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Friday, March 22, 2013

On the Spectrum: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

In this edition of Ken LaZebnik's play, an autistic man and woman played by Dan Shaked and Virginia Newcomb discover each other and, in the process, themselves.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:16PM
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Whale: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A terminally obese man contemplates his mortality at South Coast Repertory.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:46PM
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Mad Forest: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

This drama explores Romanian political life around the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:16PM

Tomorrow: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The fictional descendent of a famous acting family muses on aging and creative invention.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:10PM
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Catch Me If You Can: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A musical interpretation of Steven Spielberg's 2002 film about a real-life teenage con man in the 1960s hits Hollywood's Pantages Theatre.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:30PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Songs of Bilitis: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Christopher Rivas and Aryiel Hartman star in an erotic psychological thriller at Los Angeles' Bootleg Theatre.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:41PM
Monday, March 11, 2013

Tribes: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The British drama about deafness and the many other ways we do not hear comes to L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:01PM
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Sexsting: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The drama follows a cat-and-mouse game behind an FBI sting operation to catch a possible pedophile.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:46PM

Complete: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Grad student linguists in love are at the center of Andrea Kuchlewska's unromantic comedy.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:21PM
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

What May Fall: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The accidental death of a man in a public space prompts an exploration of grief among his loved ones and strangers alike.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:26PM
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Caged: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Two nude actors explore emotion and entrapment at Santa Monica's City Garage.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:20PM
Monday, February 18, 2013

Absolutely Filthy: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The "Peanuts" cast is reimagined as adults in this subversive ensemble dramedy directed by Jeremy Aldridge at Hollywood's Sacred Fools Theater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:35PM
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Sixty Miles To Silver Lake: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Father-son bonding is limned over the course of a Southern California car commute.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:55PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Cassiopeia: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Two unlikely seat mates find themselves discussing the cosmos on a plane flight in the Emilie Beck-directed play.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:20PM
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

The Snake Can: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Jane Kaczmarek co-stars in this perceptive look at three women's lives set in the New York suburbs.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:15PM

Chinglish: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An American businessman visits a provincial Chinese metropolis in this timely consideration of socio-cultural relations.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:09PM
Monday, February 4, 2013

The Deep Throat Sex Scandal: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Zephyr Theatre production exposes the drama behind the seminal 1970s adult film.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:42PM

Fallen Angels: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Noel Coward's vintage female buddy comedy is staged at the Pasadena Playhouse.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:32PM
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Freud's Last Session: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis debate faith in this two-man staging in Santa Monica.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:50AM
Monday, January 28, 2013

The Fall of the House of Usher: Opera Review by Myron Meisel

Philip Glass mind-melds with Edgar Allan Poe via this opera mounted in San Pedro.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:49PM
Friday, January 25, 2013

Ganesh Versus the Third Reich: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A high-concept story of Vishnu sending her son to confront evil and save mankind confronts the moral hazards of making theater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:40PM
Monday, January 21, 2013

Peter Pan: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The songs remain sturdily catchy as Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan visits Pantages Theater. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:48PM
Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Grand Irrationality: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

This world premiere by playwright Jemma Kennedy plays richly and is full of surprises but occasionally lapses into sitcom zaniness.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:32PM

The Motherf**ker With the Hat: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

This Southern California staging of Stephen Adly Guirgis' play boasts superb acting, keen pacing, effective design and even credible fight scenes. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:16PM

Angels in America: Opera Review by Myron Meisel

Peter Eötvös and Mari Mezei's operatic version of the Tony Kushner epic stands as a distinct and complementary work to the original.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:51PM
Friday, January 11, 2013

'Tis Pity She's a Whore: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

John Ford's notorious incest tragedy of the 17th century is given a contemporary-minded staging at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:37PM
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Other Desert Cities: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A holiday reunion in Palm Springs is fraught with tensions between conservative parents and their liberal children.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:34PM
Monday, December 3, 2012

Coney Island Christmas: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A 1930s-era Jewish immigrant couple copes with the prospect of their daughter's role as Jesus in a Yuletide school pageant.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:32PM
Friday, November 30, 2012

Anything Goes: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A rousing Broadway revival of the Cole Porter musical comes to Los Angeles.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:28PM
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Gatz: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel is read in its entirety over more than six hours in this bravura theatrical engagement with the source material on stage in downtown L.A.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:55PM
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Nothing To Hide: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Neil Patrick Harris directs two acclaimed young magicians at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:55PM

All that Chat

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre