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May 8, 2012
Is L.A. Theater Criticism Dead? Not So Fast
On the heels of a panel discussion on arts criticism at KPCC's Crawford Family Forum last week, hosted by Los Angeles Stage Alliance, blogger Colin Mitchell of the website Bitter Lemons critiqued the critics by posing "the question nobody asked: How are theater critics going to remain relevant in a ... More >>
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April 3, 2012
L.A. Weekly Theater Awards 2012: The Winners
L.A. Weekly 's 33rd annual theater awards took place tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood, honoring the best work on our small stages from 2011, as judged by our theater critics. Small Engine Repair presented by Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater won production of the year, while Re-Animator The ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
D. Tucker Smith's Quake
L.A. Weekly 's 33rd annual theater awards took place tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood, honoring the best work on our small stages from 2011, as judged by our theater critics. Small Engine Repair presented by Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater won production of the year, while Re-Animator The ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Stage Raw: 100 Saints You Should Know
NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Juan and JohnSven Ellirand100 Saints You Should KnowRobert Reimer's Sotto Voce (Zombie Joe's Underground), Elizabeth Meriwether's The Mistakes Madeline Made (Lounge Theatre) and Kate Fodor's 100 Saints You Should Know (Elephant Stages) landed on this wee ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Fernando Richardson's Treacherous Brain
NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Juan and JohnSven Ellirand100 Saints You Should KnowRobert Reimer's Sotto Voce (Zombie Joe's Underground), Elizabeth Meriwether's The Mistakes Madeline Made (Lounge Theatre) and Kate Fodor's 100 Saints You Should Know (Elephant Stages) landed on this wee ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Stage Raw: It's Official, Rada to replace Dillingham at CTG
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Stage FEATURE on Rajiv Joseph's The Monster at the Door Craig SchwartzEdward L. Rada to replace Charles Dillingham at CTGAn unconfirmed tip reported to the Weekly a couple of weeks ago that Edward L. Rada would be taking over the reti ... More >>
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May 14, 2011
Stage Raw: 4 Clowns Is (Are) Back
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and THIS WEEK'S OPENINGS Stage FEATURE on Rajiv Joseph's The Monster at the Door Cameron McIntyre4 CLOWNSJeremy Aluma's show, 4 Clowns which caused a stir at last year's Hollywood Fringe, re-opened over the weekend at Sacred Fools Th ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Stage Raw: Aaron Sorkin's First Stage Play
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS Stage FEATURE on The Chinese Massacre and House of the Rising Son Maia MadisonAaron Sorkin's first stage play, Hidden in This Picture, is reviewed by Amy Nicholson; Neal Weaver was taken with the collection of theater-celeb-scribed gay-theme ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS Stage FEATURE on The Chinese Massacre and House of the Rising Son Maia MadisonAaron Sorkin's first stage play, Hidden in This Picture, is reviewed by Amy Nicholson; Neal Weaver was taken with the collection of theater-celeb-scribed gay-theme ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
Stage Raw: L.A. Weekly Awards Report
THEATER NEW REVIEWS WILL BE POSTED BY 8 P.M.Stage 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 TownTheater Awards Slide-Show by Timothy NorrisMONDAY NIGHT AT THE EL REYAsh Panda rocks the house. Photo by Timo ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees
Year of the inner child
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October 7, 2010
All the World's a Cage
Aristides Vargas' La Razon Blindada and Joseph Fisher's A Wolf Inside the Fence
Stage
September 2, 2010
Theater Reviews: Jewtopia, Last Fare, Titus Redux
Also, A Life of Ease, Eat the Runt
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Stage Raw: Titus Redux
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCover Story on LATE's The War CycleNEW REVIEW GO TITUS REDUX Photo courtesy of Circus Theatricals Military hero Titus (Jack Stehlin) radiantly returns to Washington DC from the Middle East wars to a grand welcome by the public and his family, but ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
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 >>
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August 10, 2010
Stage Raw: A Wolf Inside the Fence
NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlNEW REVIEW GO A WOLF INSIDE THE FENCE Photo courtesy of Open Fist Theatre Company "You can't lose your way in a history class. You can only go backwards," says Linus McBride (Arthur Hanket), a history teacher who seems to be losin ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
31st Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards
When Jackie was a Kennedy
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March 30, 2010
Stage Raw: Springtime for Lawees
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS AND NEW REVIEW FUNCTIONS WILL RETURN SHORTLY. 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSYeah, we know, there was apparently no glue in the frames, so recipients who held their coveted Lawee prizes on the stage of the El Rey Monday night frequently suffered the indignity of ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
Stage Door
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS AND NEW REVIEW FUNCTIONS WILL RETURN SHORTLY. 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSYeah, we know, there was apparently no glue in the frames, so recipients who held their coveted Lawee prizes on the stage of the El Rey Monday night frequently suffered the indignity of ... More >>
