Review: Dim view on 'Through a Glass Darkly' at the Raven Playhouse

Every element of Ingmar Bergman’s 1961 film “Through a Glass Darkly” — the performances, the plot, even the...

Mark Taper Forum replaces 'Butler' with 'Humor Abuse'

The Mark Taper Forum has scratched a new revival of Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw" from its schedule and replaced it with the traveling...

Review: A pleasant 'Cooperstown,' but questions stand out

Jackie Robinson never appears in Brian Golden’s “Cooperstown,” currently enjoying its West Coast premiere at the Road...

'Little Miss Sunshine' musical heading off-Broadway

The "Little Miss Sunshine" minibus is fueling up to head cross-country again, this time from the West Coast to New York.

Review: 'Years to the Day' finds friends playing catch-up and more

You might have a friend like Dan in Allen Barton’s new play, “Years to the Day” at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Dan...

Bette Midler's 'I'll Eat You Last' cashing in at Broadway box office

Bette Midler might have been snubbed when it comes to Tony nominations this year, but she seems to be having the last laugh at the box...

Review: 'The Fantasticks' an ingenious musical revival

The delicate theatricality of “The Fantasticks” has weathered countless editions worldwide since its off-Broadway premiere in...

Zachary Levi to make Broadway debut in 'First Date'

“Chuck” star Zachary Levi will make his Broadway debut opposite stage and screen alum Krysta Rodriguez in "First Date,”...

L.A. Dance Summit to explore how to solve dance community woes

A conference to help dancers tackle the Sisyphean task of surviving and succeeding in Los Angeles will feature an unprecedented array of...

Tony Awards 2013: 'Pippin,' Christopher Durang gain momentum

Like the Oscars, the Tony Awards are preceded each year by a bevy of award shows that renders the main event something of a foregone...

Review: With 'Tosca,' Los Angeles Opera goes for grand

An essay in the program for Los Angeles Opera's new production of "Tosca," which opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Saturday night,...

Case study conservation on the Eames' Case Study House

Surprisingly, little has changed at the Eames House since 1949, when Charles and Ray Eames designed their Pacific Palisades home and...

August Wilson's words came straight from his soul

Stage and film legend James Earl Jones once said, "It's hard for an actor to go wrong if he's true to the words that August has written."

Vincent Kartheiser, from 'Mad Men' to 'Pride and Prejudice' onstage

Vincent Kartheiser will swap his sharp suits for ruffles and coattails. The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis announced that the “Mad...

Cellphone toss: Is National Review writer's act heroic or criminal?

Talk about taking issues into your own hands.

'Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' heads to Broadway

The musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” may be nearly as nimble as its lead actor, Jefferson Mays,...

Annette Bening returning to Geffen Playhouse in a new production

Annette Bening will return to the Geffen Playhouse next season in a new production consisting of monologues by the American dramatist Ruth...

David Mamet enlists Cate Blanchett for new screen project

The last several months have been wildly up and down for David Mamet. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright saw his new play "The Anarchist"...

John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'

John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest...

Jed Bernstein, Broadway producer, to head Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York has tapped a prominent producer from the world of commercial Broadway to serve as its...

Cancellation of Nazi-flavored 'Tannhauser' shocks its director

The director of the controversial new production of Wagner's "Tannhauser" that made ample use of Nazi imagery -- including swastikas on...

A starry support system for the Geffen Playhouse

Clint Eastwood stood behind the podium at Monday’s “Backstage at the Geffen,” getting ready to present an award to his...

Review: 3-D Theatricals' arresting 'Parade' is hard to forget

Exceptional integrity distinguishes “Parade” in Fullerton. The company 3-D Theatricals attains a rarefied level of artistry with...

Billy Crystal to bring '700 Sundays' back to Broadway

Billy Crystal announced Tuesday he will bring his Tony-winning play “700 Sundays” back to Broadway one last time.

'Dulce Rosa': An Isabel Allende tale turns operatic

Composer Lee Holdridge says his new opera, "Dulce Rosa," hits "very close to home" for him in several ways. First, as a native Latin...

Broadway's 'Legally Blonde' to set sail

"Legally Blonde" is headed for the high seas.

Spotlight: Glynn Turman in 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'

Sometimes a performance is so finely adept that you forget the actor and see only the character. The dancer is inseparable from the dance,...

Santa Monica Museum celebrates ahead of annual art sale InCognito

The great opera and theater director Peter Sellars draped a chain of Lithuanian amber around his neck for PreCognito, something he does,...

New trailer is a first peek at 'August: Osage County' movie

Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next

NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If...

$75,000 Alpert Awards in the Arts honor marathon play directors

The annual Alpert Awards in the Arts give a $75,000 boost to midcareer artists who often aren’t well known but have earned respect...

Review: 'Hot Cat' at Theatre of NOTE adds new resonance to a classic

Co-founders of Theatre Movement Bazaar, Tina Kronis and Richard Alger have been staging their cheekily experimental shows for more than a...

Review: A shattered land tries to pull back together in 'Joe Turner'

The setting for August Wilson's magnificent "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" is a boardinghouse in 1911 Pittsburgh, but the spiritual location...

Neil Patrick Harris to host Tony Awards show, his fourth

Theater fans can breathe a sigh of relief that there will be no Seth MacFarlane-style misfire on the Tony Awards show this year: Neil...

Nazi-themed opera production canceled in Germany

BERLIN -- A Nazi-themed production of the Wagner opera "Tannhauser" that featured scenes of gas chambers and the execution of a family has...

Review: 'Flashdance the Musical' breaks out leg warmers and '80s camp

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Herbert Blau, theater director and former CalArts provost, dies at 87

Herbert Blau, a renowned and influential theater director who helped to shape the California Institute of the Arts during its early years,...

The Beatles are Broadway bound in 'Let it Be'

The Beatles are Broadway bound once again. Producers announced Wednesday that "Let it Be" will transfer from London's West End for a limited...

Review: Back to Barrie with 'Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers'

Well, Peter Pan, I -- speaking as a mother -- never liked you much either. So I retorted, inwardly, upon hearing the title of Michael...

Tony box-office boost looks more like a bust this season

Broadway’s Tony contenders have yet to experience the typical box-office boost following last week's nominations.

Review: 'The Royale' punches well but has character issues

Stepping into the ring with Jack Johnson, otherwise known as the "Galveston Giant," was as much an invitation to conversation as a guarantee...

Alec Baldwin's Tony-nominated 'Orphans' to close early on Broadway

“Orphans” could not find a home on Broadway.

Helen Mirren berates street drummers who disrupted 'The Audience'

Helen Mirren reverted to Jane Tennison mode on Saturday when she cracked down on noisy street drummers who disrupted a performance of...

'Tannhauser' production booed for using Nazi imagery

A new production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhauser" in Germany was reportedly booed by members of the audience who were apparently upset...

Review: The collateral damage of genius in Boris Eifman's 'Rodin'

Of the ballet choreographers making narrative works for major stages, Russian Romantic Boris Eifman is virtually the only one totally in...

Cedering Fox knows the power of speaking the written word

Cedering Fox knows good actors, and isn't afraid to ask a favor. Her query is simple, and the actors almost always say yes.

'Joe Turner's' actors share August Wilson's gift of gab

Among the pleasures of seeing an August Wilson play, it's often said, is just listening to the people talk.

Theater review: Neil LaBute's take on 'Miss Julie' is uneasy hybrid

August Strindberg's "Miss Julie," a key landmark of modern drama, has been getting quite the workout from contemporary theater artists drawn...

'Lucky Guy,' starring Tom Hanks, turns a profit on Broadway

There's no need to stop the presses for this bit of Broadway foregone conclusion.

Carole King musical to debut in San Francisco prior to Broadway

"Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," a new stage biography of the American singer-songwriter, will have an out-of-town tryout in San...