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LOS ANGELES THEATER REVIEWS

The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Los Angeles
Review: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN at Montalbán Theatre

Review: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN at Montalbán Theatre

by Amanda Callas — December 14, 2025
Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern is an improv comedy extravaganza, with all kinds of madcap silliness on display....
Review: THE BIG FAT CHRISTMAS SHOW at El Portal Theatre

Review: THE BIG FAT CHRISTMAS SHOW at El Portal Theatre

by Amanda Callas — December 10, 2025
Standout moments include “Lonely Jew”  by a brilliant Rena Strober, which made the entire evening for me.  This hilarious and wildly irreverent ode to the holiday season includes Strober belting “Oy Vey Maria” and pulling missing Hanukkah candles out of her lady bits to add to her menorah....
Review: TINSELCOLOR: HOLIDAY SOUNDTRACKS LIVE at CineVita

Review: TINSELCOLOR: HOLIDAY SOUNDTRACKS LIVE at CineVita

by Melissa Heckscher — December 8, 2025
Backed by powerhouse vocals, infectious energy and a tent dripping with Old-Hollywood glamour, TINSELCOLOR makes even the most familiar Christmas tunes feel freshly magical....
Review: Family-Friendly Holiday Magic Abounds in A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Review: Family-Friendly Holiday Magic Abounds in A CHRISTMAS CAROL

by Shari Barrett — December 3, 2025
With its stirring original music, vivid storytelling and exuberant cast, A Christmas Carol at A Noise Within continues to capture the timeless magic of Dickens’ classic - and the enduring hope that kindness can redeem us all....
Review: LA BOHÈME at LA Opera

Review: LA BOHÈME at LA Opera

by Andrew Child — December 2, 2025
Herbert Ross’ production of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème currently being presented by LA Opera has everything an audience venturing to the opera could hope for. When the curtain rises on Gerard Howland’s beautifully-textured scenery, one is instantly transported to a brutally cold winter scene...
Review: A Random Encounter Aligns Two Lost Souls in HEISENBERG

Review: A Random Encounter Aligns Two Lost Souls in HEISENBERG

by Shari Barrett — December 2, 2025
Award-winning director Cameron Watson invites us to watch the story of two lost souls looking for human connection who bloom and blossom after randomly meeting in a world that seems to consistently separate them from others into perpetual loneliness....
Review: CRY IT OUT BY MOLLY SMITH METZLER at Little Fish Theatre

Review: CRY IT OUT BY MOLLY SMITH METZLER at Little Fish Theatre

by Shari Barrett — November 28, 2025
All four actors as well as director Mirai are to be commended for keeping the action moving and characters deeply present in their own truths. Given the small and up-close staging in the black box theatre, every audience member will feel like a fly on the fence in Jessie’s backyard while seated on...
Review: SUFFS at Hollywood Pantages

Review: SUFFS at Hollywood Pantages

by Evan Henerson — November 24, 2025
If you don’t already know them, you’ll likely want to look up the names of Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, Ida B. Wells and Ruza Wenclawska…after you’