William Shakespeare

Jan Kott Remembered

Guys and Dolls

A revelatory all-male Twelfth Night from London

Excess of Evil

Bloody couples and their fatal visions

Hamburger Hamlets

Dane, thy name is vanity

Troubadour Theater Company Spins Shakespeare Like a Copper Penny

Political clowning, from Bono to Barack

deLEARious

Political clowning, from Bono to Barack

Hamlet

Political clowning, from Bono to Barack

Aurelito & Shakespeare, Aural Tradition

Political clowning, from Bono to Barack

Casting by Craigslist

Ethos Theatre Company’s unorthodox classicist

Theater Reviews

Including The Marvelous Wondrettes and The Compleat Works of William Shakespare (Abridged)

Theater Reviews: Zorro in Hell, The Idiot Box, Bad Seed and More

Also this week's pick, Alice in One-Hit Wonderland

Best Theater Featuring a Chorus of Frogs

Also this week's pick, Alice in One-Hit Wonderland

Weekend Theater Reviews

Reviews of Corpus Christi, Marat/Sade and Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis

Who's That Bard?

New book threatens to out the real Shakespeare

Happy Ever-Aftering

Flipping off the classics

Summer Enchanted Evenings

Flipping off the classics

Shakespeare in the Dark

Two shadowy Bards pay off

Shakespeare for Dummies

Much ado about little in Branagh’s Love’s Labour’s Lost

The End Is Near!

The last movies of the century

Sound and Fury

A largely pointless compilation of recorded Shakespeare excerpts

In appreciation of the Bard, recorded

A largely pointless compilation of recorded Shakespeare excerpts

Cymbeline

A largely pointless compilation of recorded Shakespeare excerpts

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 >>

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

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

Stage Raw: Clowntown City Limits

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK CLOWNTOWN CITY LIMITSPhoto by Ed RachlesImagine a personable, grimy, makeup-smeared, cigar-chomping guy in a tank top, not unlike Tommy Lee Jones, playing cards outdoors on the porch of some tra ... More >>

Stage Raw: Love's Labour's Lost

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on producer Sir Cameron MackintoshNEW REVIEW GO LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST ​Photo by Amy Graves/Getty ImagesLondon's distinguished Globe Theatre lives up to its reputation with this traditional but resolutely un-stodgy production. Director D ... More >>

Equivocation

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on producer Sir Cameron MackintoshNEW REVIEW GO LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST ​Photo by Amy Graves/Getty ImagesLondon's distinguished Globe Theatre lives up to its reputation with this traditional but resolutely un-stodgy production. Director D ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Arias With a Twist, La Ronde de Lunch, Love in Bloom

Also, Molly Sweeney, Equivocation, Love’s Labour’s Lost and more

Nickelodeon Nymphet Baits Indie Crowd With Jeff Buckley Name Drop

Miranda Cosgrove is a Disney Nickelodeon nymphet (of the chaste-looking variety, i.e., a "not-a-Britney"). Many of our readers probably have no idea who she is, unless they're acquainted with children who watch her show iCarly, or are sad pervs who themselves watch her show iCarly. Anyhow. She put ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Thurgood, As the Globe Warms, I'm Not Here Anymore

Also, Othello, Redhead Cuban Hausfrau Husband and more

Othello

Also, Othello, Redhead Cuban Hausfrau Husband and more

Stage Raw: Unknown Future, Theater on Seward Closes Its Doors

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore and A Tale Told by an IdiotAN UNKNOWN FUTURE: Theater on Seward Closes its Doors John Fleck performs tonight (Thursday), 8 p.m. with his sardonic one-man comedy about Trader Joe's (and points beyond), Side E ... More >>

Stage Raw: Brewsie & Willie

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALBREWSIE AND WILLIE ​Poor Dog Group's adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novella, is among the productions being reviewed this week. Photo by Scott Grolier Check back here on Monday night for reviews of THE BAKER'S ... More >>

Stage Raw: Summer Festivities

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlSUMMER FESTIVITIES Open Fist Theater Company launches its annual Fist Look Festival this weekend, with The Existents, a rock musical by Douglas Crawford and Jason Wooten, music and lyrics by Ty Taylor. T ... More >>

Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue in Hollywood. RSVP here Check back Monday night for reviews of: BOY'S LIFE, Howard Korder's 1988 ba ... More >>

Stage Raw: Voombodian Women from Outer Space!

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterVOOMBODIAN WOMEN FROM OUTER SPACE! Staged reading of Barry Schwam's new play at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., in Sierra Madre. Sun., 7:30 p.m. $5 (626) 355-4318 AN EVENING WITH PAT BOONE, ... More >>

Poles Apart

East European lunatics and Glendale's staid classicists

THE TEMPEST

East European lunatics and Glendale's staid classicists

Helen Hunt and Lyle Lovett Do Much Ado

Shakespeare, uncorked

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare, uncorked

The Play's the Thing, Kids

Shakespeare, uncorked

Stage Raw: Bash'd

NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Radar L.A.Sean LambertBash'd, A Gay Rap Opera​A string of recommends comes with this week's theater reviews: Bash'd, A Gay Rap Opera at Celebration Theatre, Blackbird at Rogue Machine, Blood Wedding at the Odyssey, Broadsword at the Back Dahlia, Closet Land at ... More >>

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Alfresco in Griffith Park and Topanga Canyon

NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Radar L.A.Sean LambertBash'd, A Gay Rap Opera​A string of recommends comes with this week's theater reviews: Bash'd, A Gay Rap Opera at Celebration Theatre, Blackbird at Rogue Machine, Blood Wedding at the Odyssey, Broadsword at the Back Dahlia, Closet Land at ... More >>

Independent Shakespeare Company: Shakespeare In the Park, This Time With Kids

Steven Leigh MorrisRachel (foreground) with kids, brushing up their Shakespeare in the park.​ On the car ride to Griffith Park, 11-year-old Rachel is in one of her moods. "Can't you just take me back and go yourself? ... I hope it's closed." Rachel, the slender daughter of a Ghanese father a ... More >>

Gil Cates dies at 77

Craig SchwartzA Noise Within cuts open a new path in Pasadena​GIL CATES DIES: The Geffen Playhouse's artistic director, and Academy Awards producer, was found in a UCLA parking lot Monday night, having died of natural causes. More on this story to come. A Noise Within opened it's new Pasadena digs ... More >>

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Craig SchwartzA Noise Within cuts open a new path in Pasadena​GIL CATES DIES: The Geffen Playhouse's artistic director, and Academy Awards producer, was found in a UCLA parking lot Monday night, having died of natural causes. More on this story to come. A Noise Within opened it's new Pasadena digs ... More >>