Joel Daavid

Deathtrap

The Troubies Strike Gold Again in Two Gentlemen of Chicago, plus Theatre Banshee's Pick-Worthy Merchant, and Other New Reviews

Just about recovered from Monday night's Lawees, described in a stream of personal emails as "the best ever," thanks to hosts Lost Moon Radio. ​. Winners here. Check out our more expansive commentary in this week's stage feature. Here are all the latest New Reviews, or you can find them after t ... More >>

Baby Doll

Just about recovered from Monday night's Lawees, described in a stream of personal emails as "the best ever," thanks to hosts Lost Moon Radio. ​. Winners here. Check out our more expansive commentary in this week's stage feature. Here are all the latest New Reviews, or you can find them after t ... More >>

Baby Doll, Forgotten, On Holy Ground and other new reviews . . .

Joel DaavidTony Gatto and Lulu Brud, in Tennessee Williams "Baby Doll" at the Lillian​Lovell Estell III found Tony Gatto's performance to be a highlight of this week's, Pick of the Week, Tennessee Williams Baby Doll at the Lillian. ​ Recommendations also for Pat Kinevane's solo performance abou ... More >>

Love Sick

Joel DaavidTony Gatto and Lulu Brud, in Tennessee Williams "Baby Doll" at the Lillian​Lovell Estell III found Tony Gatto's performance to be a highlight of this week's, Pick of the Week, Tennessee Williams Baby Doll at the Lillian. ​ Recommendations also for Pat Kinevane's solo performance abou ... More >>

Stage Raw: D is for Dog

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Gregg Ostrin's KowalskiKris BicknellD is for Dog​This week, Deborah Klugman was smitten with Kate Polebaum's new play about 1950 suburbia gone awry, D is for Dog. Also, weekly critics filed strong reviews this week for As You Like ... More >>

Jonas Oppenheim's Free $$$ and Israela Margalit's Trio

Fidelity in flames

Stage Raw: Roccopella

NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Watson (Sacred Fools) and Futura (Boston Court)COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO ROCCOPELLA ​ Embellished with funky MTV-inspired videos, writer/solo performer George Spielvogel's goofy good-natured comedy sports an array of ditzy characters who sha ... More >>

Stage Raw: Circle X and Bootleg Hook Up to Read Plays

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingCIRCLE X AND BOOTLEG HOOK UP TO READ PLAYS Circle X Theatre Company and Bootleg are joining forces to present a series of Monday night readings of new works, starting September 13, at the Bootleg venue. Playwrights s ... More >>

Stage Raw: City Garage Bids Adieu to Fourth Street

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War Cycle2011 MARK TAPER FORUM SEASON ANNOUNCED ​John Lithgow Photo by Nigel Perry John Lithgow will ring in the New Year spinning yarns in Stories By Heart, previously produced at the Lincoln Center and at the National ... More >>

Stage Raw: How Do Actors Do It?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleHOW DO ACTORS DO IT? As told by Alan Mandell, who was among a dozen or so actors auditioning for the movie This Must Be the Place, starring Sean Penn. The role was for a man 94-years old. Mandell, being ... More >>

Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue in Hollywood. RSVP here Check back Monday night for reviews of: BOY'S LIFE, Howard Korder's 1988 ba ... More >>

Theater Reviews: It Ain't All Confetti, Tracers, Road to Saigon

Also, Crimes of the Heart, The Maids, Skylight and more

Stage Raw: Lease Subsidy Program Gets Another Lease

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT FEATURE ON BORN TO BE ALIVE and THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACELEASE SUBSIDY PROGRAM GETS ANOTHER LEASE A recommendation by L.A.'s Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana to restructure (eliminate) the city's Lease Subsidy Program for non- ... More >>

Stage Raw: Tracers

COMPREHENSIVE THEATRE LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT FEATURE ON AUDIENCESNEW REVIEW GO TRACERS ​ Photo courtesy of the Loft Ensemble Thirty years after its Los Angeles debut, writer John DiFusco's anti-war drama retains its relevance and power. Written collaboratively in the 1970s by DiFu ... More >>

