Gord Davidson

L.A. Theater 2013: A Preview

How a Tiny L.A. Theater Succeeded by Focusing on Local Playwrights -- Leading to a New Stage Version of King Kong

Whether or not Los Angeles is a "theater town," it is certainly a town filled with theaters -- and actors. Small stages and itinerant acting companies are as ubiquitous here as car dealerships, and it's difficult to spit or pay a restaurant check without encountering another headshot-packing devotee ... More >>

We Don't Need No Playwright: How Ensemble-Created Work Is Changing L.A. Theater

L.A. Theater's Moment of Truth

In the national spotlight this summer, will we show we've grown up, or just embarrass ourselves?

31st Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

When Jackie was a Kennedy

Stage Raw: Springtime for Lawees

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 >>

Flying Under the Radar: The Best of L.A. Theater in the '00s

Hearts of Darkness: The 2009 Pacific Playwrights Festival

Culturally Unique: Actors' Equity Goes Soviet on UCLA Live

Plus, the Civilians' This Beautiful City reviewed

John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves: Renewal at the Mark Taper Forum

Is it all skin deep?

Wendy Graf’s Lessons, on Grief and Faith

The Kaddish Dilemma

Theater Reviews: Screwballs, Winter Wonderettes, Lessons

Also All This and Heaven Too, The Desk Set, Grand Delusion and more

April 13, 2007

¡Mas Suave! They’re handsome, charming and so good to their mothers. They’re Mexican American Princes, and they rule Los Angeles. By DANIEL HERNANDEZ

The 28th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

Gordon Davidson, the killer among us

Fireworks in a Dark Sky

Theater 2006

Monday in the Diner With Ed

Hopper’s Nighthawks, live onstage

Blood and Hubris at the Paradise Motel

The making of Richard Montoya’s Water & Power

The Third L.A. Weekly-Hosted Roundtable on New Play Development

Squinting Into the Sun

How our theater will change over the next decade

Missing El Lay

Eating the culture of resistance

The L.A. Times’ Drama-Critic Drama

Living and Dying in L.A. - Part 2

In the shadow of Michael Ritchie’s new CTG, local artists look for sunlight

Our Gangsters

David Hare’s sneer tactics play to the converted

The Great White Way

Minority labs booted from Center Theater

Man of Faith

MacArthur genius Luis Alfaro believes L.A. theater is heading for greatness

Shackles and Flight

Charlayne Woodard’s play about getting through the dark

New Plays on the Big Stage

The Kirk Douglas Theater prepares to open its doors

Jack Black Goes to Hollywood High

The 25th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

Church and State

Ring in the old, ring in the new

Homebodies

With sparse funds and limited visibility, L.A.’s ethnic ensembles stay the course

Our selective list of (almost) 100 actor-driven ensembles that have staying power:

Honoring a Legend

Gordon Davidson

All That Jazz

Talking about my generation

From Rags to Ritchie

The man taking over for Gordon Davidson

Queens of the Angels

Polly Warfield, 1914–2003. Pamela Gordon, 1937–2003

Let Them Drink Beer

The history of Dodger Stadium: A ghost story

Destiny Manifesto

L.A. theater lurches into the future

Tough Act to Follow

The rise and fall, and rise, of theater of color

Exit Stage Left, Slowly

Gordon Davidson and the changing of the guard

Bad Heart, Plenty of Guts

Ron Sossi, and his enduring Odyssey

Debits and Credits

Bart DeLorenzo, the Evidence Is In

French Toast

A pretty, soggy night of Molière

Bourne Free

A choreographer’s cinematic adventures in dance

Reluctant Exile

Eduardo Machado on Padua, the Taper and P.C. hell

Hackin’ and Coffin

QED offers gags, but not much wit; The Wooden Breeks is both fun and funereal

Style and Substance

Star-Crossed and Sweetly Sung

Stanley Soble,1940 - 1999

City of Stages

Hope among the ghosts