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George Bernard Shaw

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Pycho-Sexual Boxing Match

    Pycho-sexual spectacles got nods from our critics this week, including Illyrian Players' Lord Blackberry's Apocalypse and our Pick of the Week, Tender Napalm. Nice reviews also for Doma Theatre Company's Dreamgirls at the MET, Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice at A Noise Within, Latino Theatre Company's Melacho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including an Unusual Look at Motherhood

    This week, our critics enjoyed composer and musical director Gregory Nabours' 90-minute musical The Trouble With Words (Coeurage Theatre Company at the Unknown Theatre) as well as a quartet of one-acts at the Lillian under the collective title Unscreened. This week's Pick goes to Dorothy Fortenberry ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 20, 2012

    10 Most Memorable L.A. Theater Moments of 2012

    This week, our critics enjoyed composer and musical director Gregory Nabours' 90-minute musical The Trouble With Words (Coeurage Theatre Company at the Unknown Theatre) as well as a quartet of one-acts at the Lillian under the collective title Unscreened. This week's Pick goes to Dorothy Fortenberry ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2012

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jeff Goldblum as a Writing Teacher

    Starting this week, we will now include our listings of all ongoing shows, below the new reviews, to help make it easier for you to decide which shows to see this week.The writing of neurologist Oliver Sacks has inspired a new work at Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena -- Kathryn Walat's Creation. S ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 28, 2012

    The Black Glass at the Hollywood Fringe and Heartbreak House at Theatricum Botanicum

    Starting this week, we will now include our listings of all ongoing shows, below the new reviews, to help make it easier for you to decide which shows to see this week.The writing of neurologist Oliver Sacks has inspired a new work at Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena -- Kathryn Walat's Creation. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2012

    A String of GOs in This Week's New Theater Reviews, Plus a Best of Fringe Award

    The third annual Hollywood Fringe festival is now history, and this L.A. Weekly best of award goes to Eric Davis' demonic Red Bastard. Also check out this week's stage feature on Theatricum Botanicum's production of Shaw's The Heartbreak House, and Guy Zimmerman's The Black Glass. Our critics were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Eli Broad Joins Twitter, Starts Blog to Plug New Memoir The Art of Being Unreasonable

    L.A. philanthropist Eli Broad joined Twitter using the handle @UnreasonableEli to help publicize his new book The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking, which is being released by Wiley on May 8. He also started blogging at elibroad.com/blog.

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Candida

    L.A. philanthropist Eli Broad joined Twitter using the handle @UnreasonableEli to help publicize his new book The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking, which is being released by Wiley on May 8. He also started blogging at elibroad.com/blog.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Candida, and other New Theater Reviews . . .

    Aaron Morgan"Candida," produced by Crysalis Stage at The Complex​Chrysalis Stage's revival of G.B. Shaw's Candida at The Complex nabbed this week's Pick of the Week. ​ Our critics also liked On Holy Ground with Salome Jens at the MET, in Hollywood. See here for all the latest New Theater Reviews ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Stage Raw: Loveland

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO LOVELAND ​Photo by Leland Auslender What a rare experience it is, when a character that's as maniacal, sexually overheated and as transparently off the rails as a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Stage Raw: Voombodian Women from Outer Space!

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterVOOMBODIAN WOMEN FROM OUTER SPACE! Staged reading of Barry Schwam's new play at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., in Sierra Madre. Sun., 7:30 p.m. $5 (626) 355-4318 AN EVENING WITH PAT BOONE, ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 17, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Leiris Picasso, A Memory of What Might Have Been, The Jesus Hickey

    Also, The Importance of Being Earnest, Grace and Glorie and more

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    A Memory of What Might Have Been

    Also, The Importance of Being Earnest, Grace and Glorie and more

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Stage Raw: A Memory of What Might Have Been

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashNEW REVIEW GO  A MEMORY OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ​ Photo courtesy of Zombie Joe's Underground George Bernard Shaw wrote that "men and women are made by their own fancies in the image ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2010

    The Female of th Species

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashNEW REVIEW GO  A MEMORY OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ​ Photo courtesy of Zombie Joe's Underground George Bernard Shaw wrote that "men and women are made by their own fancies in the image ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Stage Raw: Female of the Species

     COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES ​Photo by Michael Lamont"The female of the species is more deadly than the male," wrote Rudyard Kipling just about 100 years ago. That might well be the theme of Austra ... More >>

  • Stage

    February 5, 2010

    Oh, Camelot!

