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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Billy Haines vs. L.B. Mayer in Taming the Lion by Rob Stevens

Jack Rushen's new play looks at a pivotal time in the life and career of Hollywood's First Openly Gay Movie Star.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 05:54AM
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

34th Annual Robby Awards announced as awards show itself is cancelled by Rob Stevens

The Best in Los Angeles area theatre for 2019 according to long time critic Rob Stevens

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 07:49PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Anaheim's Chance Theater presents West Coast Premiere of Hamish Linklater's The Vandal by Rob Stevens

A lovely little paean to loneliness and the need for human contact set in and around a graveyard.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:16AM
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

33rd Annual Robby Awards presented in Los Angeles by Rob Stevens

It was a laugh and song-filled evening as awards in 29 categories were given out for Excellence in Los Angeles Theatre by long time critic Rob Stevens.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 07:22PM
Monday, December 31, 2018

Robby Award Nominations for 2018 Announced by Rob Stevens

Nominations for the 33rd Annual Robby Awards for the Best in Los Angeles area theatre announced by critic Rob Stevens

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:51PM
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

32nd Annual Robby Award Winners announced for Southern California Theatre by Rob Stevens

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, 33 VARIATIONS & THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE were the big winners.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 11:38AM
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

32nd Annual Robby Award Winners announced for Southern California Theatre by Rob Stevens

Twenty-nine awards were handed out during a 130 minute celebration of Los Angeles area theatre that also featured ten musical performances by leading players on the local musical theatre sta…

SOURCE: 02 at 02:20PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017

32nd Annual Robby Award Nominations announced for Southern California Theatre by Rob Stevens

Center Theatre Group-Ahmanson Theatre and South Coast Repertory led all producing entities with 32 and 28 nominations, respectively. Welk Resort Theatre's KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and A Nois…

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:55AM
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

REVIEW: Lorraine Hansberry's LES BLANCS finally makes its Los Angeles debut by Rob Stevens

Forty-seven years after its Broadway debut, Rogue Machine mounts a stunning production of this rarely seen gem of a play.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:29AM
Friday, May 19, 2017

2016 Robby Award Nominations announced for Southern California Theatre by Rob Stevens

McCoy Rigby Entertainment leads the list of Southern California Theatre producers with 34 nominations for the 31st Annual Robby Awards,

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 06:10AM

31st Robby Award Winners Announced by Rob Stevens

McCoy Rigby Entertainment and South Coast Repertory led all producing entities in the 31st edition of the Robby Awards for Excellence in Southern California Theatre.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 06:10AM
Monday, May 8, 2017

REVIEW: World Premiere of ARCHDUKE at the Mark Taper Forum by Rob Stevens

Instead of a thought-provoking political play about nationalism, playwright Rajiv Joseph has written a Marx Brothers comedy about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which led to W…

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 03:06PM
Saturday, April 29, 2017

REVIEW: Lucas Hnath's A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 has its World Premiere at South Coast Repertory. by Rob Stevens

A really fun sequel to Ibsen's classic features a really large door and an amazing performance by Shannon Cochran.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 05:23PM
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

REVIEW: Antaeus Theatre Company opens their new space with CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Rob Stevens

A gut-wrenching, sexually steaming production of Tennessee Williams's masterpiece.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 06:10AM
Sunday, March 26, 2017

REVIEW: John Pollono's RULES OF SECONDS receives its World Premiere at LATC. by Rob Stevens

Pollono's play about the Code Duello is set in 1855 Boston and under Jo Bonney's tight direction reaches the heights of Jacobean Tragedy in its near abattoir finale.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:52PM
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

REVIEW: A Noise Within presents Ah, Wilderness! by Rob Stevens

Eugene O'Neill's comedy is a lovely valentine to a simpler past.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:46PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

REVIEW: Finding Neverland crash lands at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre by Rob Stevens

Magic and charm are in short supply in James Graham's book for the musical about the creation of Peter Pan.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:26PM

REVIEW: 3D Theatricals presents a lively Once On This Island by Rob Stevens

The larger cast makes the Flaherty/Ahrens musical sound richer and feel more full bodied.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 11:11AM
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

REVIEW: Hollywood's Actors Co-Op offers an intimate production of 33 VARIATIONS by Rob Stevens

Moises Kaufman's beautifully written play about obsession, relationships and illness is receiving a masterful production.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:59AM
Sunday, February 12, 2017

REVIEW: For Piano and Harpo at Butbank's Falcon Theatre by Rob Stevens

Dan Castellaneta has written and stars in a new play about the tortured genius that was Oscar Levant.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:13PM
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

REVIEW: Moby Dick sails the theatrical waters at South Coast Repertory by Rob Stevens

Tech rules the day in adapter/director David Catlin's and The Lookingflass Theatre Company's production of Herman Melville's classic novel.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 07:11PM
Thursday, February 2, 2017

REVIEW: Agatha Christie's WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION by Rob Stevens

Christie's 1953 courtroom drama is still crisp in its writing and filled with twists and turns of the plot. The problem with The Group Rep's production is in the casting.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:06AM
Monday, January 16, 2017

REVIEW: Chapatti at the Laguna Playhouse is a charmer by Rob Stevens

A whimsical Irish tale of another chance at finding love will leave you with a smile on your face.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 08:51PM

REVIEW: Jen Silverman's female two-hander THE ROOMMATE is a laugh filled outing.at SCR by Rob Stevens

Linda Gehringer and Tessa Auberjonois sparkle as two lonely women of a certain age who bond over their difference and similarities.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 08:17PM
Saturday, December 17, 2016

REVIEW: AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL is having a pre-Broadway run at LA's Ahmanson Theatre by Rob Stevens

The creators have tried but failed to capture the charming, quirky whimsy of the delightful French film.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 01:50PM
Friday, December 16, 2016

REVIEW: National Tour of THE KING AND I at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre by Rob Stevens

You probably will never see such a sumptuous production of this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 04:53PM
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

REVIEW: Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along revived in Beverly Hills by Rob Stevens

Director Michael Arden takes on Sondheim's "problem" musical and gives it a highly theatrical look.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 11:05AM

REVIEW: New musical When Jazz Had The Blues is a musical biography of Billy Strayhorn by Rob Stevens

As in real life, Strayhorn is overshadowed by the bigger stars--Duke Ellington and Lena Horne--that he associated with in his career.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 11:05AM
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

REVIEW: The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) by Rob Stevens

Daniel Henning had adroitly taken Shakespeare's prose and transferred it to the JFK assassination.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:29PM
Monday, October 10, 2016

REVIEW: Skullduggery The Musical Prequel to Hamlet by Rob Stevens

Fun is afoot in Elsinore 30 years before Shakespeare's Prince appears.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 06:49PM
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Review: Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby by Rob Stevens

The Road Theatre Company presents a sterling production of a puzzling yet mesmerizing piece of theatre.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 07:53PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards