Charles McNulty is the theater critic of the Los Angeles Times. He received his doctorate in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism from the Yale School of Drama. McNulty has taught at Yale, the New School, New York University, the City University of New York Graduate Center, UCLA and the California Institute of the Arts. McNulty, who got his theatrical start as a literary intern at the New York Public Theater in the days of Joseph Papp, is a former Village Voice theater critic and editor. He was the chairman of the Pulitzer drama jury in 2010. He received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the theater year 2009-10 and was awarded the top prize for feature writing from the Society for Features Journalism in 2011.
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An appreciation of playwright Richard Greenberg, author of ‘Three Days of Rain’ and ‘Take Me Out,’ among other plays, who premiered many of his works at South Coast Repertory before taking them to New York.
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Jake Brasch’s ‘The Reservoir’ suffers from arrested character development at the Geffen Playhouse
Jake Brasch’s ‘The Reservoir,’ directed by Shelley Butler, features a cast that includes Marin Hinkle at the Geffen Playhouse.
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The Tony-winning revival of ‘Parade’ turns a miscarriage of justice into gripping musical drama
Michael Arden’s Tony-winning revival of “Parade,” Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown’s musical about the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager accused and convicted of a heinous crime after an unfair trial, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Cole Escola, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Snook and Darren Criss are among the performers who took home Tony Awards in a season in which A-list Hollywood actors and veteran stage performers helped Broadway get its groove back.
Director Robert O’Hara’s noir version of ‘Hamlet,’ starring Patrick Ball and premiering at Mark Taper Forum, audaciously but incoherently toys with Shakespeare’s tragedy.
In a historic first, CNN will broadcast a live performance of a Broadway show on Saturday. ‘Good Night, and Good Luck,’ a stage adaptation of George Clooney’s 2005 film, stars the actor as CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow.
Cole Escola’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ is the front-runner in the Tony Award race for best play. But in one of the strongest playwriting categories in years, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose’ deserves to win.
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 audio books.
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 Lost Boys.’
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Simply impeccable: This musical at A Noise Within in Pasadena shines with understated excellence
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 Lynn Ahrens.