A TIMELESS TRAGEDY TAKES ON A GILDED GLOW A beautifully conceived update proves Shakespeare’s young lovers lose none of their power in a new era There’s something magical about sitting i…
A MASTER VILLAIN TAKES THE STAGE Patrick Page turns Shakespeare's greatest monsters into a riveting, slyly funny tour through human nature" one blood-red spotlight at a time. Dubbed "the vil…
TAKE THAT, NAKATOMI The Troubies blow up Die Hard, Heart-style " and it's pure holiday mayhem The Troubadour Theater Company " the Troubies " has been wreaking musical-comedy havoc around Lo…
HONORING A FAMILY STUCK IN A HOLOCAUST NIGHTMARE Four actors, four moving walls, a wooden table and chairs, and historical projections combine into an extraordinary theatrical experience in …
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA OFFERS UNITY THROUGH AN ABSURDIST GROUP THERAPY SESSION I had no idea what I was walking into when I drove out to the Pasadena Playhouse (more than an hour's drive durin…
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ETTA JAMES? MUSE/IQUE SCHOOLS US IN SOUL Presented by MUSE/IQUE at The Huntington Library and The Skirball MUSE/IQUE's concerts have never been simple performances; th…
GRAHAM100 DANCES THE CENTURY AWAKE Every analysis of 20th century American arts puts Martha Graham in a small class of visionaries who changed the world, with several calling her the "Pic…
DRAGONS, DOOMSDAY, AND DAZZLE The Road Theatre Company launches its 34th season with N.T. Vandecar's Otherkin, a bold, visually stunning new work staged by Christina Carlisi in her directori…
ACTING WHILE ASIAN: A SURVIVAL GUIDE IN ONE ACT Kung Fu, Sidekick, Wise Man, Dead: The Hollywood Starter Pack. Philip Kan Gotanda's Yankee Dawg You Die pulls no punches in its portrait of tw…
MADNESS MADE FLESH I've seen several performances of Edgar Allan Poe's poems and short stories over the years, but none compare to the artistry, intensity, and total immersion Stephen Smith …
CAN THIS SHOW LIVE UP TO THE MOVIE? YES, IT CAN CAN! The 2001 film Moulin Rouge told its La Bohème-like story with tremendous use of cinematography and computer animation, pulling off an ot…
WHEN THE ONLY TENSION IS IN THE CORSET: GASLIGHT IS ALL DIM AND NO SPARK AT PRT Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play, Gas Light (now known as Gaslight) is a melodrama which follows a young woman …
TAPS, TINSEL, AND TENACITY: KAYLA BOYE DAZZLES AS ANN MILLER Kayla Boye is a powerhouse performer whose ability to step inside the soul of her characters will astound you, beginning from her…
HORRORSÂ IN THE ROUND Little Shop of Horrors, based on the 1960 science-fiction film by Roger Corman, opened off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in Manhattan's East Village on July 27, 198…
COME TO MICHAEL MATTHEW'S CABARET With the amount of political turmoil and rising antisemitism in the world right now, it seems the perfect time to present an updated staging of the popular …
GREAT CONCERT, BUT LIGHT ON ROCK As part of its POPS series, always a fun and friendly way to enjoy an entertaining night out, Long Beach Symphony, now in its 90th season, welcomed guest con…
MEET MARKET Have you ever gone to a speed dating event where singles meet, spend a few minutes talking to one person, and then move on to the next person, each for a pre-arranged chat sessio…
A TIME CAPSULE OF GENERATIONAL LOVE, PAIN, AND RESILIENCE Every family has a unique mix of personalities, each member knowing their place and how to maneuver others to get what they need. Bu…
WHAT FUN GETTING LOST IN AUSTEN Fresh from its smash hit engagement at Theatre 40, Jane Austen in 89 Minutes has moved into the artistically appropriate Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills fo…
KEEPING MEMORY ALIVE Memoryhouse, which premiered in 2023 as the first full-length ballet directed by Los Angeles Ballet's new Artistic Director Melissa Barak, is an abstract work compose…
IN A YEAR WHERE EVERYTHING HAS GONE WRONG, THIS WRONG MAKES EVERYTHING RIGHT The Tony Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, also crowned Best New Comedy at the 2015 Olivier Awards, is a si…
HEAVENBOUND ROUSES THE SPIRIT AT WILSHIRE EBELL THEATRE In the face of so much destruction from the ongoing Los Angeles fires, a bright event brought a sense of spiritual peace during Heaven…
ON THE RIGHT TRACK Prior to his new play Union Station, playing at the Broadwater Main Stage Jan 23-26, Ron Harner wrote and directed three other plays: The Ones Who Leave (2019), Spitting F…
SMALLTOWN ROOTS, BIGTOWN PERFORMER Personable Kristin Chenoweth " the original Glinda in the Broadway musical Wicked " was a delight last night in L.A. This is Kristen as a regular gal from …
Accompanied by the rockin' 4-piece Troubadorchestra led by music director Ryan Whyman, the always-entertaining, hip and sassy Troubadour Theater Company (The Troubies) is generating tons of …
