Center Theatre Group

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?

Loud but Never Dull, ‘Backbeat’ Rocks

“Backbeat,” an adaptation of the 1994 film from Glasgow Citizens Theatre, at the Ahmanson, depicts the birth of the Beatles through the travails of onetime bassist Stuart Sutcliffe.

And the Ovation Award Nominees Aren't...

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

‘The Nether’ Entertains While Tickling the Brain

Jennifer Haley’s “The Nether,” a world-premiere technology-gone-dangerous drama from Center Theatre Group, is acted to the nines by Robert Joy, Dakin Matthews, and Brighid Fleming.

‘Tribes’ Raises Timely Issues

The deaf son of a hearing family falls in love with a woman who is going deaf, and matters quickly get ambiguous, in Nina Raine’s hot new play “Tribes,” from Center Theatre Group.

Three L.A.-Area High School Students Headed to Broadway

Three finalists have been chosen to represent Southern California in the final rounds of the August Wilson Monologue Competition in New York in May.

Finalists for August Wilson Monologue Competition Announced

The Southern California finalists will be competing on the stage at the Mark Taper Forum for one of three spots at the May 6 finale in New York.

Best of the Week Ahead: April 25–May 1

Opening night of “Pippin” on Broadway; the annual TCM Classic Film Festival; the New York Pops’ 30th Birthday Gala; the Fourth Annual East Side Stories Festival; and “Fela!” at the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, starring Michelle Williams, are some of the things we’re looking forward to this ...

Center Theatre Group Is Critics’ Choice

Hosted by actor French Stewart, the 44th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle handed out awards to the best of L.A. theater, lavishing love on a revival of "Waiting for Godot" and "War Horse."

L.A.’s REDCAT Lands $244K Grant To Fund Theater Festival, Residencies

The REDCAT has received a major grant that will help it expand Radar L.A., an international contemporary theater festival set for late September. The Los Angeles interdisciplinary contemporary arts center, known formally as the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, announced this week its received $244,000 from ArtPlace ...