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Theatrical Plays

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    September 7, 2010

    Stage Raw: Waiting for Lefty

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Neighbors, at the MatrixNEW REVIEW GO WAITING FOR LEFTY ​Photo by Thomas MikuszThis dynamic 1935 one-act launched the career of playwright Clifford Odets, became an important social document, and solidified the reputation of the Group Theatre. Seeing it now, ... More >>

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    August 26, 2010

    All My Sons

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Neighbors, at the MatrixNEW REVIEW GO WAITING FOR LEFTY ​Photo by Thomas MikuszThis dynamic 1935 one-act launched the career of playwright Clifford Odets, became an important social document, and solidified the reputation of the Group Theatre. Seeing it now, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    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

    July 15, 2010

    Bloodbaths and Shadows

    The Lieutenant of Inishmore and A Tale Told by an Idiot

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Stage Raw: King Lear

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGENEW REVIEW GO KING LEAR: THE MADMEN ​ Photo by Ed Krieger The old loon hasn't looked so good in some time. Bart DeLorenzo's staging for Antaeus Company's Classicsfest 2010 comes with two casts  -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Stage Raw: A Memory of What Might Have Been

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashNEW REVIEW GO  A MEMORY OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ​ Photo courtesy of Zombie Joe's Underground George Bernard Shaw wrote that "men and women are made by their own fancies in the image ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2010

    Stage Raw: The Habit of Art

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAYNEW REVIEW GO THE HABIT OF ART By Paul BirchallIf you want to see director Nicholas Hytner's smart and compelling production of Alan Bennett's new drama at the National Theater of Great Britain, you co ... More >>

  • Stage

    May 6, 2010

    Cumbia de Mi Corazon, Dementia, An Evening With Sutton Foster

    Also, Jawbone of an Ass, Starmites: An Intergalactic Musical and more

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2010

    Stage Raw: Harvey Perr Booted from Actors Studio West

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON BENGAL TIGER AND HOLY GHOSTHARVEY PERR, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF SPEAKING OUT Playwright-critic Harvey Perr has been dismissed from the Playwrights/Directors unit of the Actors Studio (West Coast branch), because of an email he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Stage Raw: Holy Ghost

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO NEW REVIEW GO HOLY GHOST ​ Photo by Darrett Sanders The ghosts in Jon Tuttle's play  -- in a glorious production at Theatre of NOTE, directed by Michael Roth ... More >>

  • Stage

    March 25, 2010

    Why Theater Matters

    And how our local stage can seize a national leadership role

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Stage Raw: LADCC Winners

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on gay politics in Halam Iran and Salam Shalom THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS coming March 29! Nominees RSVP now to (310) 574-7208. Public tickets available at http://laweekly.comTHE 41ST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWAR ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    Noel Coward on Television

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on gay politics in Halam Iran and Salam Shalom THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS coming March 29! Nominees RSVP now to (310) 574-7208. Public tickets available at http://laweekly.comTHE 41ST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWAR ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Stage Raw: West

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's Theater Feature on Camelot and Baal. NEW REVIEW GO WEST ​Photo by SpeedgraflexSteven Berkoff's 1983 tale of adrenaline, lust, rage, and violence amongst a group of young thugs in 1960s London is written in modified metrical verse, ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 31, 2009

    Recession Be Damned: Best Theater of 2009

    A thriving year for stage in L.A.

  • Stage

    December 31, 2009

    Flying Under the Radar: The Best of L.A. Theater in the '00s

    A thriving year for stage in L.A.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Stage Raw: Palestine, New Mexico

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Accomplice: Hollywood and Molly SweeneyNEW REVIEW PALESTINE, NEW MEXICO ​Photo by Craig Schwartz When U.S. Army Captain Catherine Siler (Kirsten Potter) stumbles into "Bumfuck" -- a New Mexico Indian reservation -- she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Stage Raw: Wonder of the World

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsNEW REVIEW GO WONDER OF THE WORLD ​Photo by Ed KriegerContemporary American farce has a hero in playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, who skews old-fashioned two-dimensional absurdity by surreptitiou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Stage Raw: Comedies About the End of the World

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsCOMEDIES ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD​Poland's Theatre ZAR rehearsing Gospels of Childhood at the Barbican in London, where they performed last month. That piece is the first third of the ... More >>

  • Stage

    September 17, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Friends Like These, The Crossing, Peace, Somebody’s Somebody

    Also, F*ucking Men, The Kingdom Come, The Golden Gays and more

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Stage Raw: Baby It's You

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current STAGE FEATURE on The Night Is a Child at the Pasadena Playhouse, and Not to Be, at ZJUTHE LATEST NEW REVIEWSBABY IT'S YOUThe jukebox musical that's been playing since the spring at the Coast Playhouse, will be the final entry in the Pasadena P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Stage Raw: Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the latest NEW REVIEWS and the current STAGE FEATURE on Adeline's Play at the Powerhouse Theater in Santa MonicaNEW REVIEW PICK ANITA BRYANT DIED FOR YOUR SINS ​Photo by Ty DonaldsonThe title of Brian Christopher Williams play suggests a slick, sassy gay com ... More >>

