Center Theatre Group

'A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens' Spreads Holiday Cheer

“A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens,” the Second City’s very silly spoof on Charles Dickens’ iconic tale and other holiday classics, at Center Theatre Group, is random but fun.

National Tour of ‘Anything Goes’ Is Definitely the Top

Erich Bergen and Rachel York display triple-threat musical comedy skills in the national tour of Roundabout Theatre’s Tony Award–winning revival of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes.”

Center Theatre Group Leads Ovation Award Winners

Celebration Theatre and Center Theatre Group battled it out for top honors at Monday night's Ovation Awards in L.A.

Theresa Rebeck's 'Seminar' Is Unoriginal but Entertaining

In “Seminar,” from Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson and starring Jeff Goldblum, Theresa Rebeck proves again that she can fashion clichés into an interesting, commercial story.

John Hurt Gives a Career-Defining Performance in Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape'

John Hurt takes a laser beam to “Krapp’s Last Tape,” Samuel Beckett’s melancholy slice of the human condition, from Center Theatre Group and Gate Theatre Dublin.

Ed Begley Jr. Is Miscast in David Mamet's 'November'

Center Theatre Group’s production of “November,” David Mamet’s 2007 political satire, is awfully harmless. Felicity Huffman shines, but Ed Begley Jr. lacks the needed manic danger.

And the Ovation Award Nominees Aren't...

The L.A. Stage Alliance pulls several Ovation nominations after errors were discovered.

LA’s Center Theatre Group Training Teens for the National Stage

Three Los Angeles-area high schoolers will have the chance to perform on Broadway as part of the August Wilson Monologue Competition.

L.A. Theater Casting Roundup

Southland theaters including the Storybook Theatre at Theatre West, Colony Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Latino Theater Company, Eclectic Company Theatre, Open Fist, Theatre of Note, and more are filling their fall rosters.

Elephant Room

There’s a “Wayne’s World” inanity in “Elephant Room,” from Center Theatre Group, with three infectiously silly performers executing impressive magic tricks. But is it theater?