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. An alum of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute and Poynter’s Power of Diverse Voices, she leads workshops on arts journalism at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. She was previously a New York-based editor at the Hollywood Reporter and has written for the Washington Post, Backstage and American Theatre, among others. She is currently working remotely alongside her dog, Oliver.
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Nov. 29, 2023
Musician-turned-filmmaker Blitz Bazawule talks about transforming Alice Walker’s deeply moving book “The Color Purple” into an inventive musical that leans into Celie’s imagination.
Nov. 17, 2023
The settlement comes after Equity attempted to organize a nonunion tour of the Sara Bareilles musical, the first effort of its kind in more than 20 years.
Nov. 6, 2023
‘By the River Rivanna,’ depicting a gay romance between a slave owner and an enslaved person, has divided administrators, faculty and students at the community college.
Nov. 3, 2023
How East West Players’ staging of ‘Spring Awakening’ makes the groundbreaking musical even more transgressive. Plus more highlights of the week in arts
Oct. 21, 2023
The filmmakers, unafraid to court controversy, break down the movie’s multi-layered, bombastic ending: ‘It’s queer rebellion: Be gay, do crimes.’
Oct. 6, 2023
Series co-creator and showrunner John Hoffman breaks down Season 3, including Meryl Streep’s guest arc, a panic-inducing finale and that Season 4 cliffhanger.
Oct. 3, 2023
AMC Theatres está en conversaciones finales para llevar el concierto Renaissance de Beyoncé a la pantalla grande, completo con miradas detrás de escena.
Oct. 1, 2023
AMC Theatres is in final talks to bring Beyonce’s Renaissance concert to the big screen, complete with behind-the-scenes looks.
Sept. 30, 2023
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phylicia Rashad and others will unveil a new bill Thursday as the industry struggles: ‘If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.’
Sept. 28, 2023