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Laura Osnes' exit from a show because of COVID-19 vaccination rules divides Twitter, but critic Charles McNulty says there should be no debate. Just get vaccinated.
Exclusive news of Pasadena Playhouse's 2021-22 season, including a revamped production of the Go-Go's jukebox musical.
Los Angeles Philharmonic is the latest to require proof of full vaccination, with no exception based on personal or religious beliefs.
The Hollywood Pantages on Friday announced that it will require proof of vaccination from audience members for admission to the show. The move mirrors a similar mandate made on Broadway this…
Most critics don't enjoy being criticized. But sometimes an angry email isn't so much an artistic quarrel as an appeal to something more human.
As theaters nationwide stage COVID-19-safe outdoor shows this summer, one high-profile festival faces a crew revolt over working conditions.
'My sadness for our cast and crew ... is impossible to put into words,' Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote, blaming shutdown on government's pandemic guidance.
Outdoor productions of "Julius Caesar" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" kick off Theatricum Botanicum's return in Topanga.
The U.S. Latinx Art Forum, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon and Ford foundations, awards $50,000 each to 15 artists.
David Thewlis and Daniel Mays lead the Old Vic's "The Dumb Waiter," which lampoons blind faith in authoritarian power.
Shakespeare in Topanga. Pops in Pasadena. Rosanna Gamson/World Wide dance-theater in DTLA. Your weekend cultural options start here.
Artist Catherine Opie, incoming chair of UCLA's art department, steps back from her role at MOCA and will fundraise for student scholarships instead.
The first notes heard again in the long-quieted Disney Hall were a slow, soft upward harp arpeggio, each pitch a haunting, crystalline moment.
Artistic director Chris Fields spills the secrets of Echo Theater Company's success as it marks a milestone anniversary with 25 alumni performing 25 monologues by 25 alumni playwrights.
Tom Dugan stars in this new show, which imagines the lives of the characters from "Fiddler on the Roof" after they move to America.
Torrey Townsend's streaming play, presented by Jeremy O. Harris, takes aim at the systemic racism, sexism and hypocrisy in theater.
Soprano Renée Fleming sings in Irvine, the Wallis opens its outdoor stage and Keith David stars in a virtual "Macbeth."
Binge-worthy TV? Must-see opera? Queer art film? Yes, yes, yes, say "Insecure" writer christopher oscar peña, composer Ellen Reid and director James Darrah.
Even with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster on stage, 'The Music Man' still celebrates a scheming white man in a sanitized America.
The experimental opera company behind 'Sweet Land,' 'Hopscotch' and 'Invisible Cities' turns the artistic director position into a cooperative.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' celebrated 'An Octoroon' has its Los Angeles premiere at the Fountain Theatre's new outdoor stage.
Forget musicals. The time is now for the American play, and 'An Octoroon' is just one of many groundbreaking works by women and writers of color.
The billionaire philanthropist donated $2.7 billion to 286 arts, educational and social justice organizations. Here are some of the SoCal recipients.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon M. Chu, Olga Merediz and others break down 'Pacienda y Fe,' the immigrant ballet sure to give viewers a 'big gasp moment.'
Bodega coffee and raps about gentrification " we reflect on everything riding on Lin-Manuel Miranda's cultural unicorn
