Time Alone Reviewed by Neal Weaver Los Angeles Theatre Center Through October 29 RECOMMENDED Playwright Alessandro Camon, an Oscar nominee for his screenplay for The Messenger, is deeply int…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 09:10PMExit Strategy Reviewed by Paul Birchall Los Angeles LGBT Center Through November 5 RECOMMENDED What can we do about the failure of public education in America’s inner cities? It’s not …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:02PMPlease Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally Reviewed by Julio Martinez Working Barn Productions at the Odyssey Theatre Through October 8 The title of playwright Kevin Armento’s dramatic excursion thr…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:51PMResolving Hedda Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Victory Theatre Through November 12 Sometimes the best way to watch a movie or TV show is to kick back with a glass of wine and some friends and ye…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:59PMGrey Nomad Reviewed by Dana Martin Australian Theatre Company at the Skylight Theatre Through October 8 RECOMMENDED Growing old is often difficult terrain to navigate. Grey Nomad, a new play…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:44PMStupid Kid Reviewed by Terry Morgan The Road on Magnolia Through Nov. 12 To paraphrase a theater maxim of Edmund Kean’s, “Tragedy is easy; comedy is hard.” It’s an assertion that�…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:15PMThe Madwoman of Chaillot Reviewed by Deborah Klugman A Noise Within Through November 11 Jean Giraudoux’s The Madwoman of Chaillot (translated by Maurice Valency) has always been one of m…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:10PMBilly Boy Reviewed by Jess Linde Playwrights’ Arena/Atwater Village Theater Through October 15th RECOMMENDED Letting go of past mistakes is rarely easy, even when they are confronted on …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:04PMDeadalus’ Daughter Reviewed by Gray Palmer Bootleg Theater Through September 30 RECOMMENDED The work of Carol Katz and her collaborators, in the dance play Deadalus’ Daughter, posses…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:00AMThe View Upstairs Reviewed by Neal Weaver Celebration Theatre at the Lex Through October 29 RECOMMENDED The Upstairs Lounge was a lively and popular New Orleans gay bar till 1973, when an …
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:00AMHeartbreak Help Reviewed by Paul Birchall Dorie Theatre at the Complex Through October 1 RECOMMENDEDDirector Stan Zimmerman’s remount of Justin Tanner’s piquant 1996 comedy provides the …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:00AMWalking To Buchenwald Reviewed by Paul Birchall Open Fist Theatre Company Through October 21 RECOMMENDED It’s hard to define the tone of playwright Tom Jacobson’s excellent new play, a d…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:42PMBig Night Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Kirk Douglas Theatre Through October 8 Big Night is a play with aspirations bigger than it can deliver on. The new work by playwright Paul Rudnick wants …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:35PMSee/Saw Reviewed by Terry Morgan Civic Center Studios Through October 8 RECOMMENDED Theatre is an inherently magical experience. When done correctly, a stage, a set and some actors become …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:28PMRunaway Home Reviewed by Neal Weaver Fountain Theatre Through November 5 RECOMMENDED Two years after Hurricane Katrina, playwright Jeremy J. Kamps went to New Orleans as a volunteer, “gu…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:22PMA Tale of Two Cities Reviewed by Vanessa Cate A Noise Within Through November 19 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Although the opening line from Charles Dickens’s…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 08:06PMFrida Stroke of Passion Reviewed by Julio Martinez Macha Theatre Through October 1 The tantalizing history of legendary artist/political activist Frida Kahlo is extensively examined in Fri…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 07:30PMCarmen Disruption Reviewed by Neal Weaver City Garage Theatre Through October 15 RECOMMENDED Playwright Simon Stephens (Heisenberg, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) dec…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:52PMDaytona Reviewed by Paul Birchall Rogue Machine Theatre at the MET Through October 30 RECOMMENDED Playwright Oliver Cotton’s elegiac and unexpectedly thrilling drama carries the weight o…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:39PMOnce Reviewed by Katie Buenneke South Coast Repertory Through September 30 Mounting the first regional production of a show that recently played on Broadway puts the creative team between a …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:02PMPterodactyls Reviewed by Terry Morgan The Commissary at The Culver Studios Through Sept. 24 A frequent complaint heard over the years is that the film and TV industry doesn’t do anythi…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:40PMOther Desert Cities Reviewed by Jess Linde Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum Through October 1st In the Theatricum Botanicum’s production of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities, fam…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:33PMAlternative Acts Reviewed by Lovell Estell III Theatre of NOTE Through September 16 Aside from its pleasantly eccentric quality, one of the more entertaining components of this slate of one-…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:16PMEmelie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight Reviewed by Terry Morgan Greenway Court Theatre Through Sept. 17 One of the positive uses of art is to shine a light on historical f…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 07:15PMThe Dreamer Examines His Pillow Reviewed by Neal Weaver The Lounge Theatre Through September 24 RECOMMENDED John Patrick Shanley is practically unique among American playwrights in that …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 03:13PMArsenic and Old Lace Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Through October 8 There’s something strangely delightful about two old aunties on a murder spree. Their murders could…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:20PMWelcome to the White Room Reviewed by Neal Weaver Theatre of Note Through September 17 In Trish Harnetiaux’s bizarre dark comedy, three slightly mad scientists find themselves stranded in …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:48PMBlackbird Reviewed by Lovell Estell III GTC Burbank Through Sept. 17 RECOMMENDED David Harrower’s edgy psychodrama has had many successful iterations over the years (most recently at thi…
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