Stage Raw: Supernova

ALL THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS NEW REVIEW GO SUPERNOVA ​Photo by Joel Daavid Mabel (Bonnie Hunt), a naive Des Moines housewife, calls a graveyard shift salesman named Joe in Los Angeles (Timothy McNeil), to order an expensive watch for her son's 18th birthday. She can't yet go through with the ... More >>

Theater Reviews: The Confusion of My Illusion, The Psychic, Sweet Sue

Also, No-No Boy, The Wake, Lascivious Something and more

Stage Raw: The Female of the Species

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Palestine, New MexicoFEMALE OF THE SPECIES The Geffen Playhouse just announced that Anette Bening will star in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy, The Female of the Species along with David Arquette, Mirielle Enos, Merritt Weve ... More >>

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 >>

Just 45 Minutes From Broadway

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 >>

Stage Raw: Rachel Rosenthal at 83

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipRACHEL ROSENTHAL AT 83 ​The Rachel Rosenthal Company (founded in 1989) is throwing a fundraiser to help celebrate the performance artist's 83rd birthday, past achievements and the upcoming publication o ... More >>

Stage Raw: Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipNEW REVIEW GO ​Photo by Ed KriegerJUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY  Suffused with a near-Chekhovian mix of the wistful and the melancholy, playwright Henry Jaglom's world premiere comedy is a delight - a ... More >>

Stage Raw: Awards, Awards on Every Corner

Minsky's Photo by Craig Schwartz MINSKY'S The world premiere of Charles Strouse, Susan Birkenhead and Bob Martin's new '30s musical opens to the press tonight (Friday) at the Ahmanson. Director-choregographer Casey Nicholaw took The Drowsy Chaperone from the Ahmanson to Broadway, and has much ... More >>

Asleep on a Bicycle

Minsky's Photo by Craig Schwartz MINSKY'S The world premiere of Charles Strouse, Susan Birkenhead and Bob Martin's new '30s musical opens to the press tonight (Friday) at the Ahmanson. Director-choregographer Casey Nicholaw took The Drowsy Chaperone from the Ahmanson to Broadway, and has much ... More >>

Theater Reviews: 9 to 5: The Musical, 43 Plays for 43 Presidents

Also, Asleep on a Bicycle, Speech & Debate, Pugilist Specialist and more

Daniel Goldfarb's Adam Baum and the Jew Movie

Real jews don't eat kitsch

Sexy Laundry

Real jews don't eat kitsch

Theater Reviews: Sexy Laundry, Stupid Kids

Also, Frozen, Robots vs. Fake Robots

The 29th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards: The Rock Opera

Backers' Audition Edition

Sexy Laundry

Backers' Audition Edition

Theater Reviews: Attempts on Her Life, The Last Schwartz, The Piano Lesson

Also: The History Boys, Love Loves a Pornographer, Bury the Dead

The First Post-Bush Bash

One Fell Swoop imagines politics in 2009

Theater Reviews: Bug, Scab, Fowl and More

Also reviews of Food for Fish and The Merry Widow

Theater Reviews

Also reviews of Food for Fish and The Merry Widow

Theater Reviews

Including Corpus Christi and Marat/Sade

Theater Reviews

Including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Four Man Plan and more

Detours

A lost highway and roads not taken

Overexposed

Shem Bitterman’s darkroom drama

Theater Reviews

Shem Bitterman’s darkroom drama

Theater Reviews

For the week of April 21-27

New Theater Reviews

For the week of February 24 - March 2

The Gull Can’t Help It

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds lands onstage

Music Men

Of cover bands and gospel truths

Chelsea Girls and Boys

Striking out in the big town

Glittering Prizes

The 26th annual L.A. Weekly Theater awards

The Black Album

Sean Huze’s snapshots of war

The 26th Annual LA Weekly Theater Awards

The nominees for the 26th annual LA Weekly Theater Awards

Gags of New York

Absurdism in the basement, pratfalls on the rooftop