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New York welcomes Gustavo Dudamel as its future conductor with an honorary doctorate from Juilliard and with cheers after Philip Glass' Symphony No. 11.
For L.A. Theatre Works producing director Susan Albert Loewenberg and managing director Vicki Pearlson, the company's legacy of audio drama holds new potential in the age of podcasting and a…
Michael Arden could follow his Tony win for directing 'Parade' with another Tony this year for 'Maybe Happy Ending.' Coming next: 'The Queen of Versailles' with Kristin Chenoweth and 'The Lo…
Playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Danya Taymor reveal how the Tony-nominated play 'John Proctor Is the Villain' made it to Broadway, with help from 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink…
The tale of a Dublin bus conductor with a yen for Oscar Wilde drives this fantastic revival of 'A Man of No Importance,' from the 'Ragtime' team of Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lyn…
Elizabeth Reaser and Jason Butler Harner star in the Pasadena Playhouse production of 'A Doll's House, Part 2,' the clever Lucas Hnath comedy that earned Laurie Metcalf a Tony on Broadway.
Sarah Ruhl treats the world as her classroom, deriving spiritual lessons along with practical wisdom about life and art in a compelling new book.
'Twilight' actor Elizabeth Reaser and 'Ozark' actor Jason Butler Harner star as Nora and Torvald, picking up where Ibsen left off in Lucas Hnath's Tony-nominated play 'A Doll's House, Part 2…
Seedy 1980s L.A. is the backdrop for rising playwright Roger Q. Mason's 'Hide and Hide,' part of their 'Califas Trilogy' exploring the past, present and future of the Golden State through a …
Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour's global hit 'White Rabbit Red Rabbit,' a theatrical experiment swathed in mystery, opens at the Fountain Theatre with a different actor handed the script righ…
Yann Martel's 2002 novel, also made into a 2012 Ang Lee film, gets a stage adaptation that is wondrously dreamy and profound. As the tale's shipwrecked teen, Taha Mandviwala is mesmerizing.
Jane Fonda lends her dazzling narration to Rufus Wainwright's enveloping 'Dream Requiem,' which provides some spiritual enhancement to L.A. Opera's flashy 'Ainadamar,' centered on the execut…
An Imelda Marcos bio-musical headlines Center Theatre Group's season lineup for the Ahmanson and Mark Taper Forum. Also coming: "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," "Primary Trust," "& Juliet…
National Endowment for the Arts, facing an existential threat from President Trump, cancels grants for L.A. Theatre Works, L.A. Chamber Orchestra and other groups " some of which already spe…
The Immersive Invitational, now in its fourth year, celebrates the communal power of interactive fiction. Participating companies have 48 hours to create a 10-minute show.
Battling brain cancer, Michael Tilson Thomas makes his last stage appearance with a San Francisco Symphony concert that reminded us of a lifetime of greatness.
'Maybe Happy Ending,' 'Dead Outlaw,' Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' and 'John Proctor Is the Villain' lead the competition for best musical and best play, with Audra McDonald in 'Gypsy' and Nicol…
a.k. payne's 'Furlough's Paradise,' winner of the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, opens at the Geffen Playhouse under the direction of Tinashe Kajese-Bolden.
"Dead Outlaw," a Broadway musical about a famous corpse discovered in Long Beach from the team behind the Tony-winning musical "The Band's Visit," opens on Broadway.
The Boyle Heights-inspired musical "Real Women Have Curves" makes its Broadway debut on Sunday, April 27. Playwright Josefina López speaks to De Los about its origin story.
'Stranger Things: The First Shadow,' a prequel to the hit streaming series, opens at the Marquis Theatre, bringing Netflix branding to Broadway.
Keiko Green's 'You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World,' a comedy about family, loss and environmental destruction, has its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in a production …
Visit the embattled Kennedy Center post-Trump purge, and the place can feel abandoned. Leave it to dance provocateur Mark Morris to show a way forward for the national arts center.
The season includes new works from Roxana Ortega, Rudi Goblen and Beth Hyland, as well as notable premieres of plays by Douglas Lyons and Sara Porkalob.
"Regency Girls," a musical comedy about young women on a wild road trip in the Jane Austen-era, has its world premiere at the Old Globe in a production directed by Josh Rhodes.
