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Review: 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' brings authentic magic to the Hollywood Pantages by Charles McNulty

The Tony-winning play 'Harry Potter and Cursed Child' has its Los Angeles premiere at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:17am on February 21, 2025[SHARE]

Commentary: Shakespeare's portrait of an insecure, paranoid tyrant makes this the perfect time for 'Macbeth' by Charles McNulty

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo deliver a 'Macbeth' for the ages, but the curse of Shakespeare's tragedy isn't easy to avoid.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:44am on February 19, 2025[SHARE]

'This isn't a history lesson': Inside the new musical about Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass by Ashley Lee

The bold stage show '3 Summers of Lincoln' " starring Ivan Hernandez, Quentin Earl Darrington, Carmen Cusack and Saycon Sengbloh " will play at La Jolla Playhouse through March 30.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 1:28pm on February 16, 2025[SHARE]

Review: Twyla Tharp at her best in 'Aguas da Amazonia' premiere with Philip Glass score by Mark Swed

Celebrating its 60th anniversary, Twyla Tharp Dance premieres 'Aguas da Amazonia' with Philip Glass' score in Santa Barbara, Costa Mesa, Palm Desert and Northridge before it heads for the Ke…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:52am on February 15, 2025[SHARE]

Review: 'Old Friends' pay tribute to Sondheim in a luxurious pre-Broadway celebration at the Ahmanson by Charles McNulty

Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga star in 'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' in a pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson Theatre.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:52am on February 15, 2025[SHARE]

New Kennedy Center board makes Trump chairman, prompting Shonda Rhimes and others to resign by Jessica Gelt

A new board of Trump allies makes him chairman of the Kennedy Center and fires the arts organization's longtime leader, Deborah Rutter.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:03am on February 13, 2025[SHARE]

'Love Game' is an interactive play that unfolds inside an L.A. bar " and you're Cupid by Todd Martens

The immersive, choose-your-own-adventure show from Last Call Theatre puts the story in the hands of the audience.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:50am on February 12, 2025[SHARE]

Douglas Lyons writes comedies centering Black women. How his trilogy could change theater by Ashley Lee

IAMA Theatre's workshop production of Douglas Lyons' time-travel adventure "Don't Touch My Hair" runs through Feb. 24.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:50am on February 12, 2025[SHARE]

Review: 'Bacon' treads the line between love and abuse for teenage boys in a Rogue Machine powerhouse by Charles McNulty

Rogue Machine Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of Sophie Swithinbank's 'Bacon,' a two-hander directed by Michael Matthews that explores masculinity, bullying, sexuality and trauma.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:50am on February 12, 2025[SHARE]

Review: 'Noises Off,' Michael Frayn's ingenious farce, doesn't have to be perfect to succeed by Charles McNulty

Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro directs a revival of Michael Frayn's backstage farce at the Geffen Playhouse in a co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:33pm on February 10, 2025[SHARE]

Trump to make himself chair of the Kennedy Center, says he'll dismiss board members by Jessica Gelt

President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint himself chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The org says it has 'received no official communications' about…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:59pm on February 9, 2025[SHARE]

Review: Larissa FastHorse's 'Fake It Until You Make It' has its historic premiere at the Taper by Charles McNulty

'Fake It Until You Make It,' a satiric farce by Larissa FastHorse ('The Thanksgiving Play'), has its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, in a production directed by Michael John Garcés.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:58pm on February 8, 2025[SHARE]

The late Pauline Oliveros is having her moment. How Long Beach Opera is making it even bigger by Mark Swed

Long Beach Opera embarks on a risky, unprecedented season centered on pioneering composer Pauline Oliveros. "We're just going for it."

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:30pm on February 5, 2025[SHARE]

At last, Larissa FastHorse is the first Native American playwright at Mark Taper Forum by Ashley Lee

The office-set farce "Fake It Until You Make It," starring Julie Bowen and Tonantzin Carmelo, explores "race-shifting" and nonprofit organizations.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:29am on January 29, 2025[SHARE]

Review: Will Arbery's 'Evanston Salt Costs Climbing' combines despair with tender absurdity at Rogue Machine by Charles McNulty

Rogue Machine presents the Southern California premiere of Will Arbery's 'Evanston Salt Costs Climbing' in a Rogue Machine Theatre production at the Matrix Theatre directed by Guillermo Cien…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:51pm on January 28, 2025[SHARE]

Commentary: What a smoldering L.A. needs now is Martha Graham Dance's 'Appalachian Spring' by Mark Swed

Martha Graham Dance Company reminds us that our city continually reinvents itself, with or without disasters like the Palisades and Eaton fires.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:01pm on January 23, 2025[SHARE]

Jules Feiffer, cartoonist who lampooned conformity, hypocrisy and the upper class, dies at 95 by Elaine Woo

Jules Feiffer, the cartoonist and playwright whose syndicated comic strip ran for four decades, has died. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner was 95.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:22pm on January 21, 2025[SHARE]

Review: Sanaz Toossi's 'Wish You Were Here' at South Coast Rep traces the faltering dreams of young Iranian women by Charles McNulty

Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanaz Toossi, who grew up in Orange County, has a homecoming of sorts with the West Coast premiere of "Wish You Were Here" at South Coast Repertory.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:22pm on January 21, 2025[SHARE]

Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' illuminates an existential truth revealed by the Los Angeles fires by Charles McNulty

Theater critic Charles McNulty writes on how Shakespeare, and 'The Tempest' in particular, is helping him bear witness to the scale of loss caused by the Los Angeles wildfires.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:25am on January 14, 2025[SHARE]

The architecturally significant houses destroyed in L.A.'s fires by Jessica Gelt

Historic landmarks by the likes of Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey and a noted Midcentury retreat by architect Ray Kappe have been lost. Here's our residential architecture list, to be updated reg…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:35am on January 12, 2025[SHARE]

Pasadena Playhouse cancels 'Anything Goes,' 'Follies' concerts as fires threaten L.A. theater scene by Ashley Lee

'When people are in pain and trauma the way our community is right now, I don't think the show has to go on,' says the Pasadena Playhouse's Danny Feldman.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:35am on January 12, 2025[SHARE]

Versatile and self-aware, Betty Gilpin moves with ease onscreen and onstage by Meredith Blake

The actor stars in Netflix's gritty western "American Primeval" and will soon take over the lead role in "Oh, Mary!" on Broadway.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 3:42pm on January 9, 2025[SHARE]

It's de-lovely, it's official: Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman hold hands on L.A.-area date by Alexandra Del Rosario

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster's latest public jaunt is bound to be a kick for Broadway fans: The two were seen holding hands on a date night in Santa Monica.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:31pm on January 7, 2025[SHARE]

Appreciation: Richard Foreman, an auteur of consciousness, did things his way by Charles McNulty

Playwright and director Richard Foreman, one of the pillars of New York's downtown theater scene, dies at 87.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:12am on January 7, 2025[SHARE]

L.A.'s most intimate theater experience? You're the only guest at this thrilling show by Todd Martens

Yannick Trapman-O'Brien's "Undersigned" explores our deepest wants and desires, and what we may sacrifice to achieve them.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:09pm on January 6, 2025[SHARE]
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