Charles McNulty is the theater critic of the Los Angeles Times. He received his doctorate in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism from the Yale School of Drama. McNulty has taught at Yale, the New School, New York University, the City University of New York Graduate Center, UCLA and the California Institute of the Arts. McNulty, who got his theatrical start as a literary intern at the New York Public Theater in the days of Joseph Papp, is a former Village Voice theater critic and editor. He was the chairman of the Pulitzer drama jury in 2010. He received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the theater year 2009-10 and was awarded the top prize for feature writing from the Society for Features Journalism in 2011.
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Trouble in River City: A non-Equity touring production of ‘Music Man’ sells a phony bill of goods
A non-Equity national tour of Meredith Willson’s ‘The Music Man,’ directed by Matt Lenz, opens at the Ahmanson Theatre.
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George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Heartbreak House’ gets a tenderly luminous revival at Glendale’s Antaeus
George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Heartbreak House’ receives a magisterial revival directed by Nike Doukas for Antaeus Theatre Company at the Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center in Glendale.
José Luis Valenzuela directs the world premiere of Luis Alfaro’s ‘Speaking in Tongues’ in a Latino Theater Co. production at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
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The Palisades fire took his home but not his humor: Billy Crystal turns loss into Broadway magic
Billy Crystal’s ‘860,’ directed by Scott Ellis at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, recounts the destruction of his home in the Palisades fires in his moving new solo show that looks back at the memories accumulated over his long career.
A revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s ‘Other Desert Cities,’ directed by John Benjamin Hickey, opens at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre with a cast that includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris and Allison Janney.
Alan Mandell, an award-winning actor, arts patron and arts administrator, was best known for co-founding the San Quentin Drama Workshop and interpreting the plays of Samuel Beckett.
East West Players presents, in a co-production with Hypokrit Live Arts, the Southern California premiere of Jacklyn Backhaus’ “Wives,” directed by Arpita Mukherjee.
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Tony winner Laura Benanti sings some of her most shameful secrets in breezy solo show ‘Nobody Cares’
Tony-winner Laura Benanti brought her solo comedy cabaret ‘Nobody Cares” to the Wallis and the show is now headed to South Coast Repertory.
‘The Outsiders,’ winner of the 2024 Tony for best musical and based on the classic S.E. Hinton novel, has its L.A. premiere at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.
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