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Tom Provenzano

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    The Troubies Strike Gold Again in Two Gentlemen of Chicago, plus Theatre Banshee's Pick-Worthy Merchant, and Other New Reviews

    Just about recovered from Monday night's Lawees, described in a stream of personal emails as "the best ever," thanks to hosts Lost Moon Radio. ​. Winners here. Check out our more expansive commentary in this week's stage feature. Here are all the latest New Reviews, or you can find them after t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Orson Welles' Moby Dick, a Beatles Cabaret and Romeo and Juliet: Monsters in Love

    Craig SchwartzThis​ The Playwrights Horizons production of Melissa James Gibson's domestic comedy, This, opened on Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (presented by Center Theatre Group). In an excellent production, it's an absorbing soap opera with a metaphysical reach it can't quite grasp. See ex ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 2, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Cinderella, Schmutzigen Deutsche Kabarett

    Also, Sweet Mama String Bean and more

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: The Other Festivals

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashTHE OTHER FESTIVALS Running concurrently with the Hollywood Fringe (June 17-27) is Arts Olympus (June 17-20) on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach. AO includes a contemporary Russian exhib ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    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 >>

  • Stage

    May 13, 2010

    Theater New Reviews: Tooth and Nail, Sarah Sarah, Canned Ham

    Also, Groundlings International Airport, Full Disclosure

  • Stage

    April 22, 2010

    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

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • Stage

    March 6, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Cave Quest, Lobby Hero, Broads!, Wirehead

    Also, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Forgiveness, Oedipus El Rey and more

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Stage Raw: Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSTHEATER FEATURE On The Subject Was Roses and The Ballad of Emmett Till THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW KHARMFUL CHARMS OF DANIIL KHARMS ​Photo by Taso PapadakisHere's a fascinating oddity:  A series of short works by a now almost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    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

    December 24, 2009

    Theater Reviews: A RUBICON FAMILY CHRISTMAS, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, A VEGAS HOLIDAY! SONGS FROM LIVE AT THE SAHARA

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Stage Raw: A Rubicon Family Christmas

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Palestine, New MexicoNEW REVIEW GO A RUBICON FAMILY CHRISTMAS ​Though Andy Williams and his fancy sweaters are nowhere to be seen, the Rubicon company misses little else this corny Christmas delight. Not a word of spoken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Stage Raw: Impacted Wednesday

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Charles Duncombe's The Trojan Women and Julie Hebert's TreeIMPACTED WEDNESDAY​ Equivocation: Photo by Michael Lamont Three big openings on Wednesday: The  U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. (Polish director Grzego ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Stgage Raw: Maid in Los Angeles (Mary Poppins)

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Charles Duncombe's The Trojan Women and Julie Hebert's TreeNEW REVIEW GO MARY POPPINS  ​Photo by Joan MarcusThe riveting theatricality of Bob Crowley's production design, climaxing in chimney sweep Bert (Gavin Lee) soft-shoeing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Stage Raw: Does Your Acting Career Have That Sinking Feeling?

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83DOES YOUR ACTING CAREER HAVE THAT SINKING FEELING?​Captain Smith looks out over oceans of opportunity There's still hope of a rescue! Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, seeks an actor to play the Titani ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Stage Raw: Getting Intimate With Michael Kearns

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83MICHAEL KEARNS GETS INTIMATE​L.A. Weekly's 2007 "Queen of the Angels" Michael Kearns performs his solo performance piece, Intimacies, at the drkrm Gallery and Performance Space in Eagle Rock, 2121 San Fernando ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    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 >>

  • 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 >>

  • Stage

    July 23, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Altar Boyz, the Apple Tree, Chariot, Sprung: A Love Story

    Also, Stop Kiss, Billie and Bogie, God Box and more.

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Stage Raw: As You Like It

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO AS YOU LIKE ITAs You Like It Photo courtesy of Aquila TheatreSummer is in full heat across the Southland, which brings out amphitheater producti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pericles Redux

     THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK PERICLES REDUXPhoto courtesy of Not Man Apart ProductionsScholars have long discussed whether Shakespeare wrote  the entirety of Pericles, Prince of Tyre or collaborated with another writer. (Given the play's convoluted elements, most commentators ... More >>

  • Stage

    July 2, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Facing East, Insanity, Farragut North

    Also, St. Joan of the Slaughterhouses, The Voysey Inheritance and more

  • Stage

    June 18, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Bach at Leipzig, Bingo With the Indians, La Didone

    Also, Notes From Underground, Dame Edna: My First Last Tour and more

  • Stage

    May 14, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Our Town, The Crucible, Big

    Also, The Fantasticks, Courting Vampires, A Number and more

  • Stage

    January 15, 2009

    Theater Reviews: You, Nero, Hangin' Out, La Ronde

    Also, Around the World in 80 Days, Far From an Angel's Gaze, and more

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Biggest Thank You Ever Given

    The Biggest Thank You Ever Given I'm thunderstruck and deeply moved by the outpouring and quality of your appreciations to me in your emails and in the comments to Friday's posting on the elimination of the L.A. Weekly's Theater Editor position. What a privilege: to read all that, to have served ... More >>

  • Stage

    November 27, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Woyzeck, Daddy's Dyin' Who's Got the Will

    Also, Kidnapped by Craigslist, and more

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Stage Raw: One Sucker's Lament

    Woyzeck Photo by Andrew Rothenberg >NEW REVIEW THEATER PICK WOYZECK 19th Century German playwright Georg Büchner's an unfinished horror story of the common man crushed by military and medical machines, has been fodder for myriad adaptations throughout the last century, and there's no sign of ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Sissystrata: Something Straight Between Us

    Also, Marc Cooper on the company Sarah Palin keeps

  • Stage

    August 14, 2008

    Lack of Talent Showcase

    Beverly Winwood Presents

  • Stage

    November 15, 2007

    Theater Reviews: The Bald Soprano, Dear Brutus, Fool For Love

    Also this week's pick, Noel Coward's Tonight at 8:30

  • Stage

    September 13, 2007

    Theater Reviews: Avenue Q, Tug of War, The Misanthrope

    Also this week's performance pick, the Third Annual Latino New Works Festival

  • Stage

    August 2, 2007

    Theater Reviews: Eccentric, Power, Dracula and More

    Also Better than Beethoven, Still Photos and more

  • Stage

    April 26, 2007

    Theater Reviews: Mark on Society, American Midget and More

    Also The Mikado Project, The Cover of Life and others

  • Stage

    January 25, 2007

    Theater Reviews

    Including The Chronicles of Steve: The Bossy Bottom, Defiance and this week's pick, Dogeaters.

  • Stage

    January 11, 2007

    Theater Reviews

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

  • Stage

    May 25, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    Including this week's pick, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer-Trash Housewife

  • Stage

    May 11, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    Including this week's pick, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer-Trash Housewife

  • Stage

    April 6, 2006

    Weekend Theater Reviews

    Reviews of The Children's Hour, Eden and Pilgrim

  • Stage

    February 2, 2006

    New Theater Reviews

    For February 3 - 9, 2006

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    January 19, 2006

    About LA Weekly: Staff

    For February 3 - 9, 2006

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    For February 3 - 9, 2006

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