Review: SLEEPING GIANT at The Road Theatre Company
In SLEEPING GIANT, it was clear I was witnessing more than a metaphor about the continuing evolution of MAGA.
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Review: FARM HALL at Pico Playhouse
The production’s thrifty staging directed by Judith Hendra for Topanga Actors Company feels stagnant instead of urgent, indifferent where it could have been thought-provoking.
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents WISH YOU WERE HERE
Directed by Mina Morita, the play—an emotionally-absorbing drama with sprinkled bits of comedy—is, at its core, a poignant exploration of deep friendships, colored by a devotion to cultural and religious identity and the fears of displacement and upheaval set against the backdrop of Iran's polit
Review: DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Colony Theatre
The themes in DEATH OF A SALESMAN are universal and timeless, though that doesn’t mean they always resonate.
Review: THE CIVIL TWILIGHT at Broadwater Studio Theatre
This deceptively dark world premiere, co-produced by People with Plays Productions and the Road Theatre Company at the Broadwater Studio Theatre, is not one for those looking to 2025 with visions of sunny skies ahead.
Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE Musical Tour Zooms Into Segerstrom Center
A riotous, mostly silly, but also sometimes laughably odd theatrical entity, this touring production of this enjoyable, endearingly-familiar stage musical adaptation of the hit 1985 sci-fi comedy is definitely a fun time—but mostly due to its visual wow factor.
Review: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at Ahmanson Theatre
Lear deBessonet’s rollicking production of Once Upon A Mattress brings festive glee to the Southland.
Review: TROUBIES’ HOME ALONE-LY HEARTS CLUB BAND at Colony Theater
The mixture this time around is entertaining if not the company’s A-game.
Review: LITTLE WOMEN BALLET at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Little Women Ballet is the world premiere of a charming new ballet at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Mid-Wilshire.
Review: LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K at Cape Town's Baxter Theatre And Handspring Puppet Company
If you have yet to see the work of Handspring Puppet Company, hurry to get tickets for Life & Times of Michael K in its limited run.
Review: THE GIRL WHO MADE THE MILKY WAY at The Colony Theatre
Written by acclaimed actress and playwright June Carryl and produced by Imagine Theatre, this light-hearted, fantastical voyage through the savanna is inspired by folktales and origin stories from South Africa.
Review: WAITING FOR GODOT at Geffen Playhouse
As embodied by Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi in the revival of GODOT at the Geffen Playhouse, Vladimir and Estragon are a formidable pair.
Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Pasadena Playhouse
Pinkleton has thrown every prop gimmick and novel idea in the book at the show, and in the process has disrupted the stuff that simply works about the piece.
Review: Jason Alexander Leads Outstanding FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at La Mirada Theatre
Led by a brilliant performance by Jason Alexander, this lively, emotionally-grounded, classic-leaning staging still somehow manages to feel fresh, reinvigorated, and much more searing than prior iterations.
Review: NIGHTINGALE at Atwater Village Theatre
NIGHTINGALE is by turns stark, humorous, shocking, and devastating, revealing truths and realities obliquely but with the power of blunt force.
Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL at Hollywood Pantages
Is there some sort of formula for roping in both fans of a hit movie and stage hounds, to catch lightning in a new medium? Judging by what the musical's book writer Bob Gale, director John Rando and the musical team must have been thinking, the answer is you slavishly remake the movie on stage.
Review: SHPIDER! at THE BRICK HOUSE THEATRE
Before seeing this show, I knew nothing of it besides a quite comedically tantalizing Instagram promo video and a snazzy 60’s referencing sci-fi movie poster.
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents World Premiere Play JOAN
Featuring a remarkable, gutsy performance by Tessa Auberjonois as the legendary comedienne, JOAN is an absorbing and hilarious new work that also feels like an on-going work-in-progress.
Review: THE STREETCAR PROJECT / A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Multiple Warehouse Spaces
This production feels contemporary and fresh, with an edgy, f-you, punk rock rebelliousness.
Review: HADESTOWN at Segerstrom Center For The Arts
In the end, the show is all about seduction, and it has all the dark, gritty sex appeal of a dingy French Quarter speakeasy.
Review: BLOOD/LOVE at The Crimson
At a brisk 80 minutes, the rock opera flies by in a flash of opulence and sin with an infectious joie de vivre
Review: THE PIANO LESSON at A Noise Within
Barely six months since braving Wilson's KING HEDLEY II, the company and director Gregg T.
Review: DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID at Lewis Family Playhouse
Vibrant, colorful, and charming, this Inland Valley Repertory Theatre production of the Academy Award winning 1989 animated Disney film is a delight.
Review: Eric McCormack and Laura Bell Bundy Reunite for OC Cabaret at Segerstrom Arts
Eric McCormick and Laura Bell Bundy recently stopped by Segerstrom Center of the Arts to present the OC debut of their cabaret show “A Blonde, A Brunette, and Some Duets: From Primetime to Sondheim,” a fun and cheeky night of silly songs and even sillier stories for a limited three-night engagem
Review: ROBBIN, FROM THE HOOD at The Road Theatre On Magnolia
The Road Theatre’s 2024–2025 season opener, Marlow Wyatt’s ROBBIN, FROM THE HOOD, is a smart and sensitive look at two kids in the projects of an unnamed tropical American city who strive for more.
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Next to Normal Phantasma Arts (7/17-7/25) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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Fool for Love Santa Monica Playhouse (7/23-7/26) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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Babatunde Blends Hip Hop and Opera Sierra Madre Playhouse (8/28-8/28) |
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Shrek the Musical Morgan-Wixson Theatre (6/28-7/26) |
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A Faery Hunt and Their Animal Friends Kindred Spirits Care Farm (7/26-7/26) |
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A Faery Hunt and Their Animal Friends Kindred Spirits Care Farm (12/06-12/06) |
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Doja Cat at The Kia Forum The Kia Forum (10/22-10/22) |