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Ann Closs-Farley

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    L.A. Weekly Theater Awards 2012: The Winners

    ​​L.A. Weekly 's 33rd annual theater awards took place tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood, honoring the best work on our small stages from 2011, as judged by our theater critics. Small Engine Repair presented by Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater won production of the year, while Re-Animator The ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2011

    Margo Veil

    ​​L.A. Weekly 's 33rd annual theater awards took place tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood, honoring the best work on our small stages from 2011, as judged by our theater critics. Small Engine Repair presented by Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater won production of the year, while Re-Animator The ... More >>

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    March 24, 2011

    Girls Talk

    ​​L.A. Weekly 's 33rd annual theater awards took place tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood, honoring the best work on our small stages from 2011, as judged by our theater critics. Small Engine Repair presented by Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater won production of the year, while Re-Animator The ... More >>

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    March 24, 2011
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    March 3, 2011

    The Adventures of Pinocchio

    Also, Endgame, Girls Talk, Bonded and 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

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2010

    Ken Roht's Same-O, A 99¢ Only Electric Ballad

    Also The Adventures of Pinocchio, Cabaret Idol and more

  • Stage

    December 9, 2010

    THEATER REVIEWS: A CHICAGO CHRISTMAS CAROL, EXIT 10, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, OUR BEDS ARE CROWDED

    Also, The Stories of Cesar Chavez, Traveling Carnival Freakshow, West Side Story and more

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Stage Raw: Traveling Carnival Freakshow

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on three plays in NYC NEW REVIEW GO TRAVELING CARNIVAL FREAKSHOW ​Photo by Chelsea SuttonIf Tod Browning and the Brothers Quay had collaborated on a stage version of The Island of Dr. Moreau, the results might have resembled this whim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2010

    Stage Raw: Robert Ellenstein memorial on Monday

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on three plays in NYCROBERT ELLENSTEIN REMEMBERED​A memorial service for Robert Ellenstein has been set for Monday, December 5, 2 p.m. at Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los Angeles 90068. Ellenstein was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Stage Raw: Schmutizen Deutche Kabarett

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festNEW REVIEW GO SCHMUTZIGEN DEUTSCHE KABARETT ​ Photo by Amanda Marquardt This latest, late-night creation from sardonic, surrealist director-choreogr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2010

    Hamlet, Prince of Puddles

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festNEW REVIEW GO SCHMUTZIGEN DEUTSCHE KABARETT ​ Photo by Amanda Marquardt This latest, late-night creation from sardonic, surrealist director-choreogr ... More >>

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    October 14, 2010
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    October 10, 2010

    Stage Raw: Hamlet, Prince of Puddles

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO HAMLET, PRINCE OF PUDDLES ​ Photo by Justin Zsebe Scholars have teased out new layers in Shakespeare's tragedy for 400 years. A new company, L'Enfant Terrible, co ... 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 >>

  • Stage

    December 24, 2009

    Blood Drops Keep Falling on My Head: Debbie McMahon's Grand Guignolers

    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 >>

  • Stage

    November 26, 2009

    Truth and Consequences

    Cause and effect in Bill Cain’s Equivocation and Burglars of Hamm’s Land of the Tigers

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Stage Raw: As You Like It

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO AS YOU LIKE ITAs You Like It Photo courtesy of Aquila TheatreSummer is in full heat across the Southland, which brings out amphitheater producti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2009

    Stage Raw: Clowntown City Limits

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK CLOWNTOWN CITY LIMITSPhoto by Ed RachlesImagine a personable, grimy, makeup-smeared, cigar-chomping guy in a tank top, not unlike Tommy Lee Jones, playing cards outdoors on the porch of some tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pigs' Life (St. Joan of the Slaughterhouses)

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK ST JOAN OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSESPhoto by Vitor MartinsFor a lucid analysis of the malfunctioning global financial markets, one could do worse than Bertolt Brecht. And it's hard to imagine doi ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 11, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Cymbeline, Oleanna, The Little Foxes

    Also, School House Rock Live! Too, Stranger and more

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Stage Raw: Love Water

    At your fingertips, the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on the principal creators of the Wooster Group's La DidoneNEW REVIEW LOVE WATER photo by Dan Bonnell In a drainage pipe near a park and a ditch that might be a space-alien breeding ground, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009

