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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Foote Notes

Stage Raw: It's Official, Rada to replace Dillingham at CTG

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS   Stage FEATURE on Rajiv Joseph's The Monster at the Door Craig SchwartzEdward L. Rada to replace Charles Dillingham at CTG​An unconfirmed tip reported to the Weekly a couple of weeks ago that Edward L. Rada would be taking over the reti ... More >>

Stage Raw: 4 Clowns Is (Are) Back

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and THIS WEEK'S OPENINGS   Stage FEATURE on Rajiv Joseph's The Monster at the Door Cameron McIntyre4 CLOWNS​Jeremy Aluma's show, 4 Clowns which caused a stir at last year's Hollywood Fringe, re-opened over the weekend at Sacred Fools Th ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Groundlings Singles Cruise,The Next Fairy Tale, 'Til Death Do Us Part

Also, The Young Man From Atlanta, Oh, Momma and Obama and more

The Young Man From Atlanta

Stage Raw: Groundlings Singles Cruise

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Re-Animator the Musical and AlcesteL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESNEW REVIEW GO GROUNDLINGS SINGLES CRUISE ​Photo by Shawn Bishop Sketches by the Groundlings' "A" cast of master improv artists reliably fall into three catego ... More >>

Stage Raw: Theatrification and Broadway 100

COMPREHENSVIE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Tim Crouch's The Author, and the Belarus Free Theatre L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESTHEATRIFICATION AND BROADWAY 100 ​Broadway and the Vaudeville circuit began in Los Angeles 100 years ago, in the downtown Historical Theater Di ... More >>

Stage Raw: Camino Real

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON THE BREAK OF NOON, AND CRACK WHORE GALORE -- LIVE!NEW PARTNERS ​CalArts teams up with the Theater @ Boston Court to present CAMINO REAL  (reviewed here on Tuesday) at the Pasadena theater. Photo by Ed Krieger. Another new pa ... More >>

Stage Raw: Furious Theatre Company and Pasadena Playhouse part ways

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON SPIDER-MAN, ON BROADWAYFURIOUS AND PASADENA PLAYHOUSE PART WAYSFor reasons having to do with Pasadena Playhouse's needs to lease its second space, The Carrie Hamilton Theater, and the need of Furious Theatre Company for a space with h ... More >>

Theater Reviews: The Mystery Plays, The Arsonists, There Is Truth, Love Is Real

Also, Richard & Felix: Twilight in Venice, The Drawer Boy and more

Stage Raw: The Mystery Plays

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE ON THE L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO THE MYSTERY PLAYS ​Photo by Dlugolecki Photography Though its title alludes to the Biblical pageants of Medieval Europe, playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's 2002 pair of sup ... More >>

Stage Raw: LAPD in Bolivia

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE ON THE L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSLOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT IN BOLIVIA​The homeless advocacy theater troupe, Los Angeles Poverty Department, has been touring Bolivia for two months with a stage production of Agentes y A ... More >>

Accidental Suicide? New Involuntary-Manslaughter Option in Phil Spector Murder Retrial

The final arguments: Shifting sand dunes, or rock-solid mountains?

Last Words from Phil Spector's Lawyer Continue

Yesterday I wasn't feeling the star power of Deputy District Attorney Truc Do, after watching the first hour or so of her closing argument. Do, who has co-prosecuted several high-profile cases over the past few years, including the Santa Monica Black Widows murder case and the Chester Turner serial ... More >>

Stage Raw: Horton Foote Dies at 92

HORTON FOOTE DIES, AT 92 From The New York Times: Horton Foote, who chronicled America's wistful odyssey through the 20th century in plays and films mostly set in a small town in Texas, died in Hartford, Conn., on March 4, 2009. He was 92. Mr. Foote wrote more than 60 plays, most of which are ... More >>

Deep in the Heart of Texans

Horton Foote's lone stars shine bright

Theater Listings

For the week of Jan. 18-24

Harrison, Texas

Trip to Doubtful

Horton Foote’s sad elegy to life

Theater Reviews

Including Sugar Plum Fairy, Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants and this week's pick, Mabou Mines Dollhouse

Mabou Mines Dollhouse and Weekend Theater Reviews

Including Sandra Tsing Loh's Sugar Plum Fairy, Sister Act and Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants