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Lusting After Pipino's WifeReviewed by Paul Birchall Theatre 68 Through April 19 According to director/performer Ronnie Marmo, this production of Sam Henry Kass's comedy is a 25th anniversar…
Fun HomeReviewed by Mayank Keshaviah Ahmanson Theatre Through April 1 RECOMMENDEDMemory is rarely linear, clearly outlined, or objective. Instead, we tend to remember the past in soft focus,…
For Piano and HarpoReviewed by Vanessa Cate The Falcon Theatre Through March 5thOscar Levant was a Hollywood personality from a bygone age. It would be unfair to try to pigeonhole him, he wa…
Die, Mommy, Die!Reviewed by Neal WeaverCelebration Theatre at the LexThrough March 26 RECOMMENDEDCross-dressing actor-comedian Charles Busch wrote this glossy movie parody as a vehicle for h…
Liana and BenReviewed by Vanessa Cate Circle X Theatre Co. Through March 26If the truth lies in stories, as playwright Susan Rubin suggests, what truth is to be garnered from the labyrinthin…
King LearReviewed by Maureen Lee LenkerA Noise WithinThrough May 6th RECOMMENDEDWhile Hamlet may be the brass ring for young male actors, King Lear looms large for those who've sustained the…
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Zoot SuitReviewed by Julio MartinezThe Mark Taper ForumThrough March 26 Luis Valdez's chronicle of the historic early 1940's "Sleepy Lagoon" murder case, Zoot Suit, originally premiered at C…
Long Day's Journey into NightReviewed by Paul Birchall Geffen Playhouse Through March 18Only a dunderhead would criticize Eugene O'Neill's powerhouse drama about the unravelling of one of Am…
33 VARIATIONSReviewed by Neal WeaverActors Co-OpThrough March 19 RECOMMENDEDThis play by Moises Kaufman is an extraordinary piece of work " rich, multifaceted and multilayered, both disturbi…
946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus TipsReviewed by Terry Morgan Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Through March 5thRECOMMENDEDWilliam Faulkner's famous quote "The past is never…
Claudio QuestReviewed by Katie BuennekeChance TheaterThrough February 26Beating a video game is no simple feat, and neither is writing a musical " especially a new musical about video games.…
"'Twenty dollars?' he said, incredulously. It was a good thing we were standing at the time, because at that moment I realized that I was considerably taller than he, and that tiny advantage…
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"A few days after the ad was posted, Rivera's casting director Raul Clayton Staggs and Rivera received a letter from a mysterious address [email protected], which, at the bottom of the…
Dorothy Parker UnScriptedReviewed by Maureen Lee LenkerImpro TheatreThrough February 25th RECOMMENDEDDorothy Parker UnScripted is the latest in Impro Theatre's unique brand of completely imp…
King Hedley IIReviewed by Neal WeaverThe Matrix TheatreThrough February 12 RECOMMENDEDThis play by the late August Wilson is part of his 10-play series about the black experience in each of …
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Shades of DisclosureReviewed by Paul Birchall Skylight Theatre Through Febuary 25RECOMMENDEDIt's not helpful to dwell on the generation gap between the young and the old, particularly in the…
FuguReviewed by Neal WeaverWest Coast Jewish Theatre at Pico PlayhouseThrough March 19 RECOMMENDEDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â …
fellowship (a play for volunteers)Reviewed by Mayank Keshaviah Cornerstone Theatre Through February 12 RECOMMENDEDOpponents of the new administration in Washington have issued a vociferous c…
PlasticityReviewed by Lovell Estell IIIHudson Guild TheatreThrough March 13The title of this play refers to the brain's ability to rewire or reorganize itself by forming new neural connectio…
Moby DickReviewed by Terry Morgan South Coast Repertory/Segerstrom Stage Through Feb. 19th RECOMMENDEDIf one has the audacity to take on the leviathan of American literature, Herman Melville…
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Beckett5Reviewed by Neal WeaverOdyssey Theatre EnsembleThrough March 5, 2017 The late playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett did not make things easy for his audiences. He was first of all a…
