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Emmitt & AvaReviewed by Katie BuennekeEdgemar Center for the ArtsThrough June 18 There must be something cathartic for playwrights when they write prickly family dramas. The genre has ex…
Emmitt & AvaReviewed by Katie BuennekeEdgemar Center for the ArtsThrough June 18 There must be something cathartic for playwrights when they write prickly family dramas. The genre has ex…
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"Mednick is perhaps L.A.'S most entrenched playwright, having resided in Southern California since 1975 and writing singularly poetical-spiritual works saturated in wry, existential and some…
Species Native to CaliforniaReviewed by Gray PalmerIAMA Theatre Co. at Atwater Village TheatreThrough June 11 RECOMMENDEDPrompted by Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Dorothy Fortenberry's new p…
The Sweetheart Deal Reviewed by MartÃn Hernández The Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center Through June 4 RECOMMENDED As a veteran of El Teatro Campesino, th…
The Designated MournerReviewed by Terry Morgan REDCAT at The Roy and Edna Disney/CALARTS Theatre Through May 21st Sometimes a play finds its moment long after its premiere and initial exposu…
Lucky StiffReview by Neal WeaverActors Co-OpThrough June 18 RECOMMENDEDIt's hard to imagine a more far-fetched plot than the one that animates this zany musical by Lynn Ahren (book and lyric…
"Hence, the almost anti-celebratory opening number, Stephen Foster's "Hard Times (Come Again No More)" beautifully rendered by the Stewarts, and joined by a chorus (Monica Greene, Gregory Gu…
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Fefu and Her FriendsReviewed by Julio MartinezHollyhock HouseThrough May 28 RECOMMENDED Hollyhock House was originally constructed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1921 to be not only the residence …
Yes, VirginiaReviewed by Paul Birchall Studio C Through May 14Back in 2014, Stan Zimmerman and Christian McLaughlin, co-writers of this rather sweet comedy, were behind one of the Hollywood …
Hello AgainReviewed by Neal WeaverChromolume Theatre at the AtticThrough May 28 This long one-act by Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party) is a musical update of Arthur Schnitzler's 1900 pl…
Of Mice and MenReviewed by Lovell Estell IIIThe Belfry Stage at the Crown TheaterThrough May 13 No American writer chronicled the unpleasant reality of the Depression era with more clarity a…
The Gary Plays - PART 3: DaddyO Dies Well & Charles' StoryReviewed by Martin HernandezThe Open Fist Theatre Company at the Atwater Village Theatre Through June 4 Playwright …
"A Wake and Sing" is being hosted by French Stewart and Vanessa Stewart, who will sing, dance, and present almost all of the awards, but they won't be alone. The post The Third Annual Stage…
The Awful Grace of GodReviewed by Katie BuennekeGo the Distance Productions at The Other Space @ The Actors CompanyThrough May 28 For a man who's spent the better part of the last decade act…
Kiss Reviewed by Neal Weaver Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Through June 18 Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón sets his play in the apartment of a young woman named Hadeel (Kristin Couture),…
Pericles Reviewed by Terry Morgan Porters of Hellsgate Through June 4th RECOMMENDED As a theatre critic, I've reviewed a lot of Shakespeare's plays, but this is the first time I've seen …
The Foreigner Reviewed by Paul Birchall Santa Monica Repertory Theater at Miles Memorial Playhouse Through May 20 Larry Shue is one of those playwrights who belongs in the "what might have b…
Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington Reviewed by Martin Hernandez The Robey Theatre Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center Through May 21 Author of such seminal works as The Souls of Black Folks…
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That night made me realize what we've been fighting for, as a community. Our humanity. Sometimes blood vessels burst when we all least expect it. How we respond defines who we are. The post…
Macbeth: RevisitedReviewed by Martin HernandezThe Second Stage at Sacred Fools TheatreThrough May 13 Actor/director Jack Stehlin's ambitious yet bare-boned take on William Shakespeare's tale…
Lone StarReviewed by Neal WeaverZephyr TheatreThrough May 7 In James McClure's one-act comedy, three men hang out in the parking lot at Angel's Bar in Maynard Texas in 1981. Roy (Christopher…