be performed on a thrust stage " resulting in an immediate, exposed experience for both viewers and cast.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:25pm on February 16, 2022

How confronting his white privilege led Bryan Cranston to 'Power of Sail' by Jessica Gelt

The actor takes on the role of a Harvard professor under fire for inviting a white nationalist to speak on campus in a production opening this week at the Geffen Playhouse.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00am on February 16, 2022
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