Nothing To Hide: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Neil Patrick Harris directs two acclaimed young magicians at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:55pm on November 28, 2012☆⚑

In the Red and Brown Water: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An acclaimed young playwright explores elemental emotions amidst a housing project in the Louisiana bayou.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:24pm on October 31, 2012☆⚑

Build: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A brilliant yet troubled videogame designer conjures an artificial intelligence "robot" of his deceased wife.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:35pm on October 30, 2012☆⚑

A Bright New Boise: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Playwright Samuel D. Hunter won an Obie Award last year for this dark comedy, which deals with themes of family, religion and responsibility.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:41pm on October 24, 2012☆⚑

The Rivals: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Richard Brinsley Sheridan's first play, which gave the world the term "malapropism" in 1775, is staged in Culver City.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:35pm on October 19, 2012☆⚑

Seminar: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

'Smash' creator Theresa Rebeck's searching Broadway play about an intense fiction writing workshop comes to L.A.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:59pm on October 18, 2012☆⚑

Krapp's Last Tape: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Oscar-nominated John Hurt stars in Samuel Beckett's elegiac, sentimental piece.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:40pm on October 17, 2012☆⚑

The Fainting Couch: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Narcissism, powerlessness, castration fears and more are the focus of this North Hollywood production by Zombie Joe.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:58am on October 16, 2012☆⚑

Three Views of the Same Object: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An older couple and a terminal illness are depicted kaleidoscopically, with three different scenarios playing out for the husband and wife.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:29pm on October 10, 2012☆⚑

November: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

David Mamet's Broadway-bred Oval Office comedy of 2008 bows in L.A. at the height of another election season.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:00pm on October 8, 2012☆⚑

Cymbeline: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Shakespeare's late-period, lesser-known romantic tragedy is refreshed with a successful staging in Pasadena.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:03pm on October 2, 2012☆⚑

Shiner: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The 1994-set play centers on an adolescent couple who aim to score tickets to the band's Hollywood Bowl concert and then jump off a freeway overpass.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:23pm on October 1, 2012☆⚑

Orestes 3.0: Inferno: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Playwright Charles M. Lee takes on Euripides in this production by avant-garde company City Garage.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:04pm on October 1, 2012☆⚑

Potential Space: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Kirsten Vangsness writes and stars in a thoughtful yet laugh-loaded meditation on sex and relationships.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:24pm on October 1, 2012☆⚑

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "Ruined" addresses the quandaries facing African-American artists in early 1930s Hollywood, first in the moment and then in hindsight. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:16am on September 29, 2012☆⚑

Rome at the End of the Line: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Playwright Daniel Serrano continues his trilogy, "Impossible Cities (Ciudades Imposibles)," with a meditation on the passage of time.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:17am on September 29, 2012☆⚑

The Book of Mormon: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez bring their Tony-winning Broadway blockbuster to the Pantages Theatre. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:58pm on September 13, 2012☆⚑

Euripides' 'Helen': Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Nick Salamone's musical adaptation of the 412 B.C. play gets a late-summer staging at the Getty Villa's antiquity-styled outdoor amphitheater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:20pm on September 6, 2012☆⚑

Red: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Alfred Molina reprises his role as painter Mark Rothko in the L.A. debut of the 2010 Tony Award winner for best play.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:11pm on August 13, 2012☆⚑

The Government Inspector: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Nikolai Gogol's satirical Russian comedy of greed and corruption from 1836 is imbued with topical immediacy, from the Great Recession to Occupy Wall Street.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:12pm on August 6, 2012☆⚑

Macbeth: Theatre Review by Myron Meisel

The Antaeus Company takes on Shakespeare's classic in a double-cast North Hollywood production directed by Jessica Kubzansky.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:11pm on July 19, 2012☆⚑

The Exorcist: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Playwright John Pielmeier interprets William Peter Blatty's iconic suspense novel for the stage.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:37pm on July 13, 2012☆⚑

The Jacksonian: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Myron Meisel Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman star in the bold play set in the titular hotel on the outskirts of Jackson, Miss. by playwright Beth Henley.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:30pm on February 25, 2012☆⚑

Clybourne Park: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Myron Meisel This provocative winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama made news when lead producer Scott Rudin abruptly walked away from the upcoming Broadway transfer over a dispute wit…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:51pm on February 6, 2012☆⚑

NO good DEED: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Myron Meisel Director Damaso Rodriguez's film follows ordinary men who are transformed into superheroes.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:35pm on February 6, 2012☆⚑