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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.
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.
Acclaimed television and stage actress Holland Taylor will reprise her Tony-nominated 'Ann' one last time " at Pasadena Playhouse.
'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.
Creative pandemic-era solutions, including Zoom puppet classes, mobile marionette shows, even wedding planning helped the Bob Baker Marionette Theater thrive.
"The Lehman Trilogy,' which dramatizes the rise and fall of a banking giant, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre fresh from its heralded Broadway run.
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.
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.
Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein reveals how a chubby gay kid from Brooklyn became a Broadway powerhouse and LBGTQ crusader.
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.
Snehal Desai of East West Players directs 'Assassins,' Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's darkly comic musical about presidential assassins.
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 ...
"Slave Play," which confronts America's race problem through depiction of experimental sex therapy, is a controversial work making its West Coast debut.
Opening this week, the divisive show will be performed on a thrust stage " resulting in an immediate, exposed experience for both viewers and cast.
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.
First staged in 1955, the play " in a new production at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego " gives rise to enduring questions about racism in American theater.
Lucha VaVoom's masked Mexican wrestlers at the Mayan. The hit musical "Wicked" at Segerstrom Center. Esa-Pekka Salonen with the LA Phil at Disney Hall.
Mike Lew's latest takes inspiration from Shakespeare's history play to explore how a character gets to play the villain without apology.
Williamstown Theatre Festival is abolishing its ambitious seven-show summer season, and says it will implement numerous safety measures.
2022 Australian Open singles champions Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty flip the usual script and prove it's possible to be good and great.
Layton Williams and "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Roy Haylock reprise their roles in the North American premiere of the West End musical.
Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, carves out its own space in the history of Shakespeare onscreen.
After its 'A Christmas Carol' shuttered shortly after opening, the company will launch a new show this weekend, 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie.'
The late actor will be remembered for his prodigious film legacy, but Poitier's contributions to theater should not go unforgotten.
Many local arts groups are taking a more moderate approach to this moment of peak COVID, allowing safeguards such as boosters to ramp up weeks after shows open.
