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Blogs
October 10, 2012
Begley/Huffman in November, Roger Robinson in Fraternity, Brushing up Our Shakespeare, Plus All the Latest New Theater Reviews
Our critics were brushing up their Shakespeare over the weekend, with reviews of CymbelineJulius Caeser and Henry VI, Part I Jeff Stetson's 1987 retrospective drama on the effects of church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama is this week's Pick of the Week. For all the Latest New Theater Reviews, go to ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2012
The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magon, Plus All the Latest New Theater Reviews
Hosted by Rubén Martínez and Raquel Gutiérrez, Loyola Marymount University, KCET Community Television and VARIEDADES present The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magón at the Ford Amphitheatre September 28, 2012, 8 p.m., 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood. The show features Quetzal, augmented by members of ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2012
Euripides' Helen Adapted for the Kardashian Era, and Other New Theater Reviews
This week our critics liked Euripides' Helen at the Getty Villa, adapted for today's celebrity age, plus the new Groundlings Sunday night show, the 24th Street Theatre's play Rome at the End of the Line, and a new political dance performance from the Indian company Navarasa Dance Theatre. In our th ... More >>
Blogs
August 22, 2012
Mary Poppins, Moliere, 12 Angry Men and a Japanese Swordfight Play in This Week's New Theater Reviews
A bucket full of enthusiastic reviews this week, starting with the Pick of the Week, Sweet Thursday, Pacific Resident Theatre's stage adaptation of the novel by John Steinbeck. Also garnering good notices: Neo Ensemble Theatre's Epic Proportions, Moliere's The Fools at Santa Monica Playhouse, also i ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2012
Zombie Joe's Goes Saucy in Down & Dirty, Memphis at the Pantages, Plus the Latest New Theater Reviews
Adam Szymkowicz's comic book parody, Hearts Like Fists at Theatre of NOTE takes unrequited love to camp, and gets this week's Pick of the Week. Click here for all the latest New Theater Reviews, or after the jump.Also check out this week's Stage feature on performance beyond the theater walls: an i ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2012
Sex-Change Comedy (Missing Dick), in the Latest New Theater Reviews, Plus New Works Festivals Bustin' Out
REDCAT's annual New Original Works Festival opens this weekend with Poor Dog Group's The Murder Ballad; Opera Povera's To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation; and puppeteer Susan Simpson's, Exhibit A. For compete schedule visit redcat.orgNext week, the Ojai Playwri ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
Fluffy Bunnies, Santa Ynez Wine Country in Sideways: The Play and More New Theater Reviews
Rex Pickett's stage adaptation, Sideways: the Play (over at Ruskin Theatre Group) of his own novel about life in the Santa Inez Valley wine country, gets this week's Pick. Also admired is Matt Chafee's comedy, Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies, over at Hollywood's Arena Stage.Click here for this ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
An Astral Dick, Some Hair and a Compleat Female Stage Beauty in This Week's New Theater Reviews.
A three-person series of sketches about Laotians in America, Regugee Nation is this week's Pick. Click here for all New Stage Reviews, or go to the jump. Also, check out this week's stage feature Wednesday eve on Hands on a Hardbody, a new musical developed at and presented by La Jolla Playhouse, ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Twilight L.A., 1992, Back in Town 20 Years After Swaths of the City Burned, and More New Reviews.
Alan Aymie's autobiographical saga of his travails within LAUSD, A Child Left Behind, is this week's Pick. Other New Reviews also include Bill Raden's "GO" review of Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight Los Angeles, 1992, honoring the 20th anniversary of our most recent riots. Smith is not performing in th ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
The Troubies Strike Gold Again in Two Gentlemen of Chicago, plus Theatre Banshee's Pick-Worthy Merchant, and Other New Reviews
Just about recovered from Monday night's Lawees, described in a stream of personal emails as "the best ever," thanks to hosts Lost Moon Radio. . Winners here. Check out our more expansive commentary in this week's stage feature. Here are all the latest New Reviews, or you can find them after t ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2012
Antaeus Company double dips The Seagull, and more New Theater Reviews . . .
