Charles McNulty is the theater critic of the Los Angeles Times. He received his doctorate in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism from the Yale School of Drama. McNulty has taught at Yale, the New School, New York University, the City University of New York Graduate Center, UCLA and the California Institute of the Arts. McNulty, who got his theatrical start as a literary intern at the New York Public Theater in the days of Joseph Papp, is a former Village Voice theater critic and editor. He was the chairman of the Pulitzer drama jury in 2010. He received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the theater year 2009-10 and was awarded the top prize for feature writing from the Society for Features Journalism in 2011.
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Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi star in the Geffen Playhouseâs new production of Samuel Beckettâs absurdist classic âWaiting for Godot.â
âPacific Overtures,â Stephen Sondheim and John Weidmanâs 1976 musical about the forcible opening of Japan to foreign trade, is dazzlingly revived by East West Players in one of the best productionâs of the year.
New Broadway revivals of Andrew Lloyd Webberâs âSunset Blvd,â Shakespeareâs âRomeo + Julietâ and Thornton Wilderâs âOur Townâ test how far these works can be refashioned for modern sensibilities
âJoan,â a new play by Daniel Goldstein at South Coast Repertory about the life of comedian Joan Rivers, mixes biography with the comedianâs old stand-up material.
âThe Streetcar Projectâ brought Tennessee Williamsâ âA Streetcar Named Desireâ to Los Angeles for six performances, three in a Frogtown airplane hangar and three in a Venice Beach warehouse.
Appearing together in âThe Roommate,â Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow bring their star power to Broadway and discuss friendship and longevity in theater.
REDCAT presents the West Coast premiere of the Wooster Groupâs production of Richard Foremanâs âSymphony of Rats.â
âKimberly Akimbo,â David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesoriâs 2023 Tony-winning musical, has its L.A. premiere at the Hollywood Pantages in a production starring a divine Carolee Carmello
A stage version of Ken Loachâs film âI, Daniel Blake,â adapted by the filmâs star, Dave Jones, has its U.S. premiere at the Fountain Theatre.