    The Projectionist

    At your fingertips, the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on the principal creators of the Wooster Group's La DidoneNEW REVIEW LOVE WATER photo by Dan Bonnell In a drainage pipe near a park and a ditch that might be a space-alien breeding ground, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Stage Raw: Land of the Tigers

    CLICK HERE FOR COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLAND OF THE TIGERS IS THIS WEEK'S PICKLand of the Tigers Photo by Jon Beauregard Noises OnCool Cats and Hot ActorsAct 1 of the Burglars of Hamm's hilarious and thought provoking comedy, Land of the Tigers, outlandishly crosses Cats with Planet of the Ape ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Stage Raw: Photograph 51

    THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.,  AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP OR BUY TICKETS.BRODER AND SMITH ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Stage Raw: Grease

    L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS TONIGHT AT EL PORTALL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE EL REYPURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES GREASE at the PantagesGrease Photo by Joan MarcusNEW REVIEW GREASE Born of NBC's re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Stage Raw: Before Kirk Douglas Forgets

    PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. BEFORE I FORGETKirk Douglas in Before I Forget. Photo by Craig Schwartz The gift in Kirk Douglas' one-man show, Before I Forget,  that opened over the weekend in the theater name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Biggest Thank You Ever Given

    The Biggest Thank You Ever Given I'm thunderstruck and deeply moved by the outpouring and quality of your appreciations to me in your emails and in the comments to Friday's posting on the elimination of the L.A. Weekly's Theater Editor position. What a privilege: to read all that, to have served ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Stage Raw: Arts Freeze

    ARTS FREEZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS In a cost-cutting measure, the Los Angeles Unified School District has frozen district funds until the state legislature returns to Sacramento in January to sort out the State budget gridlock. Arts for L.A. has been quick to point out that the freeze includes existin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2008

    Ken Roht's 99 Cent Only Calendar Girl Competition

    ARTS FREEZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS In a cost-cutting measure, the Los Angeles Unified School District has frozen district funds until the state legislature returns to Sacramento in January to sort out the State budget gridlock. Arts for L.A. has been quick to point out that the freeze includes existin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2008

    Ken Roht's 99c Only Calendar Girl Competition

    ARTS FREEZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS In a cost-cutting measure, the Los Angeles Unified School District has frozen district funds until the state legislature returns to Sacramento in January to sort out the State budget gridlock. Arts for L.A. has been quick to point out that the freeze includes existin ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 11, 2008

    Theater Reviews: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, Scrooge Must Die!

    Plus, A Grand Guignol Children's Show, A Chicago Christmas Carol and more

  • Calendar

    June 5, 2008

    Norman's Ark

    Plus, A Grand Guignol Children's Show, A Chicago Christmas Carol and more

  • Stage

    June 5, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Jen and Angie, I'm Just Wild About Harry

    Also, Money & Run, Boise U.S.A. and more

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    February 14, 2008
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    December 27, 2007

    2007 in the Rearview Mirror

    Whoops, there goes another theater year

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    October 4, 2007

    Theater Reviews

    Whoops, there goes another theater year

  • Stage

    December 21, 2006

    Theater

    Whoops, there goes another theater year

  • Stage

    December 21, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    This week's pick, Beautiful City. Also The Chase Lounge, Jackson Frost and more

  • Stage

    October 26, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    Including Flirting with Morty and this week's pick, Souvenir

  • Stage

    March 2, 2006

    Revenants

    When antiheroes come home to roost

  • Stage

    February 9, 2006

    The Lawees Are Coming; The Lawees Are Coming!

    Our nominees for the 27th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

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    December 1, 2005

    Young American Grows Up

    Our nominees for the 27th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

  • Stage

    December 1, 2005

    Behind the Garb

    The 99-cent costume crew

  • Stage

    June 9, 2005

    Pissed Off and Pissed On

    Plays about rage and melancholy

  • Stage

    February 17, 2005

    The 26th Annual LA Weekly Theater Awards

    The nominees for the 26th annual LA Weekly Theater Awards

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    February 12, 2004

    The 25th Annual LA Weekly Theater Award Nominees

    Including A Clockwork Orange, The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union and more

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Letters

    Including A Clockwork Orange, The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union and more

  • Stage

    February 1, 2001

    Good Grief

    Edward Bond’s Saved

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