    The Pasadena Playhouse takes a final bow. Again

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Stage Raw: City Council Postpones Crisis Vote

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's THEATER FEATURE On Bobrauschenbergamerica and Orpheus DescendingCHECK BACK HERE MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESCITY COUNCIL POSTPONES VOTE, CULTURAL AFFAIRS PROGRAMS SPARED FOR T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Stage Raw: Yes, You Can Do Something of Consequence

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's THEATER FEATURE On Bobrauschenbergamerica and Orpheus DescendingCheck here on Monday afternoon for the 2009 L.A. Weekly Theater Awards nominees!YES, YOU CAN DO SOMETHING. The local blogosphere has been generating a number of letters like ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 11, 2009

    False Witnesses in Oleanna and The Crucible

    Bitch hunts of the American theater

  • Stage

    May 7, 2009

    Hearts of Darkness: The 2009 Pacific Playwrights Festival

    Bitch hunts of the American theater

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. Marathons

    THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso at your fingertips, the latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS, and our REPORT of Monday night's 30th annual L.A. Weekly Awards.Rosalind Productions' staging of Shaw's Misalliance continues at the Odyssey. Photo by Christopher MoscatielloCheck back here Monday afte ... 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

    February 16, 2009

    Stage Raw: Film

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2009

    Candida

    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 >>

  • Stage

    February 12, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Candida, Poor, Poor Lear, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Also, Surviving Sex, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh, and more

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Stage Raw: Candida

    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 >>

  • Stage

    August 7, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Gulls, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs

    Also Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer and more

  • Calendar

    August 7, 2008

    Mrs. Warren's Profession

    Also Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer and more

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Saint Joan

    Also Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer and more

  • Stage

    May 15, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Hillary Agonistes, Of Mice and Men, Flora the Red Menace

    Also Indecent Acts, I'd Rather Be Right and more

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    My Fair Lady

    Also Indecent Acts, I'd Rather Be Right and more

  • Stage

    April 17, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Beaverquest!: The Musical, My Fair Lady

    Also, Chico’s Angels: Chicas Are Forever, The Time of Your Life, and more

  • Film+TV

    March 1, 2007

    Film Reviews: Black Snake Moan, Wild Hogs and more

    Also this week's pick, Encounter Point

  • Film+TV

    February 1, 2007

    Kiddie Porn

    From Dakota Fanning’s rape to John Cusack’s daddy issues, Sundance 2007 was all about child exploitation

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Apt Pupil

    With The History Boys, Alan Bennett stays at the head of the class

  • Stage

    October 19, 2006

    Imperfect Wagnerites

    The Ring wrongly rung

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Theater Featuring a Chorus of Frogs

    The Ring wrongly rung

  • Stage

    August 31, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    Including Corpus Christi and Marat/Sade

  • Stage

    April 20, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    For the week of April 21-27

  • Stage

    April 13, 2006

    Theater Listings

    For the week of May 26 - June 1

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    ''Seems never to achieve his potential. Indolent.''

    Re-reading report cards can be depressing

  • Stage

    June 24, 2004

    Rocket Man

    In conversational orbit with Ray Bradbury

  • LA Life

    April 10, 2003

    The Making of a Designer

    Monah Li on creation, transformation,faith — and garmentos

  • Stage

    April 5, 2001

    The Gadfly in the Grove

    Monah Li on creation, transformation,faith — and garmentos

  • Stage

    March 8, 2001

    Cleopatra Takes a Bath

    Monah Li on creation, transformation,faith — and garmentos

  • Stage

    November 9, 2000

    Echo Chambers

    Sounds from the young 20th century

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2000

    No Arms, No Legs, All Heart

    Sounds from the young 20th century

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    L.A.’s Playful pastimes

    Sounds from the young 20th century

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