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What Fantasy Production Would L.A. Artistic Directors Put On If They Had Unlimited Money?

USC Changes 'School of Theater' to 'School of Dramatic Arts.' So What's the Difference?

What's in a name? Would that which we call the USC School of Theatre by any other name smell as sweet? Sweeter, apparently, or so it might seem from the announcement this week by the esteemed acting school that the institution will henceforth be officially known as the USC School of Dramatic Arts. ... More >>

Billy Elliot, In Paris and Waiting for Godot

Dancing off the blues

Clybourne Park and A Raisin in the Sun at CTG

Dancing off the blues

10 Best Cheap Bastard Things to Do in L.A.

(Note: An earlier version of this post said that parking at the Getty was free after 5 p.m. It used to be free, but is actually now $10, a new policy implemented in Nov. 2011) Are you the person who secretly doesn't put down enough cash for the check, leaving all your friends to scramble to cover i ... More >>

Seminar, Maple and Vine and The Mountaintop in New York

(Note: An earlier version of this post said that parking at the Getty was free after 5 p.m. It used to be free, but is actually now $10, a new policy implemented in Nov. 2011) Are you the person who secretly doesn't put down enough cash for the check, leaving all your friends to scramble to cover i ... More >>

Morris Panych's Vigil

Olympia Dukakis goofs around with death

Jerker, Have You Seen Alice?, The Romance of Magno Rubio, and more new stage reviews . . .

​Michelle Hilyard and Darrett Sanders in Have You Seen Alice: Photo by Jonathan Klein ​Jacqueline Wright's play, Have You Seen Alice? at Theatre of NOTE is this week's Pick of the Week. Our critics also recommend Jerker at the Celebration Theatre and The Romance of Magno Rubio For all the lates ... More >>

Theresa Rebeck's Poor Behavior

A play of ideas or a sitcom, or both?

Rajiv Joseph's The Monster at the Door

A play of ideas or a sitcom, or both?

Burn This

A play of ideas or a sitcom, or both?

Stage Raw: LAWEES on Monday

NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage 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 TownL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESLAWEES ON MONDAY The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards take place on Monday night. Doors open at ... More >>

L.A. Theater's Moment of Truth

In the national spotlight this summer, will we show we've grown up, or just embarrass ourselves?

Stage Raw: Lanford Wilson dies

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Edward Antony's Wish I Had a Sylvia PlathL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEES                          &n ... More >>

Stage Raw: LADCC Awards and Quiz3

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON PUZZLER AND ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICALCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2010 The 42nd annual ceremony takes place on Monday, March 14 at Burbank's Colony Theatre. Details will be posted at ... More >>

John Lithgow: Stories by Heart

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON PUZZLER AND ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICALCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2010 The 42nd annual ceremony takes place on Monday, March 14 at Burbank's Colony Theatre. Details will be posted at ... More >>

Stage Raw: Big Prizes, Ovations and Stage Raw Theater Quiz

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS2011 OVATIONS AWARDS at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center, Jan. 17Thirty-six awards were handed out to 21 different Southern California theater companies. Leading the pack, tied with ... More >>

Somewhere, Under the Rainbow

Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-Fest

Harps and Angels

Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-Fest

Stage Raw: NET Microfest L.A.

NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festUPTOWN DOWNTOWN​Leslie Uggams stars in her bio-cabaret at the Pasadena Playhouse. For a review of this and all shows seen over the weekend, press the More tab at the bottom of this page. Photo by Jim CoxN ... More >>

Stage Raw: Loveland

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO LOVELAND ​Photo by Leland Auslender What a rare experience it is, when a character that's as maniacal, sexually overheated and as transparently off the rails as a ... More >>

The Glass Menagerie

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO LOVELAND ​Photo by Leland Auslender What a rare experience it is, when a character that's as maniacal, sexually overheated and as transparently off the rails as a ... More >>

Theater Reviews: The Glass Menagerie, The Good Boy, Stepping on a Few Toes

Also Beast on the Moon, Martyrdumb and more

Stage Raw: Voombodian Women from Outer Space!

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterVOOMBODIAN WOMEN FROM OUTER SPACE! Staged reading of Barry Schwam's new play at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., in Sierra Madre. Sun., 7:30 p.m. $5 (626) 355-4318 AN EVENING WITH PAT BOONE, ... More >>

One Foot Out the Door

Grandpa John Steppling comes home, for a while

Bloodbaths and Shadows

The Lieutenant of Inishmore and A Tale Told by an Idiot

Stage Raw: Unknown Future, Theater on Seward Closes Its Doors

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore and A Tale Told by an IdiotAN UNKNOWN FUTURE: Theater on Seward Closes its Doors John Fleck performs tonight (Thursday), 8 p.m. with his sardonic one-man comedy about Trader Joe's (and points beyond), Side E ... More >>

Stage Raw: Two Plays by Yukio Mishima

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE on KING LEAR​NEW REVIEW GO TWO PLAYS BY YUKIO MISHIMA ​Photo by Yukata Takeuchi Perhaps most notorious in the West for his sensational, 1970 suicide by seppuku, controversial poet-novelist Yukio Mishima was also a pl ... More >>

