The latest interviews about live + streaming theatre in Los Angeles.
I spoke with Chicago born, Brooklyn-based director/choreographer Katie Spelman about her focus on the unique blend of fantasy, Golden Age musical style, and deep romantic themes of Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon she is helming at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Director Michael Michetti shares his vision for the production, what first drew him to it, and how elements of clowning are being used to highlight Ionesco’s surreal humor.
The American Theatre Guild has announced its 2026-27 Broadway in Thousand Oaks season at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center, unveiling a lineup that leans strongly into music-driven storytelling and audience favorites while still offering discovery.
Pablo Picasso’s obsession with his work often destroyed those he professed to love.
Director Celia Mandela Rivera shares her background in theatre, what drew her to directing this play, her vision for the characters and staging it in Little Fish's intimate new space and why she thinks its exploration of love, fidelity, and friendship remains as fresh and provocative today as when…
BroadwayWorld Los Angeles' kid reporters talk with the young touring cast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC to find out what it's like to be part of one of Broadway’s most iconic shows and what actually happens behind the curtain.
Manuel Oliver talks with BroadwayWorld about how GUAC, his one-man tribute to his son lost in the 2018 Parkland shooting, blends humor, grief, and activism into a deeply personal and unexpectedly life-affirming theatrical experience.
The play takes place inside the home of Carlota and her three daughters where time seems to have stood still.
I spoke with Jason and Chuma about their involvement with the play, how they interpret their characters and the story, and what new insights they hope to audiences will gain.
Director and choreographer Scott Thompson talks about bringing Jule Styne’s legendary music to life—and why “The Music That Makes Me Dance” is more than just a concert.
Here's what playwright Paul Webb shared about the world premiere of Warsaw, a moving meditation on survival, forgiveness, and the invisible threads that bind our lives together.
All Roads Theatre Company (ARTCO) will present the World Premiere of the musical revue, THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE: THE SONGS OF JULE STYNE.
Beyond her well-known television presence, Anneliese has a distinguished theater pedigree, including her Broadway debut as the final Belle in Beauty and the Beast and her award-winning performances in both productions of the musical 'Evita!' and 'Vanities.
Gino Gaudio is the great nephew of Hollywood's most famous Warner Bros.
Eileen Barnett celebrates her birthday with a one-night cabaret performance at the Catalina Jazz Club, performing songs by Sondheim, Rodgers and Hart, Randy Newman, Jerome Kern, Jacques Brel, and more.
Mira Costa sophomore Emery Gregory, who plays Regina George in the school’s production of “Mean Girls,” interviews Adrianna Rose Lyons, starring as the queen bee in McCoy Rigby Entertainment’s “Mean Girls” at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, running through May 3.
Always feeling honored and blessed and believing in the arts and giving to the world, Jeffrey Polk took ten minutes to answer ten questions with Gavin Glynn about his influences on his continuing career as a much sought after dynamic live performer.
Olivia Dufault on her unconventional play, its genesis, why she decided to bring its world premiere to Los Angeles, and how she hopes audiences will react to what she calls a tale of “love, shame, and the human need for connection.
I spoke with Julie about creating the women in this play who are deeply spiritual people who were raised in the Baptist church and have been wounded by it.
The Billy Barnes Foundation and Fraser Entertainment Group invite you to the Billy Barnes' Bash Benefit Concert on Wednesday, April 22nd at 8:30 PM (dinner at 7:00 PM).
BroadwayWorld talks with WICKED alumn Carmen Cusack, who will headline BACK TO OZ: From The Wonderful Wizard to The Wiz to Wicked at the Mark Taper Forum April 18–26.
There’s a moment in almost every conversation about the 1980s when someone stops mid-sentence, smiles to themselves, and suddenly looks a little misty.
I spoke with actor Babak Tafti who plays Omid, the only male student in the class of Iranian students learning to speak English.
Lisa Donahey took ten minutes to discuss with BWLA's Gavin Glynn about her RETRO REWIND Divas of the 60s with the UK's leading ELVIS Tribute Artist, Andy James.
Rubén Carbajal (who played John Laurens/Philip in Hamilton on Broadway) talks to BroadwayWorld about playing Usnavi in Musical Theatre West's production of IN THE HEIGHTS, running April 10–26 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.
What does it mean to live as your true, authentic self? I spoke with Level Up! playwright Gabriel Rivas Gómez on blending live performance with projection and inventive design to explore identity, family, and transformation.
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, FAIRVIEW written by Jackie Sibblies Drury, makes its Los Angeles Premiere at Rogue Machine, directed by Oz Scott who I spoke with about his vision for the production.
“Iran is a symphony and in the west, you only heard one drum beat from that composition.
Veteran director Jack Heller returns to the Odyssey Theatre to helm a visiting production of Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter, an evening of two rarely staged Pinter one-acts—both darkly comic, both unmistakably unsettling.
BroadwayWorld talks with actor/playwright Ins Choi ahead of Kim's Convenience, which is playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from March 21 through April 19
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will celebrate Motown, R&B and musical theater with its spring concert, 'And the Beat Goes On,' featuring special guests Melvin Robert and soprano Nicole Heaston.
Pacific Opera Project’s production of Puccini’s final opera, Turandot features the husband and wife team of tenor Clay Hilley and soprano Sara Duchovnay in the roles of Calàf and Liù respectively.
Live performances have been trending upwards in public spaces such as Los Angeles Farmers Markets, Chicago community bandstands, NY parks & recreation and even Dallas airport concourses are discovering authentic music crowds.
Southern California native Leianna Weaver speaks with BroadwayWorld about what it felt like to land the role of Lydia Deetz in BEETLEJUICE, how she relates to the character, and some onstage mishaps (that may or may not have involved fire).
Boston-born Apollo Dukakis most important lifelong role has been as the adoring brother of his sister, Academy-Award winning actress Olympia Dukakis, who left us in 2021.
An interview with Zoie Tannous, who plays the scheming maid 'Yvette' in CLUE when the comedy mystery arrives at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts March 11-13.
Recently, Michael’s production of the new play, Incitation of the Dance, opened at Theatre West.
Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz talks to BroadwayWorld ahead of his February 26–28 solo concert at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
In an interview with BroadwayWorld, Mandy Gonzalez discusses her most meaningful roles, her love of theatre, and what audiences can expect from her February 28 concert at BroadStage in Santa Monica.
Patrick Bristow breaks down how live improv and Henson-style puppetry come together in Puppet Up! – Uncensored, playing Feb.
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Comics Reading Comics Dynasty Typewriter (9/13-9/13) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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It's A Lot Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe (9/17-9/19) |
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Jane Austen UnScripted Kings Road Park (9/12-9/27) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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THE MINUTES Coachella Valley Repertory (10/28-11/15) |
