Tom Buderwitz

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Mesmerizing Child's-Eye View of Grief, Walking the Tightrope

Child-like views delighted our critics this week, with Mike Kenney's Walking the Tightrope at the 24th Street Theatre taking Pick of the Week, and a nod to Albie Selznick's magic show Smoke and Mirrors at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood. There's also a recommendation for an adult comed ... More >>

Fallen Angels

Ovation Awards 2012: Center Theatre Group Leads L.A. Theater Prizes Announced Last Night

Center Theatre Group, which runs the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre downtown and the Kirk Dougas Theatre in Culver City, got lots of love at the 2012 Ovation Awards Monday night at downtown's Los Angeles Theatre. The company was awarded Best Season, while the Michael Arabian's staging of Wai ... More >>

You Can't Take It With You

Quiara Alegria Hudes wins 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Good People at the Geffen, and More New Reviews...

David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony-nominated play about class rifts in America, Good People, now playing at the Geffen, is this week's Pick of the Week, by Neal Weaver. Paul Birchall was also taken with Doug Knott's autobiographical solo show at the Asylum Lab Theatre, Last of the Knotts Find all the lates ... More >>

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 >>

Sarah's War, Other New Reviews, and L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Info

Jordan Elgalby"Sarah"s War is this week's Pick. Go to the jump for all other new stage reviews.​The nominees for the 33rd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards will be posted Wednesday evening here. ​ Lauren Ludwig directs Lost Moon Radio, host of the bash, with an ancient Greek theme. (Wear your to ... More >>

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 CTG​An unconfirmed tip reported to the Weekly a couple of weeks ago that Edward L. Rada would be taking over the reti ... More >>

Girls Talk

Theater Reviews: The Birthday Present, Broken Glass, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

Also, Endgame, Girls Talk, Bonded and more

Theater Reviews: The Cradle Will Rock, Alceste, 100 Days

Also Love Letters to Women, Dangerous Beauty, Camino Real and more

Theater Reviews: From Hoboken to Hollywood: A Journey Through the Great American Songbook

Also, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, When Garbo Talks!, Wicked Lit and more

King Lear: Free-Speech Blowback

A version for our times

Stage Raw: Lease Subsidy Program Gets Another Lease

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT FEATURE ON BORN TO BE ALIVE and THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACELEASE SUBSIDY PROGRAM GETS ANOTHER LEASE A recommendation by L.A.'s Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana to restructure (eliminate) the city's Lease Subsidy Program for non- ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Dirty Pooh, L.A. Noir Unscripted, Looking for Trouble

Also, My Sister in This House, Paved Paradise: The Art of Joni Mitchell and more

My Sister in This House

Theater Reviews: Hot Pants, Cold Feet, Liberty Inn, Side by Side by Sondheim

Also, Rock 'n Ridicule, The Story of My Life, Tales of an Urban Indian and more

Stage Raw: Extropia

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on The Event and Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO EXTROPIA ​ Photo by Keith Roenke Imagine how sonically colorless a world without traditional music would be. Actually, not very, accor ... More >>

Love Me Tender, Love Me Harsh

The dating game, L.A.-Style

Stage Raw: Getting Our Fringe On

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's Theater Feature on Camelot and Baal. GETTING OUR FRINGE ON I've heard it said at numerous receptions and parties that the reason L.A. has so much bad theater is because it has so much bad theater - that less would be more. Fringe Fe ... More >>

Animals! Camelot and Baal

Civilization falls on its face

Stage Raw: Trauma Dolls

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's cover story on Pee-wee Herman; this week's Stage feature on An Oak TreeTRAUMA DOLLS ​Photo courtesy of Highways Next Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. Highways presents (Un)Concrete Musique, a trio of of multimedia m ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Future Belongs to Us?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's stage features on Ben Bradley's Murder and The Princess and the FrogTHEATRE OF NOTE MARATHON ​ Fire-eater Julia Prud'homme Photo by Kiff Scholl Theatre of NOTE presents its 15th annual Performance Marathon this coming Saturday, Jan. ... More >>

Stage Raw: Outrageous Fortune

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThis week's stage features on The Best of '09 and The Best of the Decade.OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Theatre Development Fund has just published its findings on "the life and times of the American play" in a comprehensive analysis (by Todd London with Ben Pesner, and Zannie Gir ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Female of the Species

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Palestine, New MexicoFEMALE OF THE SPECIES The Geffen Playhouse just announced that Anette Bening will star in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy, The Female of the Species along with David Arquette, Mirielle Enos, Merritt Weve ... More >>

Stage Raw: ZAR

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on producer Sir Cameron MackintoshStage Raw: ZAR Theatre ZAR from Wroclaw, Poland has been in Southern California for over a week, conducting workshops of their choral-physical technique at UC Irvine and UCLA. Their Tryptich opens next w ... More >>

Stage Raw: Rachel Rosenthal at 83

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipRACHEL ROSENTHAL AT 83 ​The Rachel Rosenthal Company (founded in 1989) is throwing a fundraiser to help celebrate the performance artist's 83rd birthday, past achievements and the upcoming publication o ... More >>

Stage Raw: L.A. shows NYC-bound

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsL.A. SHOWS HEADING EAST ​SoulArt Productions presentation of Alex Lyras' The Common Air - a nominee in last year's L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards solo performance award for its 2008 run at the Asylu ... More >>

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

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

F*cking Men

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 >>

Theater Reviews: All in the Timing, Hair, Life Could Be a Dream

Also, 7DS, Cannibal! The Musical, Fernando and more

Life Could Be a Dream

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Theater Reviews: Hamlet, Razorback, The Most Mediocre Story Never Told

Also, Earth Sucks, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Politico!

Theater Reviews: Shel Silverstein Uncensored, Songs From an Unmade Bed

Also, Shame, A Very Brady Musical, and more

The 29th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards: The Rock Opera

Backers' Audition Edition

Theater Reviews: Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, Bachelorette

Also: Departures, The Time Machine and more

Thrill Me: the Leopold & Loeb Story

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

No, You Shut Up!

Eric Whitacre’s children of paradise lost

Theater Reviews

Including Strangers on a Train, 13 and this week's pick, Inside Private Lives

Theater Reviews

Reviews of Die! Mommy! Die! Fully Loaded, Dirty White Tuxedo Pants and a Brown Plastic Bag and more

Weekend Theater Reviews

Reviews of Fully Loaded, Greensward and I Do! I Do!

Welcome to Our Party

The 27th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

Theater Reviews

Weekend Theater Reviews

Reviews of The Children's Hour, Eden and Pilgrim

Servicing Their Country

Women on the rack, from Sacramento to Istanbul

L’armoire, C’est Moi

Charles L. Mee’s chaotic catechism

Shakespeare in the Dark

Two shadowy Bards pay off