Terence McFarland

What About the Audience?

L.A. Stage Alliance looks into what, exactly, is going on

31st Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

When Jackie was a Kennedy

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 >>

At the Tip of the Spear

Players on the fringe, making the future

The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

Actors and chickens and bears, oh, my!

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 >>

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 >>

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 Raw: Lie With Me on KPFK

TIME IS RUNNING OUT, SEATING IS LIMITED:  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; NOMINEES, RSVP AT (310) 574-7208, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. DRESS FOR A 1958 LOUNGE ACT.At your fingertips: This week's THEATER FEATURE on Jon Stewart, Jim Cramer an ... More >>

Stage Raw: Unpronouncable

THEATER AWARDS UPDATE Here is the complete list of NOMINEES for the 30th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards, being held Monday, March 30 at the El Rey. Admission for nominees is free; nominee RSVPs are now being accepted at (310) 574-7208. Tickets for guests and members of the public go on sale ... More >>

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 >>

The Third L.A. Weekly-Hosted Roundtable on New Play Development

Living and Dying in L.A. - Part 2

In the shadow of Michael Ritchie’s new CTG, local artists look for sunlight

Theater in Exile

What does it mean when we send our theater companies packing?