Jimmi Simpson Tackles Sorkin's FarnsworthJanuary 25, 2007Simpson took time out of rehearsals to talk about his working with McAnuff again, having been in the La Jolla Playhouse production of Tartuffe in 2002, along with his experiences with Sorkin and his upcoming films set for release later this year...
Marissa Chibas is Revolutionary at REDCATJanuary 18, 2007There is a revolution afoot at the REDCAT and Marissa Chibas is to thank, as her one-woman masterwork, Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary, makes its world premiere in the downtown Los Angeles theatre presented by CalArts...
Mormon Boy Comes Clean with ConfessionJanuary 15, 2007Confessing one's sins certainly takes an act of bravery, but imagine doing so in front of a packed theatre night after night, let alone revealing your dark past and divulging family tidbits to absolute strangers...
Photo Coverage: Andrew Lippa in the O.C.December 30, 2006Broadway stars and admirers of composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa gathered to sing him praise along with support for the California Conservatory of the Arts at the Orange County Performing Arts Center December 19...
Sugar, Spice and Everything MarvelousDecember 23, 2006Move over Rydell High, there is a new group of singing teenage starlets on stage hailing from Springfield High, and they are making audiences flip at the El Portal Theatre as they relive their 1958 Senior Prom to some doo-wop classics...
Oscar Poster Looks to BroadwayDecember 19, 2006The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed Tuesday the 79th Academy Awards poster design, which features dozens of the most memorable and quotable lines from motion pictures, including a handful of films adapted from Broadway hits...
Slava's Snowshow Explodes at UCLADecember 18, 2006As ambient sounds of faraway whistling trains and occasional waves of stage smoke filled the expansive Royce Hall, a childlike sense of anticipation overcame the audience as they awaited an evening of whimsy and spectacle...
Matthew Bourne's Sharp With ScissorhandsDecember 15, 2006Bourne cuts to the heart of Edward Scissorhands with his approachable dance interpretation, picking up on the despair of the title character's struggle for acceptance in a superficial anywhere American neighborhood...
John Denver Comes Home at RubiconDecember 8, 2006Pull out the fiddle and rosin up the bow, because we all might just be able to go home and discover we are a country boy, or girl, at heart after seeing Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert...
Sister Act Sets Pasadena Playhouse RecordDecember 8, 2006The Pasadena Playhouse has announced that Sister Act the Musical's tickets sales have set a theatre record, surpassing their last record set by August Wilson's Fences, which starred Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett...
Valarie Pettiford on Fosse, McAnuff and MoreDecember 8, 2006Valarie Pettiford, who was last seen on stage at the La Jolla Playhouse performing in Des McNauff's The Wiz, recently spent the evening in the historic lobby of the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, singing a handful of showtunes and standards...
Kids Steal Show in Civic Lights' Oliver!December 6, 2006With an impressive cast of 28 children, it is the younger talent that proves to be the heartbeat of this Lionel Bart adaptation of Charles Dicken's novel...
John Waters' Merry-Scarry Holiday CheerDecember 4, 2006Good tidings be damned this holiday season. From the man who created such camp-classic films as 'Hairspray' and 'Cry Baby,' comes a shocking outlook on the most sacred of all Hallmark holidays...
Texmas Makes World Premiere in BurbankNovember 28, 2006The Third Stage Company will present the world premiere of TEXMAS, a holiday comedy play, opening Friday, December 1, 2006 at the Third Stage...
Struthers Saves Christmas in NuncrackersNovember 26, 2006Sally Struthers and Adrian Zmed save Christmas with their jovial interpretation of convent leaders in Nuncrackers, The Nunsense Christmas Musical now at the El Portal Theatre...