Efren Delgadillo

Questioning Authority in Ah, Wilderness! and Prometheus Bound

The Largest Wheel (With a Human Strapped to It) in L.A.

Prometheus Bound is not your typical Getty Villa production. A massive steel wheel will serve as the central set piece for the avant-garde version of the ancient Greek classic tragedy. Portraying the tortured Prometheus, Ron Cephas Jones will perform the entire show lashed to a small platform set i ... More >>

Top 10 Plays We Want to See in 2012

The venerable "best bets for the new year" critic's post always carries with it the uncertain odor of the racetrack tout. Even the seeming sure things -- the NYC-anointed, blue-chip transfers of Broadway hits -- are too often diminished by dispiriting changes in the cast or production design that ca ... More >>

The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

Stage Raw: L.A. Weekly Awards Report

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 REY​Ash Panda rocks the house. Photo by Timo ... More >>

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

Year of the inner child

Brewsie and Willie

Stage Raw: Summer Festivities

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlSUMMER FESTIVITIES Open Fist Theater Company launches its annual Fist Look Festival this weekend, with The Existents, a rock musical by Douglas Crawford and Jason Wooten, music and lyrics by Ty Taylor. T ... More >>

Stage Raw: Bedroom Farce

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALNEW REVIEW GO  BEDROOM FARCE ​Photo by Ron Sossi The title is apt, since the action occurs in three radically different bedrooms in a 1975 English suburb. Kate (blond and taffy-voiced Kate Hollinshead) an ... 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 >>

Theater Reviews: Cave Quest, Lobby Hero, Broads!, Wirehead

Also, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Forgiveness, Oedipus El Rey and more

Stage Raw: Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms

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 >>