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LOS ANGELES — When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he’ll often jump at the chance to do it again. “If it’s good, you come back,” Dafoe said plainly. The pair spoke with The Associated Press about Eggers’ adaptation of “Nosferatu” that hits theaters Wednesday, some of the challenges they faced making “The Lighthouse” — their first project together …

Review: ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ amended for Los Angeles, retains its power

Maria Dizzia takes on the role of Heidi Schreck in “What the Constitution Means to Me” at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Let me preface this review of Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me” with a strong plea to every man, woman and mature teenager in the Los Angeles area to see this play, which opened …

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Rosdely Ciprian, left, who played a high school debater on Broadway, and Jocelyn Shek, who is making her debut, will alternate performances in the Los Angeles run of “What the Constitution Means to Me.” Jocelyn Shek, a 14-year-old freshman at Marlborough School, was a stagehand for a play once. “The experiment of democracy is also mysterious, in that there’s so …

When Heidi Schreck’s hit Broadway play “What the Constitution Means to Me” launches its national tour in Los Angeles next year, it will star Maria Dizzia. Schreck and Dizzia have been friends for years; in fact, when Schreck was first rehearsing “Constitution” at New York Theatre Workshop, she called on Dizzia to help fine-tune her performance — tips that later …

“What the Constitution Means to Me,” Heidi Schreck’s Tony Award-nominated play that has Broadway buzzing, will come to Los Angeles as part of the 2019-20 season lineup at the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie is expected to announce Thursday. Joining Schreck in the Taper schedule will be Academy Award-winning screenwriter …