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'Around the World in 80 Days' Presents Verne With Verve

In International City Theatre’s highly satisfying version of Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days,” adapter Mark Brown and director Allison Bibicoff utilize just five actors.

'This Vicious Minute' Explores the Dark Side of a Sunny World

In “This Vicious Minute,” an autobiographical solo show at Elephant Stages, Ben Moroski tells an unexpected story about being an all-American boy who commits self-harm as a cutter.

‘The Fever’ Proves Quite Contagious

Wallace Shawn’s 1990 Obie-winning monologue “The Fever,” at La MaMa in a new adaptation by French-Romanian actor Simona Maicanescu and Swedish director Lars Norén, is riveting.

There Isn't Much Depth in 'The Red and the Black'

Director Deloss Brown’s adaptation of French novelist Stendhal’s complex masterpiece “The Red and the Black,” at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, reduces it to a domestic comedy.

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nominees Announced (Full List)

“Silence! The Musical,” John Hurt, Danai Gurira, and Christopher Gattelli are among the nominees for this year’s LADCC awards, honoring the best L.A.-area theater of 2012.

Sondheim, Prince, Rivera to Receive 2013 Jerome Robbins Award

Original “West Side Story” collaborators Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim, and Chita Rivera will be honored by the Jerome Robbins Foundation Feb. 18 in New York.

6 Broadway Shows That Delayed Opening (Slideshow)

In honor of Barry Manilow's Broadway delay, we look at six shows that had to reschedule their opening night.

'The House of Von Macramé' Is Bloody Fun

“The House of Von Macramé,” Joshua Conkel and Matt Marks’ delirious new musical at the Bushwick Starr, mixes the cattiness of high fashion with the gore of a slasher movie.

Pasadena Playhouse’s Mystery Donors Revealed

Songwriter Mike Stoller and his wife, Corky Hale Stoller, helped save the Playhouse from bankruptcy with their $1 million donation in 2010.

'The Steadfast' Looks Affectingly at Reluctant Warriors

Artist Steve Alpert commissioned playwright Mat Smart to dramatize his painting “Legacy,” and “The Steadfast,” from Slant Theatre Project, looks at soldiers in America’s wars.