Melora Marshall

10 Most Memorable L.A. Theater Moments of 2012

The Black Glass at the Hollywood Fringe and Heartbreak House at Theatricum Botanicum

Measure for Measure

A String of GOs in This Week's New Theater Reviews, Plus a Best of Fringe Award

The third annual Hollywood Fringe festival is now history, and this L.A. Weekly best of award goes to Eric Davis' demonic Red Bastard. Also check out this week's stage feature on Theatricum Botanicum's production of Shaw's The Heartbreak House, and Guy Zimmerman's The Black Glass. Our critics were ... More >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Theater Reviews: Backstreet: The Musical, The Good Woman of Setzuan, South Pacific and Hamlet

Also, Madacascar, I Made Out With Him Anyway and Three Truths

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 >>

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 >>

Theater Reviews: Burn This, Manish Boy, Bright Ideas

Also, Visiting Mr. Green, Gaslight and more

Stage Raw: Bright Ideas

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current NEW REVIEWS and STAGE FEATURE on Troubadour Theater Company's Oedipus the King, Mama! and the Chekhov Studio's The SeagullNEW REVIEW GO BRIGHT IDEAS ​​Photo by Shashin Desai"All the world's a stage, and our children our players," advises a tuto ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Treefall, One Woman, Two Lives, The Miser

Also, A Hatful of Rain, Franz Schubert: His Letters and Music and more

The Miser

Stage Raw: The Miser

The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on improvised musicalsNEW REVIEW PICK  THE MISER ​Photo by Miriam GeerDirector Ellen Geer delivers a hilarious and highly polished production of Moliere's  comedy. It's a fait ... More >>

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 >>

Stage Raw: Clowntown City Limits

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK CLOWNTOWN CITY LIMITSPhoto by Ed RachlesImagine a personable, grimy, makeup-smeared, cigar-chomping guy in a tank top, not unlike Tommy Lee Jones, playing cards outdoors on the porch of some tra ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Facing East, Insanity, Farragut North

Also, St. Joan of the Slaughterhouses, The Voysey Inheritance and more

The Cherry Orchard

Stage Raw: Pigs' Life (St. Joan of the Slaughterhouses)

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK ST JOAN OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSESPhoto by Vitor MartinsFor a lucid analysis of the malfunctioning global financial markets, one could do worse than Bertolt Brecht. And it's hard to imagine doi ... More >>

Stage Raw: Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas

Stage Raw: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ex-Presidents

Stage Raw: Underestimating Public Intelligence

Stage Raw: A New Era, or Just Another Robinsons?

Stage Raw: In Defense of Sarah Palin

Stage Raw: The Sarah Palin Dictionary

Stage Raw: Zombie Joe's Underground Scores in New York

Stage Raw: Last Call for "Wicked"

Stage Raw: Better Late Than Never?

Stage Raw: Who Needs Plays?

Stage Raw: It Helps to Be Bi

Stage Raw: Cooperation and Dissent

Stage Raw: Ajax and Zappa

Stage Raw

Please see below for comprehensive theater listings that replicate the global format found in the print edition, compiled by Derek Thomas. This new stage blog -- to be posted once a week -- is till in the works, Suggestions are welcome. A memorial service hosted by Madelaine Shaner was held at t ... More >>

As You Like It

Theater Reviews: Showgirls, As You Like It

Also, Outbursts, The Last Seder, and more

Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, The 2006 Ojai Playwrights Conference

Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, Antony and Cleopatra

Weekend Theater Reviews

Reviews of Antony and Cleopatra, Bluebonnet Court and Love's Labor's Lost

Sympathy for the Devil

The Crucible reinterpreted