Takeshi Kata

Geffen Playhouse Revives David Mamet's Classic American Buffalo

Jon Robin Baitz's Play Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum, Reviewed

Coney Island Christmas

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jeff Goldblum as a Writing Teacher

Starting this week, we will now include our listings of all ongoing shows, below the new reviews, to help make it easier for you to decide which shows to see this week.The writing of neurologist Oliver Sacks has inspired a new work at Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena -- Kathryn Walat's Creation. S ... More >>

November Review: David Mamet Skewers the Presidency at the Mark Taper Forum

November

Begley/Huffman in November, Roger Robinson in Fraternity, Brushing up Our Shakespeare, Plus All the Latest New Theater Reviews

Our critics were brushing up their Shakespeare over the weekend, with reviews of CymbelineJulius Caeser and Henry VI, Part I Jeff Stetson's 1987 retrospective drama on the effects of church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama is this week's Pick of the Week. For all the Latest New Theater Reviews, go to ... More >>

Theater Reviews: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk, They Call Me Mister Fry, Bones

Also Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues and more

Bones

Stage Raw: Bones

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlNEW REVIEW GO BONES ​Photo by Craig Schwartz Childhood sexual abuse may no longer be the unmentionable topic it once was, but that hasn't lessened its horror or salved the terrible scars borne by its v ... More >>

Stage Raw: L.A. Theater Aesthetic?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on The Event and Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSGROUNDLINGS SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN ​is one of almost a dozen new productions being reviewed this weekend. For the complete slate, hit the More tab at the ... More >>

The Female of th Species

Stage Raw: The Wooster Group's "North Atlantic"

 COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSECHO CHAMBERS Resonances from The Wooster Group's North Atlantic​Ground Control to Major Tom Photo by Paula Court If you drive through the San Gabriel Mountains, where radio reception is already dodgy, set ... More >>

Stage Raw: Female of the Species

 COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES ​Photo by Michael Lamont"The female of the species is more deadly than the male," wrote Rudyard Kipling just about 100 years ago. That might well be the theme of Austra ... More >>

Stage Raw: Ten to Life

Last week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; also, see this week's THEATER FEATURE on Kevin King's The Idea ManTEN TO LIFE"Hacienda Heights" (from Ten to Life) Photo by Nic Cha KimNEW REVIEW GO TEN TO LIFE Leave logic at the door  and you'll get ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Rehearsal

AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, THIS COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's INTERVIEW with playwright Richard GreenbergTHE REHEARSAL is this week's Theater PickThe Rehearsal Photo by Craig SchwartzNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK In French dramatist Jean Anouilh's scintillating 1958 play, The Re ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Bronzeville, Dead, Therefore I Am, The Seafarer

Also, The Last Hippie: A Western Novel, Doomsday Kiss and more

The Seafarer

Stage Raw: The Seafarer

AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS  NEW REVIEW: THE SEAFARER at the Geffen PlayhouseJohn Mahoney and Andrew Connolly in The Seafarer Photo by Michael LamontNEW REVIEW GO THE SEAFARER If you're seeking innovation in the theater, look elsewhere. Conor McPherson's I ... More >>

Getting Off-Broadway: A New York Guide

Roundup of shows in the shadow of 42nd Street