South Coast Rep presents Lloyd Suh's "The Heart Sellers," a two-hander set in the wake of the Immigration and Nationality Act, in a production directed by Jennifer Chang that takes a histori…
At the glitzy LACMA Art + Film gala, guests including Cynthia Erivo, Hannah Einbinder, George Lucas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angela Bassett, Demi Moore, Cindy Crawford and Dustin Hoffman erupted …
Gregg T. Daniel directs a fine production of August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at A Noise Within, as part of an ongoing reexamination of the playwright's 10-play cycle.
The new stage show, starring JoJo Levesque and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, celebrates '80s music and girl power in its debut at the La Jolla Playhouse.
A 49-seat black box theater has attracted the likes of Kaia Gerber and Addison Rae's team. But can its connections help it actually succeed when so many other small L.A. theaters don't?
In 'Guac,' Manuel Oliver, the father of a young man killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, tells the story of his son's life and the overwhelming impac…
A hit in Edinburgh, comic Julia Masli's "ha ha ha ha ha ha ha" arrives at Pasadena Playhouse to find solutions to theatergoers' everyday woes
Lauren Gunderson's "anthropology," now at Rogue Machine Theatre, and Jordan Harrison's "Marjorie Prime," opening on Broadway this fall starring June Squibb, extend the theater's exploration …
Gustavo Dudamel finished his final fall appearances with the L.A. Phil, including performances of massive works as well as with D Smoke at a YOLA street festival and finally at the "Gustavo'…
We went backstage before curtain of the touring production of 'Les Misérables' at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Here's a look a the well-orchestrated chaos.
Rudi Goblen's 'littleboy/littleman,' a tale of two immigrant brothers, infused with live music and poetry, has its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse.
At a time when the art of memorializing has become touchy, Martha Graham Dance Co., along with Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil, show us how Leonard Bernstein did it with JFK.
At Speakeasy Society's 'Family Meal,' curse words are thrown, recipes are slandered and it all makes for fun, irresistible drama.
The acclaimed touring production of Jocelyn Bioh's 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding,' set in a Harlem hair salon, reveals the precarious lives of immigrant workers in an exuberant workplace com…
The hype for new AI 'performer' Tilly Norwood contrasts with another recent premiere: a film from Daniel Day-Lewis, who came out of retirement for his son's directorial debut.
The actors who play the sisterhood of stylists in 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' sit down for a candid beauty-shop conversation in light of the show's L.A. premiere at Center Theatre Group's…
Reviews of 'The Night of the Iguana' at Boston Court Pasadena, 'Fly Me to the Sun' at the Fountain Theatre and 'Adolescent Salvation' in an intimate Rogue Machine production at the Henry Mur…
Composer-turned-magician-turned-spiritual guide BC Smith is behind 'Phasmagorica,' an event that attempts to create the feel of a vintage séance. No tricks, he swears.
Jonathan Spector's 'Eureka Day,' a satire with heart about the rise of anti-vaccine sentiment in an age of polarization, has its Los Angeles premiere at Pasadena Playhouse
A concert version of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's acclaimed production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' in Yiddish has its West Coast premiere at the Soraya in Northridge.
'Am I Roxie?,' a solo show by Roxana Ortega at the Geffen Playhouse, delves into the roller coaster of caring for her widowed mother, who's losing her memory.
Gustavo Dudamel begins his official duties as music director designate by opening the New York Philharmonic's 2025-26 season in David Geffen Hall
In new play 'Color Theories,' the star/creator of 'Los Espookys' and 'Problemista' tackles border politics with a storybook simplicity.
Richard Bean's 'One Man, Two Guvnors' renews the hilarity by resetting Carlo Coldoni's 'The Servant of Two Masters' to Britain in the swinging '60s.
You'd be hard-pressed to find any greater pop-culture rebuke of the anti-immigrant, anti-DEI messages promulgated by the Trump administration than in the big-screen spectacle of Lin-Manuel M…