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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As Trump rains down terror on Iran, Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer-winning ‘English’ has its L.A. premiere
‘English,’ Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in Iran, has its L.A. premiere at the Wallis.
Director Knud Adams, one of the most sought after directors of new plays, brings his acclaimed productions of ‘English’ to the Wallis and “Primary Trust’ to the Mark Taper Forum. Both plays, making their L.A. premieres, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
As Arthur Miller’s plays surge in popularity, ‘Death of a Salesman’ dismally disappoints at A Noise Within while ‘The Price’ thrives in the intimacy of Pacific Resident Theatre.
Ins Choi’s ‘Kim Convenience,’ the Toronto hit play that inspired a TV show, opens at the Ahmanson Theatre, refreshes a familiar immigrant family drama with warmth and gentle humor.
Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Fairview” receives its L.A. premiere at the Matrix in a Rogue Machine production directed by Oz Scott.
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Machines replacing workers? What could go wrong? The Actors’ Gang revives ‘The Adding Machine’
Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine,” an expressionist classic on automation and worker insecurity, speaks directly to an age in which livelihoods are threatened by AI innovation.
Pasadena Playhouse producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman, Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney and Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Snehal Desai reveal how they’re confronting the challenges of a field in crisis.
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‘Dragon Mama,’ part two of Sara Porkalob’s epic Filipina American family saga, reels us in for more
Writer-performer Sara Porkalob continues her Dragon Cycle trilogy with the Los Angeles premiere of “Dragon Mama,” the second installment of the family epic centered on Filipina mothers taking survival into their own hands.
From ‘Brigadoon’ to ‘Riverdance’ to Bruce Springsteen to Lily Allen, here’s what we’re most looking forward to from April to June in the Los Angeles area arts scene.
Daniel Radcliffe stars in the Broadway premiere of ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ an interactive performance piece written by Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe that meditates on what makes life worth living.