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Mike Birbiglia returns to Center Theatre Group with an existential stand-up show centered on a YMCA pool.
As Robert Egan retires as the leader of the Ojai Playwrights Conference after 20 years, he reflects on the organization's past, present, and future.
Shaun Landry and the Ledge look to give performers of color a bigger voice in the world of improvisational theater.
'Freestyle Love Supreme,' the show created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale, opens at Pasadena Playhouse after enjoying a successful run on Broadway.
Following Michael Ritchie's departure last year, Center Theatre Group is still in the early stages of its search for its next artistic leader. What does this deliberate, albeit sluggish, app…
Despite reports to the contrary, producers for Broadway's 'Funny Girl' and a rep for star Beanie Feldstein agree on why she's leaving the show early.
'Glee' star Lea Michele will star in 'Funny Girl' on Broadway. The 'different direction' pushed Beanie Feldstein to exit two months earlier than expected.
Jerry Mitchell's Hollywood Bowl production of "Kinky Boots," Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's Tony-winning musical, showcased a brilliant Wayne Brady.
The Tony-winning stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film, 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' opens at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.
'Dear Evan Hansen' producer Steve Fickinger's friends reflect on the moments that encapsulated the joy and laughter he brought to theater after his death at 62.
The Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival. Barak Ballet in Santa Monica. "Kinky Boots" at the Hollywood Bowl. "Moulin Rouge!" at the Pantages.
Mike Donahue directs the Geffen Playhouse world premiere of this new true-crime musical set in a tightknit Jewish community in New Jersey.
A tribute to Peter Brook, the pathbreaking British theater director who died at age 97.
A solo play by the queer and transgender Tamil Sri Lankan American actor D'Lo opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
'The Beautiful People,' a new play by Tim Venable produced by Rogue Machine at the Matrix Theatre, is about two high school boys who have a sleepover on the eve of a school shooting that for…
On the night American women lost their federal right to abortion access, the theater once again became a focal point for protest.
As promised, the Center Theatre Group venue will feature works written exclusively by women, transgender or nonbinary artists for its 2022-23 season.
"Body of Work" is the "feel-good" show Gadsby thought she owed her fans after "Nanette" and "Douglas." But it's as subtly self-reflective as ever.
Theatre Producers of Color is a free, virtual program that aims to diversify the decision makers of the industry's commercial productions.
The historic shutdown of New York theaters during the COVID pandemic is the focus of 'Broadway Rising,' premiering this week at the Tribeca Festival.
Michael R. Jackson's Black, queer musical 'A Strange Loop' was the big winner at the 75th Tony Awards.
Host Ariana DeBose led a round of applause for the artists and arts workers "who played a vital role in keeping Broadway shows open these past few months."
The 2022 Tony Awards winners and nominees in all categories, including 11 honors for lead nominee 'A Strange Loop.'
Rajiv Joseph's "King James" at the Mark Taper Forum centers on two fans living vicariously through basketball great LeBron James.
The 75th Tony Awards will air live, coast-to-coast, on Sunday, June 12, with a one-hour pre-show streaming on Paramount+. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose hosts.