  • Stage

    August 6, 2009

    Treefall and The Chairs: Beyond World’s End

    Postapocalyptic plays by Henry Murray and Eugene Ionesco

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Stage Raw: Angels in Poland

    The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperANGELS IN POLANDMadonna and child in Wroclaw, Poland, where L.A.'s theater directors are making a strong showing as "core participan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Stage Raw: Opera Buffing

    The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK: LA DIDONEPhoto by Paula CourtOPERA BUFFINGThe Wooster Group's La DidoneNYC's The Wooster Group, in partnersh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Stage Raw: Labor Theater

    This week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded within the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also,  see this THEATER FEATURE on the principal creators of the Wooster Group's sci-fi opera, La Didone coming to REDCATIN CASE YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING AT THE BACK OF THE CLASSThe Tony Awards are th ... More >>

  • Stage

    May 7, 2009

    Hearts of Darkness: The 2009 Pacific Playwrights Festival

    This week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded within the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also,  see this THEATER FEATURE on the principal creators of the Wooster Group's sci-fi opera, La Didone coming to REDCATIN CASE YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING AT THE BACK OF THE CLASSThe Tony Awards are th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2009

    Stage Raw: "Song of Extinction" Wins Steinberg/ATCA Prize

    THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor the weekend's New Reviews, press the "Continue Reading" tab at the bottom of this section.SONG OF EXTINCTION WINS STEINBERG/ATCA PRIZE A scene from the world premiere of Song of Extinction; Photo courtesy of Moving Arts. The largest national award for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. Marathons

    THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso at your fingertips, the latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS, and our REPORT of Monday night's 30th annual L.A. Weekly Awards.Rosalind Productions' staging of Shaw's Misalliance continues at the Odyssey. Photo by Christopher MoscatielloCheck back here Monday afte ... More >>

  • Stage

    April 2, 2009

    The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

    Actors and chickens and bears, oh, my!

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards recipients

    PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES 40TH ANNUAL L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS LAST NIGHT Vicki Lewis and Wenzel Jones co-hosted with considerable charm an awards show last night that was sweet, simple and too long -- probably due to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Stage Raw: TeAda Fest

    PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. TEADAWORKS 7TH ANNUAL NEW PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL Maria G. Martinez and Marcella Pabros-Clark. Photo by Jen Cleary Maria G. Matinez's Breakfast With my Mother ... More >>

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    February 19, 2009

    Film

    PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. TEADAWORKS 7TH ANNUAL NEW PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL Maria G. Martinez and Marcella Pabros-Clark. Photo by Jen Cleary Maria G. Matinez's Breakfast With my Mother ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Stage Raw: "Louis & Keely" transfers to Geffen Playhouse

    Check back here Monday after noon for New Reviews of Pippin at the Mark Taper Forum; Jack Chandlers' new comedy-mystery, Murder on the Bounding Main, at Sierra Madre Playhouse; a dance-rock fusion, Vibrating Sun, at Unknown Theatre; Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble's staging fof Macbeth; Echo One-Act F ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Stage Raw: Goodbye Hello, A Memo to the Theater Community

    Goodbye Hello, A Memo to the L.A. Theater Community "I say high, you say low "You say why, and I say I don't know "Oh, no "You say goodbye and I say hello . . ." --The Beatles In the program of the off-Broadway production of my play Beachwood Drive last year, I wrote in my bio, somewhat facetio ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 1, 2009

    Theater Review: A Christmas Carol

    Plus, Harold Pinter, R.I.P.

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2008

    Stage Raw: Harold Pinter Dies on Christmas Eve

    HAROLD PINTER DIES ON CHRISTMAS EVE  The most fitting obituary for the second greatest dramatist of the 20th century (behind Samuel Beckett, whom Pinter emulated) would be to say almost nothing, or perhaps something cryptic, or trivial, that's mere ice on a lake of dread. Because the man f ... More >>

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    November 20, 2008

    An Early Frost, and Nixon

    HAROLD PINTER DIES ON CHRISTMAS EVE  The most fitting obituary for the second greatest dramatist of the 20th century (behind Samuel Beckett, whom Pinter emulated) would be to say almost nothing, or perhaps something cryptic, or trivial, that's mere ice on a lake of dread. Because the man f ... More >>

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    November 13, 2008

    Eat the Runt

    HAROLD PINTER DIES ON CHRISTMAS EVE  The most fitting obituary for the second greatest dramatist of the 20th century (behind Samuel Beckett, whom Pinter emulated) would be to say almost nothing, or perhaps something cryptic, or trivial, that's mere ice on a lake of dread. Because the man f ... More >>

  • Stage

    May 22, 2008

    1001: Jason Grote and his Arabian Nights

    Ancient Persia collides with modern NYC at Pasadena's Theater @ Boston Court

  • Stage

    May 8, 2008

    Richard Greenberg's The Injured Party and SCR's New Play Fest

    It's a small world after all

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Post Mortem

    It's a small world after all

  • Stage

    September 27, 2007

    Stranger Than Truth

    The National Theatre of Scotland peeks under the Black Watch Regiment’s kilts; playwright Donald Margulies unmasks Louis de Rougemont

  • Stage

    September 20, 2007

    Theater Listings

    For the Week of Sept. 21-27

  • Stage

    August 30, 2007

    Theater Listings

    For the week of August 31-September 6

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    American Theater's Failure of Nerve

    The Pacific Playwrights Festival showcases what’s going wrong

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