Antaeus Company's double-cast production of Chekhov's The Seagull scored this week's Pick of the Week. Click here for all of this week's New Theater Reviews, or after the jump. Also, check this week's Stage feature on a mixed reaction to Hollywood's A-List (Clooney, Pitt, Bacon, Sheen) taking ... More >>
Blogs
February 29, 2012
Figure 8, Boom, The Treatment, and more new reviews . . .
Phinneas Kiyomura's discerning family drama, Figure 8 at Theatre of NOTE, is this week's Pick of the Week. Our critics were in good spirits this week, with good notices for Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's relationship drama, Boom, presented by Alive Theatre, in residence at the Long Beach Playhouse; Ka ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Candida, and other New Theater Reviews . . .
Aaron Morgan"Candida," produced by Crysalis Stage at The ComplexChrysalis Stage's revival of G.B. Shaw's Candida at The Complex nabbed this week's Pick of the Week. Our critics also liked On Holy Ground with Salome Jens at the MET, in Hollywood. See here for all the latest New Theater Reviews ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Sarah's War, Other New Reviews, and L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Info
Jordan Elgalby"Sarah"s War is this week's Pick. Go to the jump for all other new stage reviews.The nominees for the 33rd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards will be posted Wednesday evening here. Lauren Ludwig directs Lost Moon Radio, host of the bash, with an ancient Greek theme. (Wear your to ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2012
Short Eyes, King of the Desert, The Lonesome West, and more New Stage Reviews . . .
Miguel Pinero's 1970s prison play Short Eyes nabs this week's Pick of the Week. Good notices also for Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West at Santa Monica's Ruskin Theatre Group; Rene Rivera's King of the Desert at Casa 0101 in East L.A.; and Molly Smith Metzer's new play, Elemeno Pea at South ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2012
O(h), Bananas!, Jackie Five-Oh! and more new reviews
Our critics were in a upbeat mood this week, serving up a Pick of the Week to Jackie Hoffman's Jackie Five-Oh!" at the Gay and Lesbian Center, with recommendations for the Actor's Company's O(h), the production company's The Beauty Queen of Lenane (at the Lex) Days of Wine and Roses at the Lou ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2011
Theater Anecdotes, Anyone? Also, New reviews of Stations, Santasia and Camp Sunday
Rich Sofranko"Stations"Boom Kat Dance Theatre's production of Stations at Santa Monica's Miles Memorial Playhouse landed this week's stage Pick; also recommended are the Whitefire Theatre's Santasia in Sherman Oaks, and the Groundlings' Camp Sunday. See all the reviews after the jump.Call for ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
Gil Cates dies at 77
Craig SchwartzA Noise Within cuts open a new path in PasadenaGIL CATES DIES: The Geffen Playhouse's artistic director, and Academy Awards producer, was found in a UCLA parking lot Monday night, having died of natural causes. More on this story to come. A Noise Within opened it's new Pasadena digs ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
9 Circles, blu, Pulp Shakespeare and more new theater reviews . . .
Fresh Frame FotoLOLPERALOLPERA at Long Beach's Garage Theater is this week's Pick of the Week, with recommendations for a number of Southland performances, including Pulp Shakespeare at the Asylum Theatre, Henry Murray's Monkey Adored, presented by Rogue Machine, Virginia Grise's lyrical new ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
Reviews of A Widow of No Importance; The Vault: Unlocked; The Stories of Isaac Leib Peretz; and more . . .
