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Adrienne Kennedy, a Black playwright who's more influential than produced, is celebrated in a rare digital festival not to be missed.
Hal Holbrook's acclaimed Twain re-creation on Broadway was part of an acting career that won him Tony and Emmy awards and an Oscar nomination at 82.
Bernstein had friendly and fraught relationships with U.S. presidents. But his White House musical flopped. Missed was its exploration of race and slavery that's more timely than ever.
As artist in residence at L.A. Opera, Thomas will curate programming, perform a leading role each season and run two training programs for young artists.
Theater has suffered from placelessness in the digital era. Mark O'Rowe's "The Approach" roots us somewhere theatrically real.
Randy Rainbow, Wynton Marsalis and Elvis Costello support a storied jazz club. Musical fans are invited to a "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" watch party.
Shine On Collective pivoted from immersive theater to puzzle-box experiences during the pandemic. It's one example of how gaming is a growing aspect of new theater works.
Same stage, different script: For a theater critic watching President Biden's inauguration, the most notable part of the performance is its humility.
The overdue creation of a Cabinet-level Secretary of Culture would give the country a lift we all crave. Here's who I think would rise to the challenge.
The Mellon Foundation grants nearly $1 million to Lula Washington Dance Theatre, part of an effort to correct systemic inequality in arts funding.
The nation's overlapping crises have sparked the notion that audiences want to be uplifted, more than anything else. I disagree.
The 2021 Kennedy Center honorees Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke and Midori will be honored with a scaled-down gala in May.
The 2013 multimedia stage version of George Orwell's novel "1984," which has been adapted many times, is being developed as a five-part limited series.
The Fountain in East Hollywood gets city permission to turn its parking lot into an outdoor theater with distanced seating for up to 84 people.
The TikTok musical based on Pixar's "Ratatouille" film generated millions for relief efforts launched by the Actors Fund amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pasadena Playhouse streams "You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman," in which paying tribute to the Broadway composer proves harder than it might seem.
Netflix's star-studded spin on the Broadway musical underscores a major shortcoming of the landmark 2019 profit-sharing agreement between producers and actors.
What to watch while celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve? Our mega-list hits all the favorites, plus some wildcards.
This was the year that streaming versions of "Hamilton," "What the Constitution Means to Me" and "Ma Rainey" proved stage stories can shine on-screen.
Rannells, Ryan Murphy and the creative team share how the movie's "white guy gospel song" came to life at the Northridge mall.
The best of the best of Broadway from 2010-2019
"In Circles," Al Carmines' musical adaptation of Gertrude Stein's "A Circular Play," gets a topnotch revival at the Odyssey Theatre.
Playwright Joshua Harmon's family comedy has its West Coast premiere.
Fall theater season highlight for Los Angeles include a musical version of 'Almost Famous,' Bill Irwin in "On Beckett," a revival of August Wilson's "Jitney" and a new standup show by comic …
John Leguizamo's one-man show, now at the Ahmanson, delves into the Latino history missing from his son's textbooks. It's a funny, dizzying journey.
