When the Cine Metropolitan opened on Avenida Independencia in Mexico City in 1943, it was one of those spare-no-expense architectural extravaganzas that reveal why movie theaters were once r…
Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.) and F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.). Openings The Annual One-Time-Only New Year's Eve Musical Revue Family-friendly show features comedic sketches, s…
Aaron Sorkin's Broadway adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" has broken an internal box-office record after only eight performances. The latest staging of Harper Lee's landmark American nov…
Welcome to the holiday weekend! I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with your weekly dose of what is making us mad as hell … in the best way possible. A POTENT …
THEATER 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 The Dina Martina Christm…
It's increasingly hard to write a review about the Troubadour Theater Company without sounding like a gushing fangirl. The group's Christmas offering, "The Year Without a Santana Claus," is …
The stage adaptation of the '70s film, directed with bold flourishes by European auteur Ivo van Hove at Broadway's Belasco Theatre and co-starring Tony Goldwyn and Tatiana Maslany, has somet…
Two thoughts occurred to me at the end of Ivo van Hove's stage production of "Network": Bryan Cranston is one of the most fearless actors working today, and Paddy Chayefsky attained a kind o…
The cabaret drag star who staged his 24-hour music and social history marathon earlier this year, returns with an L.A. holiday show that takes on this, the most materialistic time of the yea…
Imagine a Christmas tree ornament made by Picasso on an absinthe bender and you'll have some idea of Taylor Mac's initial costume for "Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce," the festive fandango that …
A little bit of controversy. A little bit of Broadway. A little bit of Zubin Mehta. I'm Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with the week's essential arts stories. M…
How much Cher is too much Cher? I mean how much pasteurized celebrity information do you really, really want? A related question posed by the new Broadway musical "The Cher Show," now at the…
Does anyone really expect genuine drama from this kind of commercial jukebox musical? Get past the lackluster writing, and this production directed by Jason Moore and choreographed by Christ…
Christmas at the Bradbury with Kitka The Oakland-based all-female vocal ensemble performs seasonal favorites from Eastern European and Eurasian traditions in this Da Camera Society presentat…
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 As Always, Jimmy Stewart Steve N…
Aaron Sorkin's production of 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' which opened Thursday on Broadway, is a top-flight interpretation of the Harper Lee novel under the rustically elegant direction of Bart…
How much campiness can a theater audience take? This new musical tests the limits with its tale of Broadway actors who set out to champion an Indiana high school student banned from bringing…
During the deliriously zany setup for "The Prom," a new musical comedy now at the Longacre Theatre, I thought I might have died and gone to campy heaven. The feeling doesn't last, but the la…
Santa Claus, George Bailey and the original winter solstice party boy, Dionysus, have a busy weekend ahead as they entertain L.A. audiences with the seasonal shows "The Year Without a Santan…
The marquee at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre blasts in big block letters "Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird." But all it takes is some slingshot dialogue to reveal that the new blockbuster Bro…
All it takes is a few minutes of slingshot dialogue to reveal that this blockbuster Broadway adaptation belongs to Sorkin, who with director Bartlett Sher and star Jeff Daniels has created a…
The Times' theater critic names his top productions of 2018, including Jefferson Mays' take on "A Christmas Carol," a daring "Streetcar," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' ingenious "Gloria" and the s…
The year started strong with two revivals that invited us to listen anew to modern classics we thought we knew inside out. Richard Nelson's production of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" at San…
The week ahead in SoCal theater, Dec. 9-16, 2018: "Bliss (or Emily Post Is Dead!)" at Moving Arts; "A Charlie Brown Christmas" at Chance Theater; "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" a…
A surprise challenger infiltrated the musical theater album category when the Grammy nominees were announced Friday: The television special "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert," starring…