Review: ‘Light Raise the Roof’
It took seven years and multiple readings and workshops to bring Kia Corthron's latest play to full production, which raises unsettling questions about workshops in general and, in particular, about…
Legit
Review: ‘King Henry IV — Part One’
Kevin Kline electrified New York as Falstaff. Jerry Kernion's Falstaff at the Circle X Theater Co. will remain less publicized, but all West Coast devotees of this classic play are likely to find his…
Review: ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’
After watching "Thoroughly Modern Millie" for half an hour, the spectator becomes increasingly grateful for the show's title tune. An Oscar nominee in 1967, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by…
Review: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
No opera company can long survive without Mozart's near-perfect "Marriage of Figaro" in its rep. L.A. Opera having wrung full use out of its aging Peter Hall production, it was probably time to…
Boy of summer takes last bow
Michael Ritchie will be trading bug repellent for sunblock as he switches producing jobs, moving from the bucolic setting of the Massachusetts Berkshires for the big-city atmosphere of the Left Coast.
Inside Move: The fog of time
Jeffrey who? It may have been the case that made "I hate the little midget" a household phrase, but five years after his legendary day on the witness stand, Disney CEO Michael Eisner is pretty hazy…
What’s the Big Idea?
Whatever happened to the Big Ideas play?
Biz up; ‘Ave Q’ 388g
Broadway grosses saw a modest rise during Week 51 (May 10-16), creeping up 3.2% to $15,634,148, with attendance up 3.3% to 242,351 in the wake of the Tony nominations announcement on Monday.
B.O. even; ‘Lion’ on top
Road grosses dipped 1.1% to $13,634,811 during Week 51 (May 10-16).
Newcomer honors to Tartaglia, Rose
Anika Noni Rose and John Tartaglia have received the 59th annual Clarence Derwent Awards, which honor the most promising performers of the theatrical season.