Hector Cruz Salvador"The Vault: Unlocked""The gentrification of downtown Los Angeles is a sinister metamorphosis engineered by spoiled hipsters and well-heeled land grabbers in this whodunit parody by the Latino Theatre Company," writes Amy Lyons about The Vault: Unlocked, at Los Angeles Theatre ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour
Michael LamontThe Elaborate Entrance of Chad DeityKristoffer Diaz's comedy about television wrestling, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, just opened at the Geffen Playhouse. Check back on Tuesday for the review, and for capsule reviews for all other shows seen over the weekend. Check back thi ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
For the Record: The Coen Bros.: a Cabaret Show About Big Lebowski Filmmakers, and Other Reviews
Anti-Semitic graffiti found on a market wall in central Houston last month is just one symptom of why The Merchant of Venice belongs on our shores. The Porters of Hellgate have their version running at the Whitmore Theatre in North Hollywood. See Theater feature on WednesdayCapsule reviews of ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2011
Sandra Bernhard at REDCAT
Steven GuntherSandra Bernhard: I Love Being Me, Don't You?Sandra Bernhard performs I Love Being Me, Don't You? this weekend, and through August 21. Check out Amy Lyons' review on Tuesday.(Here are the latest capsule NEW THEATER REVIEWS and this week's Theater feature on Melissa James Gi ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Tartuffe at Theatricum Botanicum: Anarchy Eluded
Miriam GeerAaron Hendry's "brilliantly realized Tartuffe" in a production that can't quite keep up with him.Good notices this week for solo shows: John Paul Karliak homage to his two mothers, Donna/Madonna, at the Lounge in Hollywood; Guy Hollingworth's perf about card sharks, Expert at the Card ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2011
Stage Raw: LA Weekly Fringe Award Winner
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Salome and J.M. Barrie at PRTCuriousjosh.comThe Burning OperaThe Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse, created by Mark Nicols and Erik Davis, and being performed at Syrup Loft downtown, is among the productions being revie ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Stage Raw: Year Zero
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Jez Butterworth's Jersusalem, on BroadwayMichael LamontYear ZeroProductions that garnered high praise this week are David Wiener's Extraordinary Chambers at the Geffen, about Americans in Cambodia, which Mayank Keshaviah describes ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
Stage Raw: Krunk-Fu Battle Battle
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Stage FEATURE on William Leavitt's Spectral Analysis Courtesy of East West PlayersKrunk-Fu Battle BattleThough Mayank Keshaviah found thin patches in the new musical Krunk-Fu Battle Battle (book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia and vocal ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Stage Raw: Juno and the Paycock
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on God of Carnage and The Merchant of VenicePhoto by Ron Sossi Writes Paul Birchall of Sean O'Casey's play at the Odyssey, "This staging of O'Casey's play artfully mixes blarney and despair in almost equal measure." Mayank Keshaviah e ... More >>
Stage
April 21, 2011
Theater Reviews: I Never Sang for My Father, The Temperamentals
Also, The All Night Strut!, Veronika Decides to Die, Wait Until Dark and more
Stage
April 14, 2011
Theater Reviews: The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Crucible, Goodbye, Louie ... Hello
Also, Tartuffe, Silent Sky, The Bluest Eye and more
Blogs
April 12, 2011
Stage Raw: The Crucible
New Theater ReviewsTheater Awards ReportTheater Awards Slide-Show by Timothy NorrisPhoto by Byron Turk is from Theatre Banshee's production of The Crucible, which critic Amy Lyons argues is a powerful manifestation of our culture of fear; Bill Raden was less impressed with Lauren Gunderson's new ... More >>
Stage
March 31, 2011
Theater Reviews: Jamaica Farewell, A Raisin in the Sun, Glory Days
Also, Rockin' With the Ages 3, Streep Tease
Stage
March 24, 2011
Theater Reviews: The Birthday Present, Broken Glass, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Also, Endgame, Girls Talk, Bonded and more
Stage
March 17, 2011
Theater Reviews: Groundlings Singles Cruise,The Next Fairy Tale, 'Til Death Do Us Part
Also, The Young Man From Atlanta, Oh, Momma and Obama and more
Blogs
March 15, 2011
Stage Raw: Groundlings Singles Cruise
