Ashley Lee is a staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where she writes about theater, movies, television and the bustling intersection of the stage and the screen. She also co-writes the paper’s twice-weekly Essential Arts newsletter. An alum of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute and Poynter’s Power of Diverse Voices, she previously served as the national director of the Institute for Theater Journalism and Advocacy, the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s arts journalism program. Prior to The Times, she was a New York-based editor at the Hollywood Reporter and has written for the Washington Post, Backstage and American Theatre, among others.
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Vote and take in a museum to calm your election day anxiety; later in the week, Sophia Loren and ‘Waiting for Godot,’ starring Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi, come to town.
Nov. 4, 2024
Disney+’s new John Williams documentary is available to stream, but find out where you can see it in a theater with the sound that his music deserves.
Nov. 1, 2024
The stage play about the comedian’s life and career is having its world premiere at Costa Mesa’s South Coast Repertory through Nov. 24.
Oct. 30, 2024
LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries has shed its scaffolding and announced an opening date of April 2026.
Oct. 28, 2024
Plus, Halloween offerings around town and IAMA Theatre Company’s latest performance, given at the unveiling of a luxury hotel in Laguna Beach.
Oct. 25, 2024
Take a leisurely stroll through history at one of the world’s leading research universities using PST Art installations as your guide.
Oct. 21, 2024
Plus, a “Symphony of Rats” and a listen to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’ “Warriors” concept album.
Oct. 18, 2024
The video by Broadway Votes reunites original ‘Newsies’ cast members and features contributions by Jack Feldman and Harvey Fierstein.
Oct. 14, 2024
The Mark Taper Forum has officially reopened with Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ after a yearlong closure that shocked the theater world.
Oct. 14, 2024
Plus, Derrick Adams’ selected works, and the arts news you might have missed.
Oct. 11, 2024