Stage Raw: This Weekend's Review Assignments

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE on KING LEAR​ ​Check back on Monday for a review of Thurgood, starring Lawrence Fishburne as the legendary attorney and Supreme Court justice. Photo by Carol RoseggFor a complete list of all shows being reviewed over the ... More >>

Haunted Houses

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and Holy Ghost

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and Holy Ghost

Stage Raw: Holy Ghost

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO NEW REVIEW GO HOLY GHOST ​ Photo by Darrett Sanders The ghosts in Jon Tuttle's play  -- in a glorious production at Theatre of NOTE, directed by Michael Roth ... More >>

Stage Raw: Nightmare Alley

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARONIGHTMARE ALLEY ​The Geffen Playhouse gives Jonathan Brielle's new musical, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel, a lavish production (which opened to the press ... More >>

Stage Raw: LADCC Winners

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on gay politics in Halam Iran and Salam Shalom THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS coming March 29! Nominees RSVP now to (310) 574-7208. Public tickets available at http://laweekly.comTHE 41ST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWAR ... More >>

Theater Reviews: The Ballad of Emmett Till, Dual Citizens, The Subject Was Roses

Also, Wit, Calliope Rose, Barbra’s Wedding and more

Stage Raw: The Subject Was Roses and Emmett Till

 COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSTHEATER FEATURES ON NORTH ATLANTIC AND ED HARRIS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSUnderstating the ObviousThe Subject Was Roses and The Ballad of Emmett TillBY STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS​No bed of roses: Sheen and Conroy on a sterile promontory: ... More >>

Stage Raw: "Wit," and other New Reviews

 COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSTHEATER FEATURES ON NORTH ATLANTIC AND ED HARRIS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO WIT ​Photo courtesy of Actors' Co-opPlaywright Margaret Edson won the Pulitzer Prize for this intense drama  about an English poetry pro ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Future Belongs to Us?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's stage features on Ben Bradley's Murder and The Princess and the FrogTHEATRE OF NOTE MARATHON ​ Fire-eater Julia Prud'homme Photo by Kiff Scholl Theatre of NOTE presents its 15th annual Performance Marathon this coming Saturday, Jan. ... More >>

Flying Under the Radar: The Best of L.A. Theater in the '00s

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's stage features on Ben Bradley's Murder and The Princess and the FrogTHEATRE OF NOTE MARATHON ​ Fire-eater Julia Prud'homme Photo by Kiff Scholl Theatre of NOTE presents its 15th annual Performance Marathon this coming Saturday, Jan. ... More >>

Tripping on the Rez: Richard Montoya’s Palestine, New Mexico at the Taper

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's stage features on Ben Bradley's Murder and The Princess and the FrogTHEATRE OF NOTE MARATHON ​ Fire-eater Julia Prud'homme Photo by Kiff Scholl Theatre of NOTE presents its 15th annual Performance Marathon this coming Saturday, Jan. ... More >>

Theater Reviews: La Posada Magica, Women Behind Bars, Peep This

Also, Palestine, New Mexico, A Very Merry Happy Kosher Christmas and more

Stage Raw: Palestine, New Mexico

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Accomplice: Hollywood and Molly SweeneyNEW REVIEW PALESTINE, NEW MEXICO ​Photo by Craig Schwartz When U.S. Army Captain Catherine Siler (Kirsten Potter) stumbles into "Bumfuck" -- a New Mexico Indian reservation -- she ... More >>

Going to the Parade and Then Going Home

Bigotry lite and the real deal

Stage Raw: Pieter-Dirk Uys and Charlize Theron at UCLA

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Annette Bening in Medea at UCLAINTERVIEW with Medea's director, Lenka Udovicki, and UCLA's David SeftonPIETER-DIRK UYS AND CHARLIZE THERON AT UCLA​One of Uys' belles, giving a "blow job" to the ashes of her late Nazi husband. Photo b ... More >>

Stage Raw: Leonard Nimoy Treks into Local Theater History

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThe latest NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Annette Bening in Medea at UCLAINTERVIEW with Medea's director, Lenka Udovicki, and UCLA's David SeftonLEONARD NIMOY TREKS INTO LOCAL THEATER HISTORY​Leonard Nimoy (right) in a 1953 production of Sholom Aleichem's It's Hard to Be ... More >>

Pippin

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThe latest NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Annette Bening in Medea at UCLAINTERVIEW with Medea's director, Lenka Udovicki, and UCLA's David SeftonLEONARD NIMOY TREKS INTO LOCAL THEATER HISTORY​Leonard Nimoy (right) in a 1953 production of Sholom Aleichem's It's Hard to Be ... More >>

The School of Night

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThe latest NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Annette Bening in Medea at UCLAINTERVIEW with Medea's director, Lenka Udovicki, and UCLA's David SeftonLEONARD NIMOY TREKS INTO LOCAL THEATER HISTORY​Leonard Nimoy (right) in a 1953 production of Sholom Aleichem's It's Hard to Be ... More >>

John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves: Renewal at the Mark Taper Forum

Is it all skin deep?

The Lunatics and the Asylum

Is it all skin deep?

The L.A. Times’ Drama-Critic Drama

Is it all skin deep?