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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Barry Edelstein adapts and directs ‘Henry 6,’ Shakespeare’s early history play, condensed into two parts, as San Diego’s Old Globe completes the playwright’s canon with an entertaining adaptation.
Aug. 15, 2024
Director James Marsh’s film on the life of Samuel Beckett, starring Gabriel Byrne and written by Neil Forsyth, infuses surrealism into a conventional format.
Aug. 9, 2024
Marianne Elliott’s Tony-winning gender-swapped revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s ‘Company’ dazzles at the Hollywood Pantages.
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‘Clue: Live on Stage!,’ playing at the Ahmanson Theatre, earns its exclamation point through the breathless exuberance of its physical comedy.
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Freyda Thomas adapts Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’ with an American twist in a winning production at Topanga’s beloved Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.
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