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John Combs

  • Stage

    October 28, 2010

    Theater Reviews: From Hoboken to Hollywood: A Journey Through the Great American Songbook

    Also, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, When Garbo Talks!, Wicked Lit and more

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: The Other Festivals

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashTHE OTHER FESTIVALS Running concurrently with the Hollywood Fringe (June 17-27) is Arts Olympus (June 17-20) on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach. AO includes a contemporary Russian exhib ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    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

    May 20, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Blank, Palomino, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    Also, Four Places, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, 1951-2006 and more

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Stage Raw: Four Places

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAYNEW REVIEW GO FOUR PLACES​Photo by John P. FlynnThe family outing on display in Joel Drake Johnson's unsettling comedy resembles a gathering of ornery, wounded jackals. Siblings Warren (Tim Bagley) a ... More >>

  • Stage

    March 18, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Hot Pants, Cold Feet, Liberty Inn, Side by Side by Sondheim

    Also, Rock 'n Ridicule, The Story of My Life, Tales of an Urban Indian and more

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    Liberty Inn: The Musical

    Also, Rock 'n Ridicule, The Story of My Life, Tales of an Urban Indian and more

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Stage Raw: Extropia

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on The Event and Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO EXTROPIA ​ Photo by Keith Roenke Imagine how sonically colorless a world without traditional music would be. Actually, not very, accor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2009

    A Lie of the Mind

    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

    December 3, 2009

    Theater Reviews: A Lie of the Mind, Mercy Warren’s Tea, Molly, Extinction

    Also, Chatsworth, Grace Kim & the Spiders From Mars, Post, and more

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Stage Raw: New Golden Age of British Theater?

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Bill Cain's Equivocation and Burglars of Hamm's Land of the Tigers NEW GOLDEN AGE OF BRITISH THEATRE In today's The Guardian, Mark Lawson writes at some length on a new Golden Age of British theater. Among the more salient quotatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Stage Raw: Violators Will Be Violated

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Bill Cain's Equivocation and Burglars of Hamm's Land of the TigersNEW REVIEW GO VIOLATORS WILL BE VIOLATED ​Photo courtesy of Circle X Theatre CompanyCasey Smith's solo mime-show (he does scream a lot, but there are almost no deciph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. shows NYC-bound

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsL.A. SHOWS HEADING EAST ​SoulArt Productions presentation of Alex Lyras' The Common Air - a nominee in last year's L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards solo performance award for its 2008 run at the Asylu ... More >>

  • Stage

    July 23, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Altar Boyz, the Apple Tree, Chariot, Sprung: A Love Story

    Also, Stop Kiss, Billie and Bogie, God Box and more.

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Stage Raw: As You Like It

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO AS YOU LIKE ITAs You Like It Photo courtesy of Aquila TheatreSummer is in full heat across the Southland, which brings out amphitheater producti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pericles Redux

     THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK PERICLES REDUXPhoto courtesy of Not Man Apart ProductionsScholars have long discussed whether Shakespeare wrote  the entirety of Pericles, Prince of Tyre or collaborated with another writer. (Given the play's convoluted elements, most commentators ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    Stage Raw: Latino New Works Fest

     THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK PERICLES REDUXPhoto courtesy of Not Man Apart ProductionsScholars have long discussed whether Shakespeare wrote  the entirety of Pericles, Prince of Tyre or collaborated with another writer. (Given the play's convoluted elements, most commentators ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    The Great Election

     THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK PERICLES REDUXPhoto courtesy of Not Man Apart ProductionsScholars have long discussed whether Shakespeare wrote  the entirety of Pericles, Prince of Tyre or collaborated with another writer. (Given the play's convoluted elements, most commentators ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 2, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Joe's Garage, Sea Change, Fatboy

    Also, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and more

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    Stage Raw: Abuse for Its Own Sake

    Also, Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and more

  • Stage

    April 3, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Jesus Christ Superstar, Don Juan

    Also, Daughters of Heaven, The Smartest Man in the World

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    The Smartest Man in the World

    Also, Daughters of Heaven, The Smartest Man in the World

  • Stage

    September 20, 2007

    Theater Reviews: Hair, Girl, 20, Leap

    Also I Was a Teenage Homo and more

  • Stage

    December 29, 2005

    Feodor Dostoyevsky’s Christmas Carol

    Circle X visits The Brothers Karamazov

  • Stage

    May 11, 2000

    Beeves Takes Charge

    When nice guys can never finish last

  • Stage

    December 9, 1999

    As Time Goes Bye-Bye

    Circle X Theater Company and Pacific Resident Theater get metaphysical

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