Whitefire Theatre's Solofest 2014 gets underway, a struggling composer encounters "The Ghost of Gershwin" at Lonny Chapman Theatre, and Vanessa Bell Calloway delivers "Letters from Zola" at …
Roger Rees brings his Bard-centric one-man show "What You Will" back to San Diego's Old Globe, for one night only. Plus, 3-D Theatricals ventures "Into the Woods" with that Sondheim musical,…
Celebrations of legendary performers abound when Frank Ferrante plays Groucho Marx, Annette Bening salutes Ruth Draper, and Daniel Beaty portrays Paul Robeson. Plus, a return engagement for …
Wherefore art thou, "Romeo & Juliet"? At Independent Shakespeare Co., that's where. Plus, Parson's Nose tells of "Little Sophie’s Misfortunes," and "Salome" is just trying to get a hea…
Here comes the bride in Tadeusz Rozewicz’s "White Marriage" at Odyssey Theatre. And here come the puppets in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Broad Stage and the citywide LA Puppe…
"Orpheus" descends in Downtown L.A., "Floyd Collins" does likewise in La Mirada, and "In the Heights" rises in Thousand Oaks.
"Slowgirl" saunters into the Geffen, "Orpheus" descends at the Getty Villa, and "Macbeth" struts and frets his hour upon the stage at A Noise Within.
"Talhotblond" weaves a tangled Web in a world premiere at Ruskin Group Theatre. Also, Poor Dog Group lights "Five Small Fires" at the Bootleg Theater, and Santa Monica Playhouse brings back …
E.L. James' naughty and knotty bestseller is spoofed in "50 Shades! The Musical" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Impro Theatre tackles Tennessee Williams at South Coast Rep, and the Wooster Gro…
"My Name Is Asher Lev" introduces itself at the Fountain Theatre, "A Steady Rain" descends at Odyssey Theatre, and Moliere’s "Tartuffe" is up to his old tricks at A Noise Within.
Miwa Matreyek makes more animated magic with "This World Made Itself" at REDCAT, Mike Daisey explores "American Utopias" at Royce Hall, and Chrisopher Durang channels Chekov in "Vanya and So…
Myriad musicals hit local stages, including "Chicago" at Segerstrom Center, "The Light in the Piazza" at South Coast Rep, "Forever Plaid" at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza and "The Produ…
"The Book of Mormon" is back at the Pantages, Segerstrom's Off Center Festival gets underway down in the O.C., and the musical "Let's Misbehave" sings the praises, and the songs, of Cole Por…
Long Beach Playhouse revives Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," Denis O’Hare recites "An Iliad" at the Broad, and "Kurt Weill at the Cuttlefish Hotel" returns to Santa Monica Pier's West End The…
The dystopian drama "Foxfinder" premieres in Pasadena, Gordon Goodman is back as "Barrymore," and Barry McGovern does Beckett at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
Brian Childers steps into the shoes of a legendary song-and-dance man, a new theater company steps up to the plate with the baseball-themed "Take Me Out," and Hershey Felder steps back in ti…
Birds do it, bees do it, even Broadway's Rachel York does it in her new cabaret show, "Let's Fall in Love." Plus, three distinctly different takes on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
This season's offerings of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic 'The Nutcracker' are robust and varied.This season's offerings of "The Nutcracker" are robust and varied.
The new play "God's Gypsy" celebrates the life and times of Teresa of Avila, love is in the air in "Parfumerie," and "The Secret Garden" blooms in Anaheim.
"The Lion King" roars back into the Pantages, the musical "In the Heights" lands in Boyle Heights, and the Grinch is up to his old tricks at San Diego's Old Globe.
Writer-performer Karen Anzoategui kicks off her soccer-themed "¡Ser!" at LATC, veterans portray veterans in "American Soldiers" at Hollywood's American Legion Hall, and La Jolla Playho…
"The Black Suits" is ready to rock the Kirk Douglas, "Boeing Boeing" bounces into Long Beach, and "Twelve Angry Men" holds court at the Pasadena Playhouse.
A Spanish-language version of Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" is on the boards at the Broad Stage, poets Rumi and Samuel Taylor Coleridge have their praises sung in separate shows, and the Radar …