Online This Week: We Three Categories
Concerts, a ‘Carol’ or 3, and a surfeit of readings, benefits, and other virtual theatre kick off December in abundant style.
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Online This Week: Games, Greed, and Memory
This week: a Nick Cordero memorial tribute, festivals of Latinx writers and young playwrights, Harriet Harris as Eleanor Roosevelt, and a Madhuri Shekar encore.
Theatre Is Magic Is Theatre for Helder Guimarães
With his Geffen Stayhouse show ‘The Present,’ the illusionist aims to make a connection among dazzled, far-flung audiences via Zoom.
Three on the Aisle: No Shortcut to Normal
The critics talk with Jeremy Wein of Play-PerView, take a question about theatre safety, and recommend shows they’ve viewed.
Andy Garcia Unlocks ‘Key Largo’
Known for calm, eye-of-the-storm roles, the Florida-raised actor brings the thunder in his own adaptation of the iconic gangster drama.
Laurie Metcalf and Her Double
How one of our greatest living stage actors keeps it real, even when playing a not-quite-real Hillary Clinton.
Geffen Playhouse Announces Starry 2019-20 Season
The lineup includes two world premieres, a Shakespeare classic, and contemporary plays featuring well-loved celebrities.
Matt Shakman’s Geffen: In With the New
The theatre’s new artistic director hopes to make it a home for new plays and a wide range of voices that reflect Los Angeles.
Geffen Playhouse Launches Inaugural Writers’ Room
In a move towards more new-play development, a group of Los Angeles writers will receive one-year residencies at the theatre.
Geffen Playhouse 2018-19 Season to Feature 6 World Premieres
The season will feature new plays by José Rivera, Inda Craig-Galván, and a ‘Christmas Carol’ from Jefferson Mays.
