ONE PLAGUE OR ANOTHER What happens when you put eight actors on a stage with a script that includes the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, the Mormon Visitors Center, the Jewish mysticism of philos…
LIBERTY FOR WOLVES IS DEATH TO THE LAMBS Gabby Momah makes a star turn as Ash, a conflicted non-binary adoptive parent and up-and-coming boxer in Hansol Jung's Wolf Play, a fascinating, thri…
MUSICALS LIKE THIS OCCUR ONCE EVERY 100 YEARS Palm Canyon Theater (PCT) launched its 23/24 theater season here in Coachella Valley this past Friday evening with the opening of Lerner and Loe…
Rip Tide Axis Theatre Company Axis Theatre, 1 Sheridan Square runs October 4"28, 2023; Wed-Sat at 8 for tickets (free-$40), visit Axis Directed by Axis Theatre Company founder Randall Sharp,…
WELCOME TO THE WEST WING, WHERE THE WOMEN ARE FUCKED AND THE MAN IS FECKLESS Seven women propping up one man"that's the premise behind Selena Fillinger's POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbas…
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE KATRINA? What to do about The Taming of the Shrew, a play that seems to glorify the subjugation of women? Actors' Shakespeare Project offers an intriguing and…
WHO LEFT FROWNING? NUN OF US! When you're picking shows for your season, you're off to a good start when you pick the second-longest-running show in Off-Broadway history. One that's been pro…
RAY OF LIGHT ROCKS! The Bay Area's Ray of Light Theater is known for putting fresh interpretations on classic shows, most notably musicals that push boundaries, such as Kinky Boots and The F…
DR. STAGELOVE or: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING DISNEY'S REMAKES WILL BOMB Huzzah! As if by magic carpet, Aladdin"the stage musical"has flown into the City of Angels for a two-week stint at…
A PRAYER FOR ALL OF US Should they stay or should they go? That is the question that haunts the characters of this brilliant play by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Skintight). It is directed by…
INFINITE PLAYWRITING Co-produced by Atlantic Theater Company and National Theatre, the one-hour and 45-minute production (no intermission) is Annie Baker's best play to date. At least from m…
A SHOWER OF CREATIVE INNOVATION The A.R.T. production of the stunningly staged and audaciously acted The Half-God of Rainfall is an act of creative destruction. It begins with the seven acto…
SOMEONE MUST HAVE CLIPPED THE WINGS, BECAUSE THIS ANGEL DOESN'T FLY There are times when a reviewer is tempted to recuse himself (or herself) from publicly commenting on a comedy because he/…
In 2010, I witnessed the work of playwright Terrell Alvin McCraney for the first time. I knew immediately that his would prove to be an important voice in the theater. Since that fateful day…
TODAY IS THE DAY TO GET BACK IN THE DAY Back in the Day, the world premiere of local New Orleans playwright Harold Ellis Clark, will play October 12-22, 2023 at the André Cailloux Center fo…
GREAT STUFF IS COOKING IN THIS KITCHEN The world premiere of new coming-of-age musical, HELL'S KITCHEN, with music and lyrics by New York's own 15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys and pl…
OUR DEAR DEAD PLAYWRIGHTING In Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, which opened last Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, feral feminism from sociopathic fledglings starts out fantastic but goes off the…
THE TRUEST EYE It's been 12 years since A Noise Within's architectural repurposing of the 1958 Stuart Pharmaceutical Neo-Formalist building in Pasadena into a theater complex. For those w…
TECHNICAL ISSUES ASIDE, THIS NEW MUSICAL IS FULL OF HEART The Right is Ours!, a world premiere new musical which opened yesterday at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, tells the story of the friend…
A HAUNTING SYMPHONY OF SOLITUDE AND CONNECTION Set in the dimly lit confines of a college creative writing class and the private world of its reclusive protagonist, The Sound Inside, which o…
A FRANK PORTRAYAL Perhaps the most famous quote from Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is "Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." However, these words were writ…
PERFECTLY MARVELOUS Cabaret is a masterpiece of American musical theater that has been presented in a vast variety of musical and physical shapes and sizes since its premiere on Broadway in …
A LOTTA SOUL IN THIS EXPRESS TRAIN TO JOY Officially starting A.C.T.'s 23/24 Season is the Broadway-bound world premiere musical based on the iconic TV Show Soul Train, which opened last Wed…
GIVE THREE CHEERS AND ONE CHEER MORE FOR SILLY GOOD FUN In the US, the term "Savoyard" generally means a person intensely interested in, and perhaps highly knowledgeable about, the works of …
THE GOSPEL AT GETTY Created by Lee Breuer and Bob Telson, The Gospel at Colonus " a Greek tragedy turned Pentecostal revival " had its original 1983 production at the fBrooklyn Academy of Mu…