The Sound of Hysteria
Deaf and hearing artists are looking for the timeless rage in a new staging of Green Day’s ‘American Idiot,’ a collaboration between Deaf West Theatre and Center Theatre Group.
All Stories About Mark Taper Forum
Snehal Desai: At Last, a Roadmap for CTG
With a 7-show season at 2 of Center Theatre Group’s venues, the new artistic director is putting special focus on reviving the beloved, beleaguered Mark Taper Forum.
This Month in Theatre History
April recalls the Hyers sisters, a prolific lyricist, a federal musical revue, a busy book writer, an August Wilson premiere, and an Anna Deavere Smith classic.
This Month in Theatre History
November recalls the play Lincoln first saw Booth in, Kern’s Princess Theatre musicals, a Puerto Rican literary godfather, a gospel Oedipus musical, and a century-defining epic.
Taper Cuts: L.A.’s CTG Cancels Shows at Flagship Theatre Through 2024
With audiences and donations down by at least 20 percent, theatre leaders say the move was “unavoidable.”
It Opened Doors on TV, But Can ‘Transparent’ Sing Onstage?
How the creators of ‘A Transparent Musical’ have adapted the hit series about a Jewish family’s multiple gender journeys into a stage musical, premiering tonight at L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum.
What Can Still Be Seen by ‘Twilight’
As Anna Deavere Smith’s theatrical document of the 1992 L.A. uprising returns in a new form, it may feel so in touch with our moment because it helped to define it.
The Week That Shook Center Theatre Group
When the L.A. theatre announced a season light on women playwrights, a protest led to change and greater transparency.
This Month in Theatre History
From a warning against home-grown fascism to an R&H revisal, from WOW Café to slam poetry.
Michael Ritchie to Retire as Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group
After 16 years at the helm of the L.A. regional powerhouse, he’ll step aside at the end of this calendar year.
