Critic's Pick: Dilijan Chamber Music series' 'Celebrating Mansurian'

L.A. theater openings, Jan. 12-19: 'Deathtrap' at Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach Playhouse revives Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," Denis O’Hare recites "An Iliad" at the Broad, and "Kurt Weill at the...

Critic's Notebook: The comedy and drama of Golden Globe categories

Here's a modest proposal for the Golden Globe Awards telecast Sunday night: Make the presenters wear tragic masks when reading the...

Tupac Shakur musical set to open on Broadway in June

A new musical inspired by the rap songs of the late Tupac Shakur is heading to Broadway. "Holler If Ya Hear Me" is scheduled to open at...

Damien Hirst to auction off new Mickey Mouse spot painting

Damien Hirst has paid Walt Disney the ultimate compliment by creating a new painting of Mickey Mouse done in the style of the artist's...

Riot LA comedy festival plays for laughs downtown

Los Angeles is home to hundreds of comedy clubs and sketch shows and some of the country's strongest improvisation schools, which have...

Review: The Getty's 'Canterbury' a potent mark of medieval art

As family trees go, the one created inside Canterbury Cathedral nearly a thousand years ago is pretty impressive.

Laura Benanti enjoys the spotlight with 'Sound of Music' TV splash

"The Sound of Music" has been sweet to Laura Benanti. In 1998 at the age of just 18, she made her Broadway debut as Maria in a revival of...

Trey McIntyre Project to shift from dance company to multimedia model

The critically acclaimed Trey McIntyre Project will cease being a full-time dance company later this year and will transition to a...

Lang Lang and Metallica, together at last, at 2014 Grammy Awards

It is the pairing that classical-music fans have been eagerly awaiting for years.

MOCA meets its goal and sets a new one

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Zoe Kazan dips back into love for new play 'Trudy and Max' at SCR

Stage and screen credits abound in Zoe Kazan's family — her parents are the screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord and her...

MOCA meets endowment goal, sets another

L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art has reached its goal of a $100-million endowment, and museum leaders say they'll keep their fundraising...

Museum claims Renoir bought for $7 at flea market was stolen in 1951

A small Pierre-Auguste Renoir landscape painting has set off a dispute between a major American art museum and a woman who said she...

'Balthus: Cats and Girls' has artist's muse at its heart

NEW YORK — "I used to want to shock, but now it bores me," wrote the painter Balthus in 1955. He was referring to the work presented...

Vladimir Horowitz at Carnegie Hall: What the fuss was all about

"Vladimir Horowitz: Live at Carnegie Hall"

A 'Beautiful' tapestry of Carole King's life

NEW YORK — Since you're probably wondering, let's just get this out of the way: Jessie Mueller, the actress playing the title role...

'Spider-Man' to bid farewell to Broadway on Saturday

On the heels of a winter storm that dumped several inches of snow in the New York area and pushed temperatures into the single digits,...

Alexander Calder heirs see their lawsuit against dealer dismissed

The heirs of Alexander Calder have seen their fraud lawsuit against the late artist's dealer dismissed in a decision handed down by a...

Robert Hilburn to discuss Johnny Cash at Laguna Playhouse

Fans of Johnny Cash -- and the jukebox musical based on his life -- will get a chance to hear from an expert who knew the late singer well...