Entertainment & Arts
May 3, 2016
* “Cabaret”--Dick Latessa and Barbara Andres, above, are among the cast in the Kander and Ebb musical about decadence in late 1920s Berlin, playing at the Wilshire Theatre. * “Chomolungma (The Mountain)”--Stephen Legawiec’s new play about seven adventurers trying to scale the world’s greatest mountain opens Friday at Gascon Center in Culver City. * “Bob’s Office Party”--The comedy about an automobile insurance agent at a crossroads who parties with his high-risk clients opens Saturday at Company of Angels.
April 1, 1999
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March 21, 2011
National touring edition of this revival has its flaws, but it chillingly depicts a party at the world’s end.
March 5, 1999
It must have taken plenty of heart plus a fair share of faith, sweat and sheer stick-to-itiveness to do a revival of the George Abbott-Douglass Wallop 1955 “Damn Yankees.”
Oct. 4, 1993
Book of a musical “Hairspray” Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan * Original score “Hairspray” Music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman * Revival, play “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” * Revival, musical “Nine” * Special theatrical event “Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on Broadway” * Featured actor, play Denis O’Hare “Take Me Out” * Featured actress, play Michele Pawk “Hollywood Arms” * Featured actor, musical Dick Latessa “Hairspray” * Featured actress, musical Jane Krakowski “Nine” * Scenic design Catherine Martin “La Boheme” * Costume design William Ivey Long “Hairspray” * Lighting design Nigel Levings “La Boheme” * Direction of a play Joe Mantello “Take Me Out” * Direction of a musical Jack O’Brien “Hairspray” * Choreography Twyla Tharp “Movin’ Out” * Orchestrations Billy Joel and Stuart Malina “Movin’ Out” * Special awards Cy Feuer, Paul Huntley, the principal ensemble of “La Boheme,” Johnson-Liff Casting Associates, the Acting Company * Regional theater The Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis
June 9, 2003
The “Little Miss Sunshine” minibus is fueling up to head cross-country again, this time from the West Coast to New York.
May 23, 2013
Television
Just when child molestation stories seemed to have been done to death, “Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story” (at 9 tonight on NBC, Channels 4, 36 and 39) brings a fierce perspective to the subject.
Sept. 27, 1993
‘Little Miss Sunshine’ musical heading off-Broadway
Play: “Enchanted April,” “Take Me Out,” “Say Goodnight Gracie,” “Vincent in Brixton.”
May 13, 2003