Dakin Matthews

Two Plays on Politics and Frivolity in Europe

Reviews of Neva, About Chekhov's Widow, and Yes, Prime Minister, a British Satire

The Nether, Jennifer Haley's New Play at Kirk Douglas Theatre, Takes Place in a Virtual Reality of Sexual Fantasies

Antaeus Company Casts Two Actors in Each Role. Is That a Good Thing?

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 >>

The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees

Year of the inner child

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 >>

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 Raw: Shadow Anthropology

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON PUZZLER AND ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICALCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO SHADOW ANTHROPOLOGY ​Photo by Nigel DookhooTen years after 9/11, the plight of rural Afghanis caught in the crossfire between American forces and the T ... More >>

Much Ado About Nothing

Helen Hunt and Lyle Lovett Do Much Ado

Shakespeare, uncorked

Stage Raw: Caught

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on Vieux Carre at REDCATNEW REVIEW GO CAUGHT ​Photo by Michael LamontIn the aftermath of Proposition 8 passing in November 2008, one of the regrets of those who fought valiantly for gay marriage and against the p ... More >>

King Lear: Free-Speech Blowback

A version for our times

Theater Reviews: Hot Pants, Cold Feet, Liberty Inn, Side by Side by Sondheim

Also, Rock 'n Ridicule, The Story of My Life, Tales of an Urban Indian and more

Liberty Inn: The Musical

Stage Raw: Extropia

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on The Event and Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO EXTROPIA ​ Photo by Keith Roenke Imagine how sonically colorless a world without traditional music would be. Actually, not very, accor ... More >>

Stage Raw: L.A. Theater Aesthetic?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on The Event and Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSGROUNDLINGS SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN ​is one of almost a dozen new productions being reviewed this weekend. For the complete slate, hit the More tab at the ... More >>

The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

Actors and chickens and bears, oh, my!

Stage Raw: Actors and Chickens and Bears, Oh My!

THE WEEKEND'S NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSCo-hosts Vanessa Claire Smith and Jake Broder at the 20th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Monday night. Photo by Tim NorrisTHE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSCo-hosts Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith wer ... More >>

The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

The Arts Crisis Edition

Stage Raw: L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees

Light up the Sky is this week's Pick of the Week. Light up the Sky Photo by Maia Rosenfeld THEATER PICK Moss Hart's sharp, hard-boiled 1946 farce, Light up the Sky, is the quintessential backstage tale of the mid-20th century. His characters are often based on real people: fast-talking produ ... More >>

Theater Listings

For the week of October 19-25

Theater Listings

For the Week of Sept. 21-27

Rhinoceros, Hamlet and the Call of the Dead

The Rhino and the Whino

Theater Reviews

Satisfy Me, Rhinoceros, Jersey Boys and more

Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, The 2006 Ojai Playwrights Conference

Weekend Theater

A preview of the 2006 Ojai Playwrights Conference, and reviews of Little Women and Water and Power

Blood and Hubris at the Paradise Motel

The making of Richard Montoya’s Water & Power

New Theater Reviews

Reviews of Neil LaBute's Bash, Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and Terry Johnson's Hitchcock Blonde

Theater and Comedy Listings

For February 10 - 16 cvc

Theater Listings

For February 10 -16, 2006

Theater Listings

For February 3 - 9, 2006

Theater Listings

Our Gangsters

David Hare’s sneer tactics play to the converted

Theater in Exile

What does it mean when we send our theater companies packing?

The 26th Annual LA Weekly Theater Awards

The nominees for the 26th annual LA Weekly Theater Awards

Company Town

How a big city became America’s small-theater mecca

Steamy, Steamy Night

The 23rd Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

L.A. Weekly’s 23rd Annual Theater Award Nominations

All-American