Southern California comedy aficionados have experienced some FOMO when it comes to on-and-off L.A. resident Alex Edelman having become the toast of the town in New York theater circles with …
"Peter Pan Goes Wrong," now playing at L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre, has its roots partly in silent-film slapstick, partly in British pantomime and partly in Python. But maybe the best shorthand …
"Try to Remember," the most famous song to have come out of the stage musical "The Fantasticks," was noted for its autumnal feel, sung by someone reflecting back on youthful days. The happy …
You remember the famous Talking Heads song with the lyrical hook, "This ain't no disco…"? Part of the mission of the producers of "Here Lies Love," a stage musical created by David Byrne, …
In "Into the Woods," the audience laughs at the gluttony of the Little Red Ridinghood character, especially in the earliest, most deliberately cartoony parts of the production. But in a sens…
In a move certain to shock Los Angeles theatergoers, the Center Theatre Group (CTG) announced Thursday that it is canceling plans for a 2023-34 season at the Mark Taper Forum, one of the mos…
In front of the Broadway Theatre at the corner of Broadway and 53rd Street in Manhattan are posters for the venue's incoming production, "Here Lies Love," advertising a score by David Byrne …
Nobody's perfect, but "Some Like It Hot" was close enough for the 67th annual Drama Desk Awards, which gave the Broadway adaptation of the classic film comedy eight honors on Wednesday, incl…
"The Voice" has not been much concerned with current Broadway voices until now. That'll change in a big way with this coming Monday's episode, which will feature a show-stopping number from …
Comes a time when even Neil Young is going to set foot on a stage again after the pandemic, and the recently gig-shy legend turned in his first substantial live performance in almost four ye…
A touring production of the stage version of "The Bodyguard" was brought to a halt and canceled in Manchester, England on Friday night after patrons would not stop singing along with the mus…
The verdicts on the new Broadway musical-comedy "Shucked" are in, and the critics have asked you to lend them your ears " so to speak " as they've cobbled together their reactions to the pos…
The summer 2023 season for the Hollywood Bowl will kick off in June with an opening night concert pairing Janet Jackson with Ludacris and continue with shows by King Gizzard and the Lizard W…
"Here Lies Love," a celebrated "disco pop" stage musical with a score by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, dramatizing Imelda Marcos' rise to prominence and downfall in the Philippines, has final…
There's seeing a movie with a live audience, and then there's the probably once-in-a-lifetime experience that was Monday night's Chinese Theatre screening of "RRR," which had director-writer…
It's a few days after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony when we find Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo holed up in the green room of a Beverly Hills performing arts center, talkin…
Incoming Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Pat Benatar and her musical partner and husband Neil Giraldo are announcing an L.A.-area November world premiere for "Invincible " The Musical," a long-i…
There aren't many Tony-winning productions in which one of the veteran creator-performers can announce that he's retiring, right in the middle of a performance… and do it in song form… a…
According to Stephen Schwartz, nothing can follow "Defying Gravity." And for the "Wicked" songwriter, that's one key reason why the movie version of his blockbuster Broadway musical has to b…
"King James," a new dramedy at the Mark Taper Forum, is a two-hander about a love triangle of sorts. The unseen third point in this romance, per the title: basketball legend LeBron James, wh…
"Almost Famous" is almost ready for Broadway. The specific New York theater has yet to be announced, but opening dates for the musical adaptation of the Cameron Crowe film were revealed by t…
After the Grammys earlier this month, comedian Rebecca Corry got hit with a flood of press requests, and not for any part she'd played in the proceedings. Everyone wanted to know what she th…
If you're easily triggered by 30- to 40-foot props, dance routines with dozens of performers, childish wonder, juvenile humor, drug-trip simulations or just color, by all means avoid "Katy P…
When the pandemic hit, there were many aspects of the performing arts that adopted a livestream model, of course, as a necessity and a stopgap until normal life " and normal live " could res…
The new book "Get Back," which is comprised of transcriptions of conversations during the making of the "Let It Be" album and film, put the lie to the idea that the Beatles were getting a bi…