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February 5, 2010
Kataki, The Narrow World, Stage Door, Exiles
Also, Stomp, Geography of a Horse Dreamer, Sweeney Todd and more
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February 1, 2010
Stage Raw: Stage Door
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's THEATER FEATURE On Bobrauschenbergamerica and Orpheus DescendingNEW REVIEW GO STAGE DOOR Photo by Kelsey Edwards In 1936, when Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman's comedy and homage to The Theater (that would be Broadway) showed the div ... More >>
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December 31, 2009
Flying Under the Radar: The Best of L.A. Theater in the '00s
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's THEATER FEATURE On Bobrauschenbergamerica and Orpheus DescendingNEW REVIEW GO STAGE DOOR Photo by Kelsey Edwards In 1936, when Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman's comedy and homage to The Theater (that would be Broadway) showed the div ... More >>
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July 31, 2009
Stage Raw: bobrauschenbergamerica
The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on improvised musicalsBOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA, AND THEATER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLSPhoto by Josh HeislerTheatricians Theater Group -- a new company consisting of mostly university students and ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
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
Blogs
June 22, 2009
Stage Raw: Coming Home
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor the latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS and an update from the Grotowski Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, press the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section. NEW REVIEW THEATER PICK COMING HOME Photo by Ed KriegerA sequel to his 1995 post apartheid play Valley Song, ... More >>
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April 2, 2009
The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards
Actors and chickens and bears, oh, my!
Blogs
April 1, 2009
Stage Raw: Actors and Chickens and Bears, Oh My!
THE WEEKEND'S NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSCo-hosts Vanessa Claire Smith and Jake Broder at the 20th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Monday night. Photo by Tim NorrisTHE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSCo-hosts Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith wer ... More >>
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March 27, 2009
Stage Raw: The List Keeps Growing
CLICK HERE FOR COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING AT THE EL REY ON MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M., AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP (310) ... More >>
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March 27, 2009
Stage Raw: Don Shirley and City Beat
CLICK HERE FOR COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThe news that L.A.'s City Beat is folding leaves the prospect of the former L.A. Times arts reporter and City Beat theater columnist/critic Don Shirley without gainful employment -- temporarily I hope. It also mutes the opinions of one of L.A. theater's m ... More >>
Stage
January 22, 2009
The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards
The Arts Crisis Edition
Blogs
January 19, 2009
Stage Raw: L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees
Light up the Sky is this week's Pick of the Week. Light up the Sky Photo by Maia Rosenfeld THEATER PICK Moss Hart's sharp, hard-boiled 1946 farce, Light up the Sky, is the quintessential backstage tale of the mid-20th century. His characters are often based on real people: fast-talking produ ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2009
Stage Raw: L.A. Stage Alliance Approaches L.A. Weekly
L.A. Stage Alliance Approaches L.A. Weekly over job cut News of L.A. Weekly's elimination of its Theatre Editor staff position, which I held until Wednesday -- as well as that of film critic Ella Taylor -- spread across the city last Friday, in a swirl of arts staff layoffs that also included Th ... More >>
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January 1, 2009
Bringing Frank Zappa's Garage to Life
The Rock Opera Is the Thing: September 17, 2008
Blogs
September 26, 2008
Stage Raw: Creative Criticism
The Rock Opera Is the Thing: September 17, 2008
Stage
September 18, 2008
Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage Gets Its Premiere 29 Years On
Rock opera, like its revered creator, was ahead of its time
Stage
July 24, 2008
Theater Reviews: Betrayal, Eh Joe, An Attic an Exit
Also, deLEARious, Life in a Marital Institution, and more
Stage
May 15, 2008
Theater Reviews: Hillary Agonistes, Of Mice and Men, Flora the Red Menace
Also Indecent Acts, I'd Rather Be Right and more
Stage
April 10, 2008
The 29th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards
Rock & rollin' at Hollywood's Avalon
Stage
February 21, 2008
Theater Reviews: Sexy Laundry, Stupid Kids
Also, Frozen, Robots vs. Fake Robots
Stage
February 14, 2008
The 29th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards: The Rock Opera
Backers' Audition Edition
Stage
December 20, 2007
Theater Reviews: The Color Purple, High School Musical, Bob's Holiday Office Party
Also A Doll House, Paging Dr. Chutzpah, Seven Santas and more
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November 22, 2007
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November 15, 2007
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November 1, 2007
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October 25, 2007
Theater Reviews: Bunny Bunny, Eenie Meanie, Little Fish
Also Mustang Sally, Glengarry Glen Ross and more

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