John E. Pizzini's first attempt at college didn't end as planned. At Michigan State University he studied engineering " a path his father pushed him to pursue " and he hated it. About two ye…
Long story short: It was a strange Broadway season " one in which old formulas proved unreliable and a few long-shot experiments yielded unexpected rewards. Rendering an up or down verdict o…
Interior. Restaurant at a Beverly Hills hotel, early March. Music spritzing luxuriously in the background. A publicist finishes her breakfast. In walks a frazzled middle-aged theater critic.…
There's a game-changing moment early in "Tootsie," the new Broadway musical based on the 1982 film, when an iconic but dated comedy suddenly gets new life " and cultural relevance " in 2019.…
The Tony nominations send a message of support to artists with fresh sensibilities, but occasionally at the expense of worthier work.
The 2019 Tony Awards nominations list is out, led by the musicals "Hadestown" with 14, "Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of the Temptations" with 12 and "Tootsie" with 11. Bryan Cranston…
Laurie Metcalf has a photo taped on her dressing room door of Hillary Clinton in sunglasses checking her Blackberry. Clinton looks cool, even imperious, but that persona is not in the house …
The Tony Award nominations Tuesday were dominated by new musicals and "Hadestown" led the way, the folk-operatic reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth collecting 14 nods. "Ain't Too P…
The writer gets snubbed Tuesday by the Tony Awards, but his "How to Kill a Mockingbird" does pick up nine nominations " tying "The Ferryman" for the most nods for any play.
Anne Nemer and her best friend from college, Elizabeth Bates, had a pretty good idea of what they were walking into when they attended "Tiny Beautiful Things" at Pasadena Playhouse. The play…
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday at its annual awards ceremony for local theater, held this year at Pasadena Playhouse. Here's the complete list of…
Ask theater director Jo Bonney to describe playwright José Rivera's new work " "The Untranslatable Secrets of Nikki Corona," a world premiere that begins previews Tuesday at the Geffen Play…
"A Doll's House, Part 2," which is receiving its world premiere at South Coast Repertory, had its official opening on Thursday at Broadway's Golden Theatre in a separate production confirmin…
I wasn't old enough to see the original 1979 run of "Children of a Lesser God" by Mark Medoff, who died Tuesday at 79. But the 1986 movie and leading actress Marlee Matlin's Oscar win " the …
The stage adaptation of "Almost Famous" will make its world premiere at the Old Globe, the theater announced Friday. The musical features a book by Cameron Crowe, who wrote and directed the …
Notions of family figure into the shows in this week's 99-Seat Beat up-close look at Los Angeles' smaller theaters. Families of the traditional, nuclear kind find themselves plunged into qua…
Zoe Lister-Jones wrote, directed and starred in the 2017 movie "Band Aid." Now, she's adapting the indie film for the stage. The new musical dramedy will debut as a reading May 20 in New Yor…
After a disastrous tea last year, critic and actress meet again, this time to spar about "Lear." Jackson delves into disagreements with director Sam Gold, a powerful female cast including Ru…
"Gulp!" That was my initial reaction when a publicist asked if I'd like to interview Glenda Jackson to discuss her performance in the new Broadway production of "King Lear." Our previous enc…
Bertie Carvel is a chilling media mogul and Johnny Lee Miller is the editor who may lose his soul in James Graham's "Ink," a London import about Murdoch's transformation of British journalis…
The British have a high regard for the state-of-the-nation play, that genre in which dramatists as different as David Hare, Alan Bennett, Richard Bean and Lucy Prebble take the temperature o…
Reviving a beloved musical can be a daunting proposition. Do you keep faith with tradition, or do you try something new? If you opt for a little of both, how much of each? It's hard to find …
It was already an incredibly busy time for Israeli actor, director and artist Yehezkel Lazarov. He was performing in one show in Tel Aviv, about to direct another and scheduled to curate an …
The hit 1980s film has been revamped as a hilarious stage production for the #MeToo era, smartly navigating new gender politics and starring Santino Fontana in a Tony-worthy turn playing the…
Let's face it: There are more ways these days to get a musical version of "Tootsie" wrong than right. The world has changed since Dustin Hoffman donned a red tousled wig, talked in a smoky S…