War Horse (movie)

'Star Wars' sequel to shoot in Britain

2013-05-10 17:06:00

The force is returning to Britain. Disney-owned Lucasfilm announced Friday that production of "Star Wars: Episode VII" will take place in the United Kingdom, the latest example of a high-profile Hollywood movie filming outside California. Another big...

The hectic schedule of rising star Seth Numrich

2013-04-18 13:40:00

Convincing a rising Broadway star to star in a small, 99-seat Los Angeles stage production can be a real casting coup. But the producers of "Slipping," now running at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood, have learned that it can also create a major headache....

Review: 'Slipping' a powerful study of bigotry at Lillian Theatre

2013-04-17 06:00:00

Eli (played by rising theater star Seth Numrich) is an openly gay high school student who has been transplanted from the San Francisco Bay Area to Iowa after the tragic death of his father. His English professor mother (a gritty Wendy vanden Heuvel) has...

Quick Takes: Own William Faulkner's Nobel

2013-04-11 00:00:00

New Yorkers got a preview Wednesday of an auction rarity: a Nobel Prize for literature. The 1950 medal belonged to William Faulkner, one of America's best-known and respected novelists. It comes with a hand-edited draft of Faulkner's acceptance speech;...

New ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ trailer: Big action, even bigger egos

2013-03-21 10:03:27

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announces winners for 2012

2013-03-18 22:45:00

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle named the winners of its annual awards on Monday for stage productions that opened last year. Sharing the honors for best production were the national tour of "The Book of Mormon" at the Pantages Theatre; "Cyrano" at...

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ trailer offers action, a little Cumberbatch

2013-03-11 11:42:09

Pantages 2013-14 menu offers 'Once,' 'Mormon' and three by Webber

2013-02-22 07:00:00

The 2013-14 season at the Pantages Theatre will feature last year’s most decorated Broadway musical, “Once,” Andrew Lloyd Webber thrice, and a second helping of "The Book of Mormon." The Webber trifecta will consist of his production...

New York's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater coming to L.A.

2013-02-05 15:05:00

New York's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is looking to go bi-coastal and will make its Los Angeles debut in April with a production of "Slipping," starring Seth Numrich, at the Elephant Stages' Lillian Theatre in Hollywood. The Rattlestick is a...

L.A. Drama Critics Circle announces 2012 nominations

2013-01-24 19:00:00

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced on Thursday its nominations for its 2012 awards. Leading the way, with five nominations each, were productions of August Wilson's "Jitney," "Silence! The Musical" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."...

'Lincoln' costume designer Joanna Johnston brings beauty to war

2012-11-29 07:00:00

"Poetic" is the way British costume designer Joanna Johnston describes her journey creating the costumes for Steven Spielberg's newest film, the intimate epic "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field. Having collaborated with Spielberg on many...

Tony Awards 2012: 'Clybourne Park' by Bruce Norris wins best play

2012-06-10 19:28:00

"Clybourne Park," the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama by Bruce Norris, won the Tony for new play. The critically acclaimed play, which ran at Playwrights Horizons in New York, the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and the Mark Taper...

Andrew Veenstra (playing Albert Narracott) mounts the horse Joey for the first time in the Tony Award-winning play "War Horse" at the Ahmanson Theatre in July. Puppeteer Christopher Mai operates the head of the horse. Review: "War Horse" at Ahmanson Theatre is a marvel of stagecraft | Photos

2012-11-13 09:50:01

Robert Richardson, right, won the cinematography Oscar for "Hugo." The film beat out "War Horse," "The Artist," "The Tree of Life" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

2012-02-26 16:04:03

"War Horse" producer Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy (not pictured) are nominated for best picture.

2012-02-06 00:00:00