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Review: Suspenseful noir and Detroit history converge in Dominique Morisseau's 'Paradise Blue' by Charles McNulty

As part of Dominique Morisseau's "Detroit Project" trilogy, the work chronicles the generational struggles of the Black community in the playwright's native city.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:18pm on November 22, 2021

Review: The troubled Go-Go's musical "Head Over Heels" finds festive redemption by Charles McNulty

The Broadway production, which combines '80s hits with a 16th century pastoral romance, is freshly re-conceived at Pasadena Playhouse.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:31pm on November 16, 2021

In comes 'Company': Stephen Sondheim feted at show's first Broadway performance by Daryl H. Miller

Sondheim, 91, whose work is driving this year's holiday cultural season, was rousingly welcomed at the production's triumphant reopening.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:16pm on November 16, 2021

Review: 'A Hit Dog Will Holler' tackles the private toll on Black women activists by Charles McNulty

Playwrights' Arena and Skylight Theatre Company present the world premiere of Inda Craig-Galván's 'A Hit Dog Will Holler.'

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:57pm on November 15, 2021

How Pasadena Playhouse's 'Head Over Heels' defies pre-pandemic theater rules by Ashley Lee

The production is a musical experiment that, among other things, welcomes audiences into a makeshift nightclub.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00pm on November 13, 2021

Review: The apocalypse has arrived in Lucy Kirkwood's gripping 'The Children' by Charles McNulty

Lucy Kirkwood's Tony-nominated play arrives at the Fountain Theatre for its Los Angeles premiere.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:35pm on November 8, 2021

Review: A divine Jordan Hull plays a 13th century saint-meets-Brentwood teen in 'Poor Clare' by Charles McNulty

Now receiving its world premiere at Echo Theater Co., Chiara Atik's production offers a drolly modern take on the life of St. Clare of Assisi.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:33pm on November 3, 2021

Review: Culture Clash revives its visually haunting 'Chavez Ravine' for the digital stage by Charles McNulty

Now streaming on Center Theatre Group's website, this cinematic reimagining of the troupe's play offers a history lesson to a too-forgetful Los Angeles.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:58pm on November 2, 2021

Artistic director resigns after Times investigation into theater festival's culture by Ashley Lee

Outgoing artistic director Mandy Greenfield will be replaced by interim artistic director Jenny Gersten, the festival announced Monday.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:27pm on November 1, 2021

Letters to the Editor: I am a Black feminist playwright. White theater owners need to stop shutting us out

Sikivu Hutchinson produced her play 'White Nights, Black Paradise' with success despite rejection and a poor review from the 'white theatre regime.'

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on October 28, 2021

Review: Odyssey Theatre's 'The Serpent' resurrects a 1960s theatrical landmark by Charles McNulty

The Ron Sossi-directed revival of the avant-garde production returns after the pandemic cut it short.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on October 27, 2021

'Frasier' co-creator pledges $5 million to save Palm Springs' Plaza Theatre by Jessica Gelt

The historic Plaza Theatre, where Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra performed and where "My Fair Lady" and "The Music Man" had world premieres, takes a big step toward restoration.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:27pm on October 20, 2021

Commentary: Must Laurence Olivier's blackface Othello be banned? I showed the film and wasn't canceled by Charles McNulty

A professor's recent showing of Laurence Olivier's offensive "Othello" prompts a heated " and necessary " conversation.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:02pm on October 20, 2021

Center Theatre Group makes a big promise to women and BIPOC playwrights

After calls of gender bias and the potential loss of "Slave Play" from its lineup, L.A.'s biggest nonprofit theater pledges massive change.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:50pm on October 12, 2021

Review: At South Coast Rep, 'A Shot Rang Out' proves to be an eloquent misfire by Charles McNulty

The new solo play written by Richard Greenberg ("Take Me Out," "Three Days of Rain") and starring David Ivers has insights, but also two big problems.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:09pm on October 12, 2021

Review: Jennifer Holliday, vulnerable and resplendent, shines at the Wallis by Charles McNulty

A review of Jennifer Holliday's concert 'Here's To Life' at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:27pm on October 10, 2021

'Stupid and enraging': Lack of women in L.A. theater lineup sparks protest by Charles McNulty

Jeremy O. Harris threatens to pull "Slave Play" from the Mark Taper Forum in solidarity with female playwrights noting the lack of representation.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:16pm on October 5, 2021

Why the Netflix musical 'Diana' is theme-park schlock and a bad sign for Broadway by Charles McNulty

"Diana: The Musical," about the ill-starred royal marriage, is streaming ahead of its Broadway opening. There's a reason for that.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:15pm on October 4, 2021

Mark Taper Forum will reopen in 2022 with 'Slave Play' and the LeBron-centered 'King James' by Jessica Gelt

Center Theatre Group revealed its upcoming slate of productions, including "The Lehman Trilogy" and a Mike Birbiglia show.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:00pm on September 30, 2021

'The Enigmatist' creates a magical sense of togetherness at the Geffen Playhouse by Charles McNulty

Puzzle master David Kwong turns brain twisters into live theater with his show "The Enigmatist," at the Geffen in Westwood.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:56pm on September 27, 2021

Why a weirdly concocted Tony Awards was the booster shot Broadway needed by Charles McNulty

"Moulin Rouge!" takes home 10 Tonys, but Broadway as a whole emerges as the big winner at the pandemic-postponed awards.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:17am on September 27, 2021

Here is the 2021 Tony Awards winners list by Jevon Phillips

The 2021 Tony Awards complete list of winners, updated in real time throughout the night.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:43pm on September 26, 2021

Inside the battle to change a prestigious theater festival's 'broken' culture by Ashley Lee

Alumni say the Williamstown Theatre Festival is "deeply broken." The festival says it welcomes change. But is it enough?

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on September 25, 2021

'Why am I making you money?': Karen Olivo wants something better than Broadway by Ashley Lee

The Tony nominee gets candid about her painful "Moulin Rouge!" role and her "isolating" exit from commercial theater.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on September 24, 2021

HBO's 'Scenes From a Marriage' doesn't work. Bergman's original shows what's missing by Charles McNulty

Written and directed by Hagai Levi and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, this version left our critic dreading, not relishing, each episode.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:00am on September 23, 2021
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