Eugene Ionesco

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Japanese War Brides Musical Tea, With Music

A musical about World War II war brides, Tea, With Music, for which the author, Velina Hasu Houston, has added songs and music for this production, is our Pick of the Week. For all new theater reviews, see below. This week's stage fature looks a couple of plays aiming to be light fare: Micha ... More >>

Bald Soprano: A Christmas Anti-Play

UCLA's International Theater Program Is Back With a French Production of Rhinoceros

Exit the King

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 >>

Brett Neveu's 4 Murders

Absurdism is back

Gregory Moss' House of Gold

Ionesco Meets JonBenet Ramsay

Gil Cates dies at 77

Craig SchwartzA Noise Within cuts open a new path in Pasadena​GIL 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 >>

Stage Raw: The Chairs and the Hamptons

THEATER NEW REVIEWS (and this week's openings)Theater Awards ReportTheater Awards Slide-Show by Timothy NorrisTHE CHAIRS​Eugene Ionesco's tragic farce about an elderly couple preparing for a visit by invisible guests opens this weekend at A Noise Within. 234 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, (818) 240-0 ... More >>

God's Sabbatical

John Sinner's Happy Ending and Marios Stilianakis' Water

Stage Raw: Circle X and Bootleg Hook Up to Read Plays

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingCIRCLE X AND BOOTLEG HOOK UP TO READ PLAYS Circle X Theatre Company and Bootleg are joining forces to present a series of Monday night readings of new works, starting September 13, at the Bootleg venue. Playwrights s ... More >>

Theater Reviews: A Wither's Tale, All My Sons,Karma the Musical

Also, Chess in Concert, On the Verge (Or the Geography of Yearning) and more

Stage Raw: City Garage Bids Adieu to Fourth Street

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War Cycle2011 MARK TAPER FORUM SEASON ANNOUNCED ​John Lithgow Photo by Nigel Perry John Lithgow will ring in the New Year spinning yarns in Stories By Heart, previously produced at the Lincoln Center and at the National ... More >>

Stage Raw: Much Ado

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS STAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleNEW REVIEW GO GRIFFITH PARK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING​Photo by Ivy AugustaDon John (Sean Pritchett) is such a bastard. Really. He's the bastard son of Don Pedro (Luis Galindo), pri ... More >>

Sly Stone's "White Boy" Coachella Rant Against Former Manager Allowed As Part of Defamation Lawsuit

Gustavo TurnerSly Stone at Coachella​We were among the first news outlets to report on Sly Stone's disastrous gig at this year's Coachella festival: Sly would sing a few bars of the classics ("Stand," "Family Affair") but he'd soon stop and start asking what time it was and how long he had to ... More >>

Day 3: Sly & the Family Codependent

Gustavo Turner​Somewhere under that wig and that Halloween cop uniform there's a wonderful, talented human being named Sly Stone. Sadly, he didn't show up at Coachella this year. Instead, a 1/3 full Mojave tent witnessed the absolutely sad spectacle of a bunch of hanger-ons pretending everyth ... More >>

Stage Raw: Cannibal! The Musical

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS plus the LATEST NEW REVIEWSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco's The ChairsNEW REVIEW GO CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL ​Photo by Jami JohnsonHumankind can be said to be divided into two, mutu ... More >>

Stage Raw: Closer Than Ever

The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco's The ChairsCLOSER THAN EVER ​is Lodestone Theatre Company's musical revue, opening this weekend, ... More >>

Treefall and The Chairs: Beyond World’s End

Postapocalyptic plays by Henry Murray and Eugene Ionesco

Stage Raw: The Miser

The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on improvised musicalsNEW REVIEW PICK  THE MISER ​Photo by Miriam GeerDirector Ellen Geer delivers a hilarious and highly polished production of Moliere's  comedy. It's a fait ... More >>

Stage Raw: bobrauschenbergamerica

The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on improvised musicalsBOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA, AND THEATER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS​Photo by Josh HeislerTheatricians Theater Group -- a new company consisting of mostly university students and ... More >>

Song and Angst: The Rise (and Fall?) of the New, Dark L.A. Musical

“Dark times engender dark works — not just in musical theater but in all art”

Stage Raw: New Troupes on the Block

NEW TROUPES ON THE BLOCK Under the umbrella of Cornerstone Theatre Company, a new company called Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras (Day Laborer Theater Without Borders) launches at the Hollywood Community Job Center, 5669 De Longpre Avenue; December 20 at noon. The 15-member troupe will voice the s ... More >>

Stage Raw: Babes in Toyland

BABES IN TOYLAND is this week's Theater Pick. Writes Tom Provenzano: "While visions of nutcrackers and victorian misers dance through the yuletide entertainment listings, this production offers a delightful alternative. Forty kids, age 9 to 19 romp, through Alice Hammerstein-Mathias and William M ... More >>

Stage Raw: Your Source for Free and Discount Theater Tickets

FREE AND DISCOUNT THEATER TICKETS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Plays411 is offering FREE & Discount Tickets: You only pay $3.50 Service Fee, or Half-off where indicated. Advance Reservations only: Go to: plays411.com, then select the show, use Promo Code: "LETMEIN" (unless otherwise instructed ... More >>

Stage Raw: Leslie Jordan's Trip Down the Pink Carpet

This Week's Theater Pick Leslie Jordan's Autobiographical Trip Down the Pink Carpet If a zest for life is infectious, there's probably no more delightful a carrier than Leslie Jordan. A diminutive stage, film, Emmy Award-winning TV actor, and fugitive from the Bible Belt, Jordan regales us ... More >>

Stage Raw: Ivanov

IVANOV Ivanov Photo Credit: Thomas Aurin Berlin's Volksbühne presents its U.S. premiere of Chekhov's Ivanov at UCLA's Freud Playhouse tonight and Satruday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 7 p.m. Click here for more information. FOURPLAY @ BOSTON COURT The Pasadena theater hosts readings of four new ... More >>

Killing Game

Theater Reviews: The Little Dog Laughed, Killing Game

Also, The Love Talker, The Night Before Christmas and more

Stage Raw: Cocks of the Walk

COCKS OF THE WALK The same people who brought us Naked Boys Singing are at it again -- this time showing considerable more restraint with a musical revue subtly named Hangin' Out -- described as "a celebration of the human body . . . exploring different aspects of nudity in song and dance." Now ... More >>

Stage Raw: Lodestone Says Goodnight and Good Luck

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 >>

Stage Raw: Critic-O-Meter

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 >>

Scott Ritter and The Mission (Accomplished)

Empire and its discontents

Wooster Group's Hamlet; Alex Lyras' The Common Air

All the world's a remix

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Theater Reviews: The Bald Soprano, Dear Brutus, Fool For Love

Also this week's pick, Noel Coward's Tonight at 8:30

Rhinoceros, Hamlet and the Call of the Dead

The Rhino and the Whino

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Satisfy Me, Rhinoceros, Jersey Boys and more

The Big Stuff

Talking art, acting and life with L.A.’s grande dame of theater

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Classics Illustrated

From the library to the stage

Doomed Couples

Scottish malice, Sicilian malaise

Political Toys in the Attic

The Empire Builders takes City Garage up a step

Shark Patrol

As Time Goes Bye-Bye

Circle X Theater Company and Pacific Resident Theater get metaphysical