Everything in New York Goes BANG!Written and performed by Robert Galinsky One Night Only Debut Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 8 PM Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood…
A MONSTER ARTIST Better get tickets NOW. The influential performance artist and provocateur Ron Athey is coming to L.A.'s REDCAT Aug. 26 to 28, 2021 to present the Los Angeles premiere of…
Laguna Playhouse is presenting Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me) in the Southern California premiere of Sitting and Talking, which was created and written speci…
Woolly Mammoth and A.C.T. have begun work on an original film of The Bushwick Starr's acclaimed production of Animal Wisdom, created by and starring Heather Christian. Currently being …
CORONADO PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS HARLEM DUET Coronado Playhouse: A San Diego tradition for 75 years, is presenting Harlem Duet, the critically acclaimed play by Djanet Sears, streaming on-demand …
FORGET YOUR TROUBLES WITH THE TROUBIES The holiday season simply wouldn't be the same without the Troubies so they're bringing you an experience second only to being tightly packed in a thea…
HE'S GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING Last year, I saw an incredible theatrical production"a puppet show no less"that will stick with me for the rest of my life. Written, produced, designed, built,…
BEYOND SAVING The title of the Loft Ensemble's world premiere presentation asks the question, Will You Save Them? Unfortunately the answer is, "I can't." While the production is not complete…
HARD DRIVING COCK GOES DEEP Love may be "a many-splendored thing" but as Pat Benatar sang it's also a "battlefield." In Mike Barlett's Cock, making its Los Angeles premiere at Rogue Machine,…
SHINING NEW LUMIERE ON A FABLED CLASSIC Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera created a sensation when it was first unveiled as a serialization in the French newspaper Le Gaulois fr…
MORE MEAT If you are one of the many theatergoers who caught Pacific Resident Theatre's production of Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Road (and possibly the special Christmas follow-up) during…
A BLAZING-HOT PRODUCTION As Los Angeles heats up to scorching temperatures this week, there is a cool, refreshing theatrical breeze blowing down the pike. It may be wise to avoid the 110-in-…
THE GHOST OF GERSHWIN: SONGS 10, BOOK 3 There is a lot to sing about in the Group Rep's season closer The Ghost of Gershwin. It contains a bevy of freshly penned ditties by Wayland Pickard (…
ALL THAT CHAZZ After nearly a 25-year absence, actor Chazz Palminteri returns to the Los Angeles stage in the world premiere of Unorganized Crime, currently shooting up the joint at the Elep…
INDELICATE AND OUT OF BALANCE When Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance won the Pulitzer Prize in 1967 it was no doubt a theatrical revelation. Although it didn't pack the emotional wallop of W…
A TOOTHLESS LION James Goldman's The Lion in Winter is a brilliant study in castle intrigue laced with deceit and deception, alliances and allegiances, backstabbing and double dealing. The p…
IS THERE A DIRECTOR IN THE HOUSE? There is nothing inherently humdrum about the Geffen Playhouse's production of Ruth Draper's Monologues but there is nothing particularly exhilarating about…
TENOR EVENTUALLY SINGS BUT NEEDS MORE NOTES Farce is difficult. You need to get your audience to suspend disbelief as mischief, mayhem and lots of slamming doors abound, and a series of unli…
DEMOLITION DERBY Sometimes at the end of a play such as The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Killer Joe, I gaze upon the total destruction of the set and think, "I'm glad I don't have to clean th…
SLOWGIRL SIMMERS In cooking it is often necessary to heat a mixture slowly bringing it to a simmer and keeping it just below the boiling point, allowing all its savory sweetness to surface. …
NOTSOGUD Everything you need to know about Ruskin Group Theatre's current world premiere production is revealed in the title: TALHOTBLOND: everybody lies online. If you are at all tech savvy…
A SHORT TAKE ON A LONG TRIP Sometimes critics get caught up in their own words and feel the need to expand upon their self-important ramblings beyond all reason. Â They spew forth with so …
LOST AT SEA To culminate a year-long centennial celebration of British composer Benjamin Britten, L.A. Opera revisits the acclaimed Francesca Zambello production of his 1951 seafaring opera …
FIVE-ALARM ACTING SETS THE STAGE ABLAZE IN FIREMEN After sixteen years of a nomadic existence, Echo Theater Company has finally found a permanent home at the Atwater Village Theater. If thei…
NO NEED TO HOP ON OVER TO THE FALCON There's an old European superstition: In order to ward off evil spirits and bad luck the first words you utter on the first day of every month must be "r…