Writing, at the best of times, is a tricky proposition. Some authors claim that they can’t stop writing, that it’s a function like breathing to them, whereas other scribes do everything in their power to delay...
L.A.’s oldest non-profit professional theater company, Company of Angels, announces the world premiere of Red Harlem, a new play based on true events from the Great Depression, when the Soviet Union’s Communist Party...
Sweeney Todd is my favorite musical. I’ve seen it onstage several times, watched the film, enjoyed a cast recording (Cerveris/LuPone), and loved the Angela Lansbury/George Hearn version blessedly preserved on video...
When I first read about the subject of Robert Axelrod’s Lifeline, I thought it was going to be about the stress of working at a suicide hotline center and was expecting it to be a very depressing experience. Thankfully...
The Chromolume Theatre has announced its 2026 season of musicals at The Zephyr on Melrose in Los Angeles. Themed as a season of identify and expression, it will kick off in March with The Color Purple, the powerful...