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Beth Henley's new play, "The Jacksonian" has its world premiere in a Geffen Playhouse production, directed by Robert Falls, that features Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman.
These are tough economic times, to be sure. But they're only made harder by a leadership vision completely at odds with the theater's limited resources.These are tough economic times, to be …
The announcement by Reprise Theatre Company on Friday that the theater company is canceling the spring production of "The Apple Tree" and "entering into an exploratory phase in order to asse…
"Buddha -- A Fantastic Journey" borrows the ancient spiritual leader's own words to trace the progression of his life and philosophy."Buddha -- A Fantastic Journey" borrows the ancient spiri…
"Buddha -- A Fantastic Journey," Evan Brenner's solo performance show, opens at Bootleg Theater.
SCR artistic director Marc Masterson makes his Southern California directorial debut with this often amusing morality tale about the compromising consequences of money's seductive power.SCR …
"Elemeno Pea" opens at South Coast Repertory.
"The Recommendation" by Jonathan Caren has its world premiere at the Old Globe.
The cast bears the responsibility of keeping this play, which is as seductively slight as Reza's more recent "God of Carnage," from floating off into the ether.The cast bears the responsibil…
Yasmina Reza's "Art" opens at Pasadena Playhouse in a production starring Bradley Whitford
Can a drama be memorable if all its characters are disagreeable?Can a drama be memorable if all its characters are disagreeable?
"Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris opens at the Mark Taper Forum.
The Ebony Repertory Theatre production of "A Raisin in Sun," directed by Phylicia Rashad, opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
This quietly furious work, with many of the same actors from Michael Wilson s critically acclaimed 2008 Broadway production, is not just an acute psychological study, it s a deeply perceptiv…
Michael Wilson's production of Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate," starring Hallie Foote and Elizabeth Ashley, opens at the Old Globe in San Diego.
This is a play that has forsworn realistic scenery and props, so there are no purple sunsets or hints of the San Gabriel Mountains off in the distance.This is a play that has forsworn realis…
"Our Town," starring Helen Hunt and directed by David Cromer, opens at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
"God's Ear," by Jenny Schwartz, opens at the Zephyr Theatre.
In Suzan-Lori Parks "Topdog/Underdog," in revival at South Coast Repertory, characters named Lincoln and Booth by their parents as a sick joke struggle to survive the historical funhouse th…
"Topdog/Underdog," Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize winning drama, opens at South Coast Repertory
Charles McNulty explores the political dimension of Václav Havel's playwriting.
What a delight to encounter once again the wit and wisdom of the late newspaper columnist Molly Ivins, who never met a politician she couldn t skewer with her salty satire.What a delight to …
A review of "Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins," starring Kathleen Turner, at the Geffen Playhouse
Today's dramatists struggle to define the terms of contemporary drama for an audience that seems as uncertain about what constitutes a good play as they are.Sitting through a succession of n…
Still wondering what to get your theater friends for the holiday? Here's your answer.Still wondering what to get your theater friends for the holiday? Here's your answer.
