Melissa Chalsma

Hamlet

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Alfresco in Griffith Park and Topanga Canyon

Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival

Much ado about nothing

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: Much Ado

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS STAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleNEW REVIEW GO GRIFFITH PARK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING​Photo by Ivy AugustaDon John (Sean Pritchett) is such a bastard. Really. He's the bastard son of Don Pedro (Luis Galindo), pri ... More >>

Stage Raw: Summer Festivities

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlSUMMER FESTIVITIES Open Fist Theater Company launches its annual Fist Look Festival this weekend, with The Existents, a rock musical by Douglas Crawford and Jason Wooten, music and lyrics by Ty Taylor. T ... More >>

Stage Raw: Brewsie & Willie

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALBREWSIE AND WILLIE ​Poor Dog Group's adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novella, is among the productions being reviewed this week. Photo by Scott Grolier Check back here on Monday night for reviews of THE BAKER'S ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Thurgood, As the Globe Warms, I'm Not Here Anymore

Also, Othello, Redhead Cuban Hausfrau Husband and more

Othello

Also, Othello, Redhead Cuban Hausfrau Husband and more

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 >>

Theater Reviews: Bleeding Through, Answer the Call, Exit Strategy, The Changeling

Also, Growing Up With Uncle Miltie, No Man’s Land, Saturn Returns and more

Stage Raw: Getting Intimate With Michael Kearns

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83MICHAEL KEARNS GETS INTIMATE​L.A. Weekly's 2007 "Queen of the Angels" Michael Kearns performs his solo performance piece, Intimacies, at the drkrm Gallery and Performance Space in Eagle Rock, 2121 San Fernando ... More >>

Stage Raw: Bleeding Through

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Crime and Punishment and The Conquest of the South PoleNEW REVIEW GO BLEEDING THROUGH ​Photo by Theresa ChavezAdapted from Norman Klein's novella of the same title, this world premiere, co-written and co-directed by Theresa Chavez a ... More >>

THEATER REVIEWS: BIG BRO/LIL BRO, HELLZ KITCHEN ABLAZE AND THE NUCLEAR FAMILY

Also, The Pain and the Itch, The Tempest and Terminus Americana and More

Stage Raw: The Debate over Courtney O'Connell of Columbus, Nebraska

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO THE DEBATE OVER COURTNEY O'CONNELL OF COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA ​Photo courtesy of Chalk Repertory TheatreIf we're to believe playwright Mat Smart, which is probably not a good idea, the bloody rampag ... More >>

Theater Listings

For the week of August 31-September 6

Theater

For the week of August 31-September 6

Partying Like It's 1425

Love’s Labor’s Lost at Actors’ Gang, plus Hamlet al fresco

Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, As You Like It

As You Like It

Including this week's pick, As You Like It

Weekend Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, As You Like It