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Henrik Ibsen

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Mesmerizing Child's-Eye View of Grief, Walking the Tightrope

    Child-like views delighted our critics this week, with Mike Kenney's Walking the Tightrope at the 24th Street Theatre taking Pick of the Week, and a nod to Albie Selznick's magic show Smoke and Mirrors at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood. There's also a recommendation for an adult comed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Family Strife and Sexual Taboos in Machu Picchu, Texas

    Family trauma drama Machu Picchu, Texas (pictured above) grabs our Pick of the Week this week. Good reviews also for Noel Coward's Fallen Angels at the Pasadena Playhouse and David Henry Hwang's Chinglish at South Coast Rep. For all New Theater Reviews, and this weekend's comprehensive listing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jane Kaczmarek in The Snake Can

    Kathryn Graf's new comedy about women slipping into middle-age, The Snake Can, is this week's pick of the week. Also a nod for Cathy Rigby reprising her decades-long performance in Peter Pan. See below for all the latest New Theater Reviews, and this week's comprehensive stage listings. Also, two s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground

    Nods this week for Laguna Playhouse's production of Neil Simon's Chapter Two and Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood. For the latest new reviews and comprehensive stage listings, see below. Tanna Frederick and Robert Standley star in N. Richard Nash's T ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 10, 2013

    Emancipation Proclamations

    Ingmar Bergman's Nora and two plays by Horton Foote at Open Fist Theatre present defiant women, in ways that feel almost nostalgic

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Solo Show About Pioneering Actress Hattie McDaniel

    Our critic Lovell Estell was entranced by Vickilyn Reynolds' performance in a show based on the life of Hattie McDaniel, Hattie -- What I Need You To Know. For all the latest New Theater Reviews, and comprehensive stage listings, see below.This week's Stage Feature takes a look a three shows th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2013

    Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Sherlock's Last Case

    No new reviews this week, but these will return at the same time next week, as the new theater season gets underway. See below for complete listings of shows to see this week.In this week's stage feature, we asked our stable of critics what they most dread and anticipate when being assigned a s ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 13, 2012

    Jon Robin Baitz's Play Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum, Reviewed

    No new reviews this week, but these will return at the same time next week, as the new theater season gets underway. See below for complete listings of shows to see this week.In this week's stage feature, we asked our stable of critics what they most dread and anticipate when being assigned a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2012

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2012

    Nora

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2012

    Ghosts, Laughs and Ducks: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    Our list of the best special event films to see in L.A. this week ranges from an Ibsen adaptation to a classic hockey comedy. Friday, Oct. 5 Wide-eyed little ones and nostalgic adults are invited to the eighth annual Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, presented Oct. 5-7 by LACMA. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Stage Raw: LA Weekly Fringe Award Winner

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Salome and J.M. Barrie at PRTCuriousjosh.comThe Burning Opera​The Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse, created by Mark Nicols and Erik Davis, and being performed at Syrup Loft downtown, is among the productions being revie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Stage Raw: Bash'd

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Radar L.A.Sean LambertBash'd, A Gay Rap Opera​A string of recommends comes with this week's theater reviews: Bash'd, A Gay Rap Opera at Celebration Theatre, Blackbird at Rogue Machine, Blood Wedding at the Odyssey, Broadsword at the Back Dahlia, Closet Land at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pigs' Life (St. Joan of the Slaughterhouses)

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK ST JOAN OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSESPhoto by Vitor MartinsFor a lucid analysis of the malfunctioning global financial markets, one could do worse than Bertolt Brecht. And it's hard to imagine doi ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 18, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Bach at Leipzig, Bingo With the Indians, La Didone

    Also, Notes From Underground, Dame Edna: My First Last Tour and more

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Stage Raw: Opera Buffing

    The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK: LA DIDONEPhoto by Paula CourtOPERA BUFFINGThe Wooster Group's La DidoneNYC's The Wooster Group, in partnersh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Rehearsal

    AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, THIS COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's INTERVIEW with playwright Richard GreenbergTHE REHEARSAL is this week's Theater PickThe Rehearsal Photo by Craig SchwartzNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK In French dramatist Jean Anouilh's scintillating 1958 play, The Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Seafarer

    AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS  NEW REVIEW: THE SEAFARER at the Geffen PlayhouseJohn Mahoney and Andrew Connolly in The Seafarer Photo by Michael LamontNEW REVIEW GO THE SEAFARER If you're seeking innovation in the theater, look elsewhere. Conor McPherson's I ... More >>

  • Stage

    March 26, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Photograph 51, Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara, Ghosts

    Also, The School for Wives, Tragedy: A Tragedy and more

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Ghosts

    Also, The School for Wives, Tragedy: A Tragedy and more

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Stage Raw: Photograph 51

    THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.,  AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP OR BUY TICKETS.BRODER AND SMITH ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Stage Raw: Grease

    L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS TONIGHT AT EL PORTALL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE EL REYPURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES GREASE at the PantagesGrease Photo by Joan MarcusNEW REVIEW GREASE Born of NBC's re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Biggest Thank You Ever Given

    The Biggest Thank You Ever Given I'm thunderstruck and deeply moved by the outpouring and quality of your appreciations to me in your emails and in the comments to Friday's posting on the elimination of the L.A. Weekly's Theater Editor position. What a privilege: to read all that, to have served ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 17, 2008

    Theater Listings

    For the week of Jan. 18-24

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    December 27, 2007

    Theater Listings

    For the week of January 4-10

  • Stage

    December 20, 2007

    Theater Reviews: The Color Purple, High School Musical, Bob's Holiday Office Party

    Also A Doll House, Paging Dr. Chutzpah, Seven Santas and more

  • Stage

    December 6, 2007

    Theater Listings

    For the Week of Dec. 7-14 Opening This Week Larger Theaters Smaller TheatersHollywood, West Hollywood, Downtown The Valleys Westside, Beaches Special Events

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    November 29, 2007

    Theater Listings

    For the Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 6

  • Stage

    September 13, 2007

    Theater Listings

    For the week of Sept. 7-13

  • Stage

    August 30, 2007

    Theater Reviews: Cirque du Soleil's Corteo, The Hasty Heart

    Also A Doll's House, Confessions of a Catholic Child and more

  • Stage

    March 2, 2006

    Revenants

    When antiheroes come home to roost

  • Stage

    December 30, 2004

    Homo Repair

    Jon Robin Baitz’s new play about a gay man, cured and pickled

  • Stage

    September 14, 2000

    High Fidelity

    . . . the second time, as camp

  • News

    August 31, 2000

    Letters

    . . . the second time, as camp

  • Stage

    April 15, 1999

    Baby Killers

    Hedda Gabler in Westwood, and Wesley Walker's new play in Silver Lake

  • Calendar

    September 3, 1998

    Moss Gathering

    Hedda Gabler in Westwood, and Wesley Walker's new play in Silver Lake

  • Stage

    August 20, 1998

    Sympathy for the Devil

    The Crucible reinterpreted

  • Stage

    August 13, 1998

    A Doctor Calls

    Ibsen as CityWalk attraction

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