"'Master Harold' … and the Boys," Athol Fugard's classic drama set in apartheid South Africa, opens at the Geffen Playhouse in a production starring John Kani, a Tony-winning interpreter o…
'English,' Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in Iran, has its L.A. premiere at the Wallis.
Director Knud Adams, one of the most sought after directors of new plays, brings his acclaimed productions of 'English' to the Wallis and "Primary Trust' to the Mark Taper Forum. Both plays…
As Arthur Miller's plays surge in popularity, 'Death of a Salesman' dismally disappoints at A Noise Within while 'The Price' thrives in the intimacy of Pacific Resident Theatre.
Ins Choi's 'Kim Convenience,' the Toronto hit play that inspired a TV show, opens at the Ahmanson Theatre, refreshes a familiar immigrant family drama with warmth and gentle humor.
Jackie Sibblies Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Fairview" receives its L.A. premiere at the Matrix in a Rogue Machine production directed by Oz Scott.
Elmer Rice's "The Adding Machine," an expressionist classic on automation and worker insecurity, speaks directly to an age in which livelihoods are threatened by AI innovation.
Writer-performer Sara Porkalob continues her Dragon Cycle trilogy with the Los Angeles premiere of "Dragon Mama," the second installment of the family epic centered on Filipina mothers takin…
Daniel Radcliffe stars in the Broadway premiere of 'Every Brilliant Thing,' an interactive performance piece written by Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe that meditates on what makes life w…
A Noise Within in Pasadena presents Shakespeare's 'Richard III' in a revival directed by Guillermo Cienguegos that stars Ann Noble as the tyrannical king.
In a new version of Henrik Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' by Erin Cressida Wilson, Katie Holmes stars in a taut, modern production at San Diego's Old Globe directed by Barry Edelstein.
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's 'Here Lies Love' about the rise and fall of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos has its Los Angeles premiere at the Mark Taper Forum under the direction of Snehal Desai.
Tony winner Jefferson Mays stars in a new revival of Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus,' directed by Tony-winner Darko Tresnjak, at Pasadena Playhouse.
The Geffen Playhouse presents the world premiere of Beth Hyland's 'Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia,' directed by Jo Bonney.
Jason Alexander directs 'Sweeney Todd,' Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's masterpiece, in a revival at La Mirada Theatre starring Will Swenson and Lesli Margherita.
Playwright Justin Tanner stars in his new solo show, 'My Son the Playwright,' which is having its world premiere in a Rogue Machine production, directed by Lisa James.
Wry, gender-fluid British comedian Eddie Izzard's solo 'Hamlet,' adapted by Mark Izzard and directed by Selina Cadell, arrives at the Montalbán Theatre for the touring production's Los An…
Patrick Page's traveling lecture-solo show reanimates Shakespeare's villains in master class presentation at BroadStage.
The musical adaptation of "The Notebook," Nicholas Sparks' romantic novel that was turned into a 2004 film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, undergoes some transformation at the Holl…
Cameron Watson, one of L.A. best stage directors, has been appointed artistic director of Skylight Theatre Company, where his well-received production of 'Heisenberg' is nearing the end of …
Michelle Williams stars in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's 'Anna Christie' at St. Ann's Warehouse, staged by her husband Thomas Kail, who directed 'Hamilton'
In an elegant concert directed by Michael Arden, Ben Platt performs a mix of his solo recordings, Broadway favorites, American songbook treasures and pop surprises.
The Hollywood Pantages presents the L.A. premiere of David Adjmi's Tony-winning play 'Stereophonic.' The work, which includes original music by Will Butler, exposes the behind-the-scenes dra…
Theater critic Charles McNulty selects his top productions in Los Angeles, including "Furlough's Paradise" at the Geffen Playhouse, "& Juliet" at the Ahmanson Theatre, "The Night of the …
Direct-address, an old playwriting technique, has been retooled by a new crop of playwrights (Bess Wohl, Jordan Tannahill, Douglas Lyons) to lend new immediacy to drama.