DEAD ON ARRIVAL The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, adapted for the stage by Mark Shanahan from Agatha Christie's 1926 novel, premiered at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas in 2023. It's no surpr…
PRIVATE EYES IS SO PRIVATE THAT YOU'LL CROSS YOUR EYES TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT Perhaps Shakespeare was right to say "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." At le…
MEMORIES OF CHERISHED TIMES As we age and our memories fade away, certain items from our lifetime can trigger both happy and unpleasant memories, making us feel in the moment without worryin…
TIED TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS OF A SILLY MELODRAMA, OR CUTE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR Popular during the Victorian era in England, a melodrama is a sensationally overly dramatic piece with lots of co…
A BUMPY RIDE INTO THE AFTERLIFE Like many small, non-profit theatre groups, NEO Ensemble Theatre is nomadic by nature, moving from theater to theater to present modern, socially relevant pla…
CIVIL UNREST When I walked into the very small and incredibly intimate Broadwater Studio Theatre, I immediately thought about Sam Shepard's Fool for Love, about a couple of loners looking to…
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. " W. C. Fields I highly recommend the World Premiere of Robbin, From the Hood, which opened last Friday at Road Theatre. It is playwright …
BACKSTAGE BROADWAY BACKSTABBING: ALL ABOUT THE WISDOM OF EVE Any fan of film noir most assuredly has seen the 1950 major motion picture All About Eve, which shares the story of a young Broad…
VOCALIZING VAMPIRES & THE UNDULATING UNDEAD BITE ME! SUCK ME! ROCK ME! From Dracula to Dark Shadows, vampires have always been an entertainment staple during the Halloween season. This y…
As a female journalist myself, I was curious to learn about the life of Anne Royall, a former maid who married her employer, a landed gentleman in the early 1800s when such marriages were ra…
AN ELECTRIFYING TESLA Much has been written about Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, radio and so much more, ever since his name became one of the w…
A MASTER OF MUSICAL THEATER; TWENTY-SEVEN SONGS; THREE GREAT PERFORMERS; ONE TERRIFIC REVUE 3 Faces of Steve: Sondheim in Concert at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is a revue that spans the breadt…
AN AUTHENTIC 70S NEW YORK DISCO EXPERIENCE FROM DUSK TO DAWN On Saturday September 7, 2024, live entertainment and hospitality trailblazer Spiegelworld and Caesars Entertainment hosted a dus…
ABSINTHE I FELL FOR YOU For a most salacious evening of "adult" delights, head on over to Absinthe at Caesar's Palace which is surely the #1 Greatest Show in Las Vegas history (it has pla…
Now playing at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre is the world premiere of Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular. Performed by an enthusiastic and energetic ensemble, and writt…
For 26 years, pianist/actor/playwright/producer Hershey Felder has conjured the spirits of George Gershwin, Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Leonard Bernstein, Piotr Ilyic…
A TIME-TRAVELING UNBROKEN BLOSSOMS REVEALS BIGOTRY AND MISOGYNY Before seeing the world premiere of Unbroken Blossoms by Philip W. Chung at East West Players, I had never heard of the 1919 A…
GOOD LESSONS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES Sometimes life throws you for a loop when fun times take a turn in unexpected ways, changing your whole life in an instant. Such is the story at the cente…
NICE ASP! Troubadour Theater Company is a free-wheeling, no holds barred, commedia dell'arte-flavored, slapstick-driven Los Angeles based ensemble of actors, musicians, and comedians that ha…
FRANTIC ANTICS FUEL THE HUMOR Terrence McNally updated his 1986 Off-Broadway comedy It's Only a Play for Broadway in 2014 featuring an all-star cast including F. Murray Abraham, Matthew B…
YOU'RE THE TOPSY TURVY During the forced shutdown of theaters due to the COVID pandemic, The Actors' Gang in Culver City kept its employees on salary and health insurance, adapted their outr…
UNSAVORY IS SAVORY INDEED Those of us who grew up on the Westside of Los Angeles certainly remember hanging out on the Venice and Santa Monica beaches when we were kids. Times then were as i…
A DICTATOR DICTATES MUSIC IN STALIN'S MASTER CLASS In a time when politics collide with state and federal budgets for the arts, Stalin's Master Class " a wildly comic, music-filled ride b…
TIME TO CHECK-IN TO HOT L HOLLYWOOD Written by Roger Mathey based on his own personal experience working in a three-star hotel in Los Angeles for over a decade, The Night Auditor takes place…
WOMEN AND SPACE: THE JOURNEY SO FAR The World Premiere of Singularities or the Computers of Venus, written and directed by Laura Stribling, runs through Sunday, June 2 at The Road Theatre in…
