Joel DaavidTony Gatto and Lulu Brud, in Tennessee Williams "Baby Doll" at the LillianLovell Estell III found Tony Gatto's performance to be a highlight of this week's, Pick of the Week, Tennessee Williams Baby Doll at the Lillian. Recommendations also for Pat Kinevane's solo performance abou ... More >>
NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Juan and JohnSven Ellirand100 Saints You Should KnowRobert Reimer's Sotto Voce (Zombie Joe's Underground), Elizabeth Meriwether's The Mistakes Madeline Made (Lounge Theatre) and Kate Fodor's 100 Saints You Should Know (Elephant Stages) landed on this wee ... More >>
THEATER NEW REVIEWS WILL BE POSTED BY 8 P.M.Stage FEATURE on L.A. theater's moment of truth this coming summerStage FEATURE on Norm Foster's The Motor Trade, and Thornton Wilder's Our TownTheater Awards Slide-Show by Timothy NorrisMONDAY NIGHT AT THE EL REYAsh Panda rocks the house. Photo by Timo ... More >>
Year of the inner child
Also, Roccopella, Crimes of the Heart
NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Watson (Sacred Fools) and Futura (Boston Court)COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO ROCCOPELLA Embellished with funky MTV-inspired videos, writer/solo performer George Spielvogel's goofy good-natured comedy sports an array of ditzy characters who sha ... More >>
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleHOW DO ACTORS DO IT? As told by Alan Mandell, who was among a dozen or so actors auditioning for the movie This Must Be the Place, starring Sean Penn. The role was for a man 94-years old. Mandell, being ... More >>
Also, Groundlings River Adventure, Flat, The Exercise, Engagementand more
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS STAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain TheatreNEW REVIEW GO FREE MAN OF COLOR Photo by Michael LamontA young, well-spoken and highly educated black man is tapped to become the leader of a nation. But it's not who you think. The year is 1828, the ... More >>
When Jackie was a Kennedy
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS AND NEW REVIEW FUNCTIONS WILL RETURN SHORTLY. 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSYeah, we know, there was apparently no glue in the frames, so recipients who held their coveted Lawee prizes on the stage of the El Rey Monday night frequently suffered the indignity of ... More >>
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 >>
Also, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Forgiveness, Oedipus El Rey and more
The dating game, L.A.-Style
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSTHEATER FEATURE On The Subject Was Roses and The Ballad of Emmett Till THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW KHARMFUL CHARMS OF DANIIL KHARMS Photo by Taso PapadakisHere's a fascinating oddity: A series of short works by a now almost ... More >>
Last week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; also, see this week's THEATER FEATURE on Kevin King's The Idea ManTEN TO LIFE"Hacienda Heights" (from Ten to Life) Photo by Nic Cha KimNEW REVIEW GO TEN TO LIFE Leave logic at the door and you'll get ... More >>
Razor-thin loyalties in Kevin Kings comedy-drama
Also, The Fantasticks, Courting Vampires, A Number and more
PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES 40TH ANNUAL L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS LAST NIGHT Vicki Lewis and Wenzel Jones co-hosted with considerable charm an awards show last night that was sweet, simple and too long -- probably due to ... More >>
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 >>
DRACULADracula is this week's Pick. See review by pressing the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section. (All New Reviews are embedded within the Comprehensive Theater Listings.) Photo by Michael Lamont GETTING PHYSICAL Two bills of physical comedy are being performed at Sacred Fool ... More >>
BOHEMIAN COWBOY is this week's Pick of the Week Crossing the Center Line A father heads into the desert, never to return By Steven Leigh MorrisThe original title of Raymond King Shurtz's one-man show was The Gospel of Irony ― which would have been a particularly ironic title, had it stuck, s ... More >>
FILM is this week's Pick of the Week. Photo by Darrett Sanders Failing Better The Absurdists' convention Local playwright Patrick McGowan's new play, Film, has no right to be as good as it is. The central character is the late theater director Alan Schneider (Bill Robens) -- known for stagi ... More >>
CANDIDA Candida at the Colony Theatre is this week's Pick. Photo by Michael Lamont. At your fingertips: The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards NOMINEES.Tickets for nominee's guests and for the general public can now be purchased via http://tinyurl.com/theaterawardsReviewed this we ... More >>
Minsky's Photo by Craig Schwartz MINSKY'S The world premiere of Charles Strouse, Susan Birkenhead and Bob Martin's new '30s musical opens to the press tonight (Friday) at the Ahmanson. Director-choregographer Casey Nicholaw took The Drowsy Chaperone from the Ahmanson to Broadway, and has much ... More >>
Check back here Monday after noon for the upcoming weekend's NEW THEATER REVIEWS of The Little Dog Laughed, Douglas Carter Beane's comedy about being oneself in Hollywood and elsewhere, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre; Deborah Pryor's mystical Appalachian one-act The Love Talker at Son of Semele Ens ... More >>
CRITIC-O-METER In case you're wondering what Rob Kendt has been up to in New York City, since leaving his post as editor of Back Stage West, first look no further than his byline - now Rob Weinert-Kendt. That's what a wedding can do. He's also been having bowls of matzoh ball soup at the Polish ... More >>
Also, Asleep on a Bicycle, Speech & Debate, Pugilist Specialist and more
Trying and Quartet look at the costs and benefits of growing old
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One Fell Swoop imagines politics in 2009
And remembering artist and activist Joel Bloom
