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On Broadway: Adapting a ‘Curious Incident’ Planning your next trip to New York, theatre- lovers? Set aside some time for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. After a successful run at the National Theatre in London, the play is now making its Broadway debut at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Mark Haddon, author of th...

Angela Lansbury to reprise Tony Award-winning performance at the Ahmanson Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and in London’s West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award®-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in Noël Coward’s smash-hit comedic play Blithe Spi...

Classics heading to regional theatres this fall In last week's fall arts preview, Los Angeles Times theatre critic Charles McNulty said he expects classic works to provide our region's most astonishimg moments at the theatre. Among the plays he highlighted were Horton Foote's, The Trip to the Bountiful, now playing at the Ahmanson Theatre through N...

‘The play’s the thing’ in 2015 Taper season Center Theatre Group to present three bold new plays and two classic dramas in Taper's 48th season For those who love plays in Los Angeles, the 2015 season at the Mark Taper Forum promises to be "an irresistible year in the theatre," says CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. "Each of the plays is...

LA arts organizations take on ALS Ice Bucket Challenge People everywhere are participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, an activity that has spread across various social media platforms to raise awareness of Lou Gehrig’s disease for the ALS Association. The challenge goes like this: a participant agrees to let someone pour a bucket of ice wat...

Following ‘The Nether’: where the play is today In March 2014, Center Theatre Group produced the world premiere of The Nether by Los Angeles playwright Jennifer Haley. The sci-fi thriller explored the murky moral conflicts between our on- and offline selves. LOS ANGELES BEGINNINGS During its run at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, the play was well re...