theater
Divided selves in ‘Middle of the World’ about South America and Wall Street
February 6, 2024Rogue Machine’s first play of its 16th season is a worthy, thought-provoking addition to the canon of what is arguably Los Angeles’ best theatre company.
Read moreMatthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ a ballet that will leap into your heart
February 2, 2024The Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, offers up the North American premiere of Romeo and Juliet that simply cannot be missed.
Read more‘The Climb’ dramatizes trauma, adaptation, and hope for the blind
December 7, 2023“The failure is not trying,” the performers state, as one of a number of memorable mottos. “Never lose sight of who you are.”
Read moreWest Coast premiere of ‘Freight’ starring J. Alphonse Nicholson is must-see theater
November 28, 2023Is a Christ-like vow of poverty truly the answer to the Black dilemma in America—or space travel to Saturn?
Read moreRace relations North/South, today/yesterday, city/plantation
November 17, 2023NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Opera (NOO) promoted its production of Blue as “the southern premiere of the most talked-about new American opera.” I’d been meaning to get back to the Crescent City to see it...
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