Jessica Kubzansky

Richard II, With Only Three Actors

Antaeus Company Casts Two Actors in Each Role. Is That a Good Thing?

Macbeth Two Ways, in North Hollywood

Summer Shakespeare Smackdown in NoHo: Respectable vs. Radical

Why the works of William Shakespeare should be associated with the summer months is anyone's guess. Beyond having written A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Winter's Tale, there is scant evidence to support any seasonal preference on the Bard's part when it comes to staging his plays. What is certain ... More >>

Alan Alda's Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, Christmas 4 Bukowski, and other new reviews. . .

Michael LamontAlan Alda's "Radiance. . . " at the Geffen Playhouse​ Alan Adla's play, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie is this week's Pick of the Week, running alongside a recommended review ​ of Christmas 4 Bukowski presented by Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood.For all the l ... More >>

The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

Stage Raw: L.A. Weekly Awards Report

THEATER NEW REVIEWS WILL BE POSTED BY 8 P.M.Stage FEATURE on L.A. theater's moment of truth this coming summerStage FEATURE on Norm Foster's The Motor Trade, and Thornton Wilder's Our TownTheater Awards Slide-Show by Timothy NorrisMONDAY NIGHT AT THE EL REY​Ash Panda rocks the house. Photo by Timo ... 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 >>

Theater Reviews: The Cradle Will Rock, Alceste, 100 Days

Also Love Letters to Women, Dangerous Beauty, Camino Real and more

The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees

Year of the inner child

Camino Real

Stage Raw: Alceste

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON THE BREAK OF NOON, AND CRACK WHORE GALORE -- LIVE!NEW REVIEW GO ALCESTE ​ Photo by Nicholas SayaanEuripides' version of a Greek myth serves as ground zero for playwright B. Walker Sampson's surreal comedy about the otherworldly ... More >>

What You Don't Know Might Kill You

Jaime Robledo's Watson and Jordan Harrison's Futura

Theater Reviews: Loveland, Blithe Spirit, The Butcher of Baraboo

Also, Hamlet, Prince of Puddles and more

Stage Raw: Hamlet, Prince of Puddles

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO HAMLET, PRINCE OF PUDDLES ​ Photo by Justin Zsebe Scholars have teased out new layers in Shakespeare's tragedy for 400 years. A new company, L'Enfant Terrible, co ... More >>

At the Tip of the Spear

Players on the fringe, making the future

Stage Raw: ZAR

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on producer Sir Cameron MackintoshStage Raw: ZAR Theatre ZAR from Wroclaw, Poland has been in Southern California for over a week, conducting workshops of their choral-physical technique at UC Irvine and UCLA. Their Tryptich opens next w ... More >>

Stage Raw: Impacted Wednesday

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Charles Duncombe's The Trojan Women and Julie Hebert's TreeIMPACTED WEDNESDAY​ Equivocation: Photo by Michael Lamont Three big openings on Wednesday: The  U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. (Polish director Grzego ... More >>

Rotten Families

Theater Reviews: Nibbler, Polyester the Musical, The Ghost Building

Stage Raw: Does Your Acting Career Have That Sinking Feeling?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83DOES YOUR ACTING CAREER HAVE THAT SINKING FEELING?​Captain Smith looks out over oceans of opportunity There's still hope of a rescue! Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, seeks an actor to play the Titani ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Browning Version

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83NEW REVIEW THEATER PICK THE BROWNING VERSION​Photo by Victor MartinsThough not as widely known or acclaimed as his contemporary British playwrights, Terence Rattigan was a superb dramatist and chronicler of hum ... More >>

Stage Raw: Freudenstein: The Monster Lives

This latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded within this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; also, see this week's THEATER FEATURE on El Ogrito (The Ogreling) and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad ZooFREUDENSTEIN: THE MONSTER LIVES Freudenstein: The Monster Lives Photo courtesy of The New LATCAs part ... More >>

Stage Raw: Ten to Life

Last week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; also, see this week's THEATER FEATURE on Kevin King's The Idea ManTEN TO LIFE"Hacienda Heights" (from Ten to Life) Photo by Nic Cha KimNEW REVIEW GO TEN TO LIFE Leave logic at the door  and you'll get ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Our Town, The Crucible, Big

Also, The Fantasticks, Courting Vampires, A Number and more

Stage Raw: Stick Fly

AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: THE WEEKEND'S NEW THEATER REVIEWS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSand this week's THEATER FEATURE: an Off-Broadway roundupReviewed this week: the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's Our Mother's Brief Affair at South Coast Rep; the west coast ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Mauritius, Tennessee Williams Unscripted, Home Siege Home

Plus, Misalliance, Desperate Writers: The Final Draft and more

Mauritius

Stage Raw: "Song of Extinction" Wins Steinberg/ATCA Prize

THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor the weekend's New Reviews, press the "Continue Reading" tab at the bottom of this section.SONG OF EXTINCTION WINS STEINBERG/ATCA PRIZE A scene from the world premiere of Song of Extinction; Photo courtesy of Moving Arts. The largest national award for ... More >>

The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

The Arts Crisis Edition

Stage Raw: L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees

Light up the Sky is this week's Pick of the Week. Light up the Sky Photo by Maia Rosenfeld THEATER PICK Moss Hart's sharp, hard-boiled 1946 farce, Light up the Sky, is the quintessential backstage tale of the mid-20th century. His characters are often based on real people: fast-talking produ ... More >>

Stage Raw: Ajax and Zappa

Theater Listings

For the week of Jan. 18-24

Tranced

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For the week of Nov. 23-29

Theater Listings

For the Week of Nov. 23-29

Theater Reviews: Dogs of Baghdad, Famine Plays and More

Also Five Course Love, Lansky, Out Late

Theater Reviews

Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, Joe Orton's Loot, Neil LaBute's Fat Pig and more

God Shed His Grace On Thee

Gilgamesh, Orestes, and America under fire

Theater Reviews

Including Billy Connolly Live, The Return of Brother Theodore and this week's pick, Atonement

Detours

A lost highway and roads not taken

Theater Reviews

Including this week's picks, Jerker and The Tina Dance.

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

Living and Dying in L.A. - Part 2

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

Site Pacific

Two Russian classics get L.A.’d

Edging Your Bets

Edgefest holds the answers to those handicapping the future of theater in L.A.

The Buck Starts Here

Why two private investors are gambling on the theater

Destiny Manifesto

L.A. theater lurches into the future

Jessica Kubzansky and Her Love Affair

The 21st Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees