This "play with a musical," by David David Henry Hwang (music/additional lyrics by Jeanine Tesori), directed by Leigh Silverman and choreographed by Sam Pinkleton, continues through June 10, 2018 at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
by Ernest Kearney — Playwright Henry David Hwang has joined the ranks of an exclusive group.
James Thurber the humorist best known for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, was six when he was shot in the left eye by a playmate’s arrow. He would go
by Ernest Kearney — "Bright Star," currently on stage at the Ahmanson Theatre, is the epitome of what the Broadway stage does to perfection. It is a huge, radiant, exquisitely produced and performed crowd-pleaser, guaranteed to delight busloads of tourists visiting from Kansas.
It amazes me what a higgledy-piggledy of sources have served as inspiration for musicals.
Little Shops of Horror, Cats, Sunset Boulevard are three examples of successful adaptations from odd starts. Stephen Sondheim has made a career crafting shows from subject matter that hardly seems suitable for