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Re-Animator the Musical and AlcesteL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESNEW REVIEW GO GROUNDLINGS SINGLES CRUISE Photo by Shawn Bishop Sketches by the Groundlings' "A" cast of master improv artists reliably fall into three catego ... More >>
Stage
March 10, 2011
Theater Reviews; The Comedy of Errors, The Birthday Boys, The Woodpecker
Also A Night at the Oscars, Women in Shorts and more
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Stage Raw: Comedy of Errors
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Oedipus the Tyrant and King LearL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESNEW REVIEW GO COMEDY OF ERRORS Photo by Craig Schwartz A strongman, a ventriloquist, three showgirls and a mimic with 1,000 voices make up just half of the Bu ... More >>
Stage
March 3, 2011
Theater Reviews: In Mother Words, The Fix-Up Show, Love Sucks
Also The Adventures of Pinocchio, Cabaret Idol and more
Blogs
February 24, 2011
Stage Raw: Theatrification and Broadway 100
COMPREHENSVIE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Tim Crouch's The Author, and the Belarus Free Theatre L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESTHEATRIFICATION AND BROADWAY 100 Broadway and the Vaudeville circuit began in Los Angeles 100 years ago, in the downtown Historical Theater Di ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2011
Stage Raw: The Sonneteer
NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ANNOUNCING THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESNEW REVIEW GO THE SONNETEER Photo by Katie Pomerantz Nick Salamone's play examines the ways in which homophobia, guilt, self-delusion and hypocrisy cause the gradual disintegration of the Cardamones, a first-generation Italian-A ... More >>
Stage
February 17, 2011
Theater Reviews: The Cradle Will Rock, Alceste, 100 Days
Also Love Letters to Women, Dangerous Beauty, Camino Real and more
Blogs
February 11, 2011
Stage Raw: Camino Real
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON THE BREAK OF NOON, AND CRACK WHORE GALORE -- LIVE!NEW PARTNERS CalArts teams up with the Theater @ Boston Court to present CAMINO REAL (reviewed here on Tuesday) at the Pasadena theater. Photo by Ed Krieger. Another new pa ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2011
Stage Raw: Furious Theatre Company and Pasadena Playhouse part ways
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON SPIDER-MAN, ON BROADWAYFURIOUS AND PASADENA PLAYHOUSE PART WAYSFor reasons having to do with Pasadena Playhouse's needs to lease its second space, The Carrie Hamilton Theater, and the need of Furious Theatre Company for a space with h ... More >>
Stage
January 27, 2011
Theater New Reviews: Ballroom With a Twist, Cologne, Cyclops: A Rock Opera
Also, Room Service, Traces and more
Blogs
January 24, 2011
Stage Raw: Room Service
NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO ROOM SERVICE Photo by Maia RosenfeldTwenty-two jackals -- I mean, actors -- have run up a $1200 bill at a posh hotel in 1930s Manhattan, and their producer Gor ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
Stage Raw: Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over
NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSPUZZLERPadraic Duffy's noir drama of East German Spies opens this weekend at Sacred Fools Theater Company. Photo by C.M. GonzalezFAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVERJ. Michael Feldman's ... More >>
Stage
December 23, 2010
Theater Reviews: Groundlings Holiday Show, The First Jo-el, Diva on the Verge
Also, Bob Baker's Nutcracker, Broadway Holiday and more
Blogs
December 21, 2010
Stage Raw: Diva on the Verge
The COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS feature will return next weekNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much Ado NEW REVIEW GO DIVA ON THE VERGE Photo courtesy of the Odyssey TheatreIn her compelling one-woman show, soprano Julia Migenes, who has sung more leading roles ... More >>
Stage
December 16, 2010
Theater Reviews: Caught, The Santaland Diaries, Julia
Also, Remembering the Ladies, Cyrano de Bergerac and more
Blogs
March 23, 2010
Stage Raw: LADCC Winners
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on gay politics in Halam Iran and Salam Shalom THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS coming March 29! Nominees RSVP now to (310) 574-7208. Public tickets available at http://laweekly.comTHE 41ST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWAR ... More >>
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