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Pasadena Playhouse producing artistic director Danny Feldman first had the idea years ago: concert stagings of classic American musicals, each featuring an all-star cast and a full orchestra. The Tony-winning …

“Today” show co-host Hoda Kotb was celebrated Friday with an hours-long send-off — termed a “Hoda-bration” —to mark her final episode hosting the flagship NBC morning show. Naturally, the network …

NEW YORK —  Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. …

Book Review Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern Intimacies By Manuel BetancourtCatapult: 240 pages, $27If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose …

Amid the devastation of downtown Pacific Palisades caused by this week’s firestorm, the Bay Theater has emerged relatively unscathed. While nearby buildings were reduced to ash, developer Rick Caruso, who …

As the market for documentaries and other content slowed and work dried up in Hollywood, producer Kourtney Gleason was already worried about making the mortgage payments on the home she …

Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” invites you to spend an hour and a half with the most insufferable woman in the world. (If you personally know a worse one, my condolences.) …

NEW YORK  —  Betty Gilpin is not one to complain. She spent seven months in New Mexico making “American Primeval,” a gory western set in the treacherous Utah Territory in …

There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its apocalyptic rise in late ’60s New …

The wildfires that have torn through the Los Angeles area this week have led to numerous closures, cancellations and postponements — now including the Oscar nominations. Originally scheduled for Jan. …