An hours-long retelling of Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby,' 'Gatz' is ably served by the innovative cast and crew of Elevator Repair Service."Gatz," Elevator Repair Service's celebration of …
The Broadway play starring Norbert Leo Butz as a New York banker who absconds with millions from his job and returns to Cincinnati to help his middle-class family goes to extremes with chara…
The Flaming Lips-inspired score is the highlight of the literary-challenged 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots' at La Jolla Playhouse.LA JOLLA — Futuristic theatrical effects are deploye…
The fresh-faced approach to 'Hamlet' by the Shakespeare's Globe may not bring on the tears, but a good time is had by all at the Broad Stage.Tired of the pomp and circumstance of costume dra…
At 85, the singer fully grasps life's meaning and channels it through songs we know but have never before heard like this.Legend has it that Juan Ponce de León set off for the New World i…
Lynn Nottage's 'Intimate Apparel,' at Pasadena Playhouse with Vanessa Williams ('Soul Food'), is a portrait of a black seamstress working in obscurity in 1905.Artists come in many varieties.…
Michael Golamco's glossily directed play revolves around a gloomy video game designer living with his dead wife's computerized ghost. Will his mood ever lift?Gather round, 21st century drama…
Finally, L.A. gets a look at a play by the much-talked-about Tarell Alvin McCraney: his expressionistic tale of a young woman with choices to make.Beyond the fact that it is sensational, the…
'You Can't Take It With You,' by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, gets a labored staging by Antaeus Company.The bohemian Sycamore family of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's Pulitzer Prize-w…
As President Obama and Mitt Romney debate Monday, theatrical presentation will be scrutinized. But personalities should lead to ideas.The final presidential debate between President Obama an…
Theresa Rebeck's 'Seminar,' starring Jeff Goldblum at the Ahmanson Theatre, is entertaining in its details and dynamics, but the story and sitcom humor falter.Masochism is the chief prerequi…
The Actors' Gang's staging captures the silliness of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy. The problem remains the dizzying plot.Let's congratulate the Actors' Gang for at least bringing some …
John Hurt eloquently stars in Samuel Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape' at Kirk Douglas Theatre in a production directed by Michael Colgan.With his shock of silver-gray hair, his face etched by t…
Visually, this telling of Sarah Ruhl's rethought Orpheus tale is a stunner. The whimsy, though, is overplayed."Eurydice," Sarah Ruhl's playful retelling of the Orpheus myth from a female per…
Lynn Nottage takes a fictional look at a real actress, providing a view into the sisterhood of African American women as they face a world skewed against them.Theresa Harris was an African A…
The latest revival of David Mamet's 'Glengarry Glen Ross,' at the La Jolla Playhouse, is a tense and well-paced production thanks to the strong cast.As long as America is America, land of op…
Eugene Ionesco's absurdist tale always feels drawn out, but in a visiting Theatre de la Ville-Paris production, its horror shakes the foundations.Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota's smart, sleek product…
A Gob Squad show inspired by Warhol films brings the audience into a very surreal 'Kitchen.'Andy Warhol is sometimes blamed for ushering in the age of reality television. Nonsense. All those…
The body-switch comedy from Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser plays on the Pasadena Playhouse stage like a bad sitcom.Connoisseurs of really bad television — you know you're out there…
This national tour production matches the verve, if not the sharpness, of the original Broadway production. The musical about two mismatched Mormon missionaries assigned to Uganda is a profa…
A singing parody of the Oscar winner, 'Silence! The Musical' may overstretch at times, but a madcap cast and shameless daring make it outrageously fun.Any day now the announcement that "Jaws…
The Playwrights' Arena production makes Helen a fugitive from Hollywood who has been sullied by the tabloids but still seeking refuge at the tomb of Proteus.Just a few years after writing hi…
Sketch comedy and magic make for a fun night in the hands of madcap performers Trey Lyford, Geoff Sobelle and Steve Cuiffo.Don't let the retro styling fool you. Although they look like comic…
The play receiving its U.S. premiere at the Fountain Theatre provides tantalizing insight into the South African writer. At 80, South African playwright Athol Fugard is still turning out pla…
War, brutality, despair and cryptic storytelling fill the U.S. premiere. Matthew McCray directs.Enigmatic anecdote is the currency of Martin Crimp's "The City," having its U.S. premiere at S…