She may be 86, move more gingerly these days and kvetch about her aches and pains, but make no mistake: Renée Taylor's still got it. Taylor's skills " as an actress, comedian, raconteur and…
"Tina: The Tina Turner Musical" is rollin' on to Broadway on Nov. 7, mere weeks before the legendary singer's 80th birthday. The biographical musical devoted to the rock 'n' roll icon's care…
With Brad Pitt and Diane Keaton as its cheering section, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art won unanimous approval Tuesday from the county Board of Supervisors for a $650-million new home …
After exploring how his Vietnamese parents met in a refugee camp in America in his breathtakingly original comedy "Vietgone," playwright Qui Nguyen picks up the story of their lives in the u…
In "Vietgone," playwright Qui Nguyen tells the story of how his parents met after escaping the Vietnam War and landing in the same resettlement camp in Arkansas. It's a tale of traumatic dis…
Center Theatre Group announced Monday that Meghan Pressman will be its next managing director and CEO, making her the first female managing director in the nonprofit company's 52-year histor…
Director and artist Lars Jan turns a classic Joan Didion essay, "The White Album," into a multimedia performance work featuring Obie-winning actress Mia Barron.
Joan Didion's 1979 essay "The White Album" is both a classic of new journalism and an artifact of the tumultuous period it chronicles. Composed as a series of high-resolution prose snapshots…
The dramas of King Lear, the Gay Men's Chorus and LACMA. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week's essential art news: A brazenly busy 'Lear' Theater cr…
Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.), Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings 15th Annual New Play Reading Fes…
If you can't get out to see Southern California's super bloom before tourists trample it flat, don't despair: L.A. theater has its own spring fever, with productions celebrating love, youth,…
Glenda Jackson stars in "King Lear" on Broadway with a cast of powerhouse actresses, including Jayne Houdyshell, Ruth Wilson and Elizabeth Marvel. But the modern, manic production, directed …
For his Broadway production of "King Lear," built around the one and only Glenda Jackson, director Sam Gold has decided to make use of every luxurious resource at his disposal " sometimes si…
Gary Hayashi thought that if he could just get close enough to God, he would be cured. Hayashi was not like other men he knew at church, and he certainly wasn't like his older brother, whom …
It's going to be a Stravinsky spring, right? The Los Angeles Philharmonic is about to kick off a two-week Stravinsky festival, Esa-Pekka Salonen celebrating Stravinsky's association with the…
Ah, "Madama Butterfly," Puccini's classic operatic tale about a Japanese geisha and an American Navy lieutenant who meet in Nagasaki and fall in love as they sing to each other "" in Italian…
Early on in the London stage production of "All About Eve," Gillian Anderson's Margo Channing removes her stage makeup in a bright dressing room mirror. As she swipes away the layers, Anders…
When does 28 equal 12? Or 41 equal 8? And how is it even possible that 22, 25 and 35 could all equal 11? The answer: When you are casting grown-ups to play kids onstage. Sure, boys will stil…
Disney's "The Little Mermaid" live concert is set to return to the Hollywood Bowl next month just in time for the film's 30th anniversary, with Lea Michele as golden-voiced mermaid Ariel, Ch…
Actor and playwright Heidi Schreck, former high school oratorical champion, brings her one woman show, "What the Constitution Means to Me," to Broadway at a time when her old championship to…
When actor and writer Heidi Schreck was a high school student in Wenatchee, Wash., she was racking up college tuition money by giving speeches on the majesty of the Constitution in contests …
La Virgen de Guadalupe " an apparition of the Virgin Mary " is an icon of the Catholic faith, the patron saint of Mexico and a symbol of Mexican independence venerated throughout the America…
Many are likely to misconstrue Stephanie Alison Walker's new play "Friends With Guns" as a forceful defense of gun ownership. They couldn't be more wrong. Second Amendment issues are periphe…
It is dawn on Sunday morning and a sliver of blue light has begun to emerge from behind the Chocolate Mountains, illuminating the steely waters of the Salton Sea. Several dozen people, in an…
Imagine you're holding a bar of Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight. The name alone promises deliciousness inside. A name's a powerful thing, especially if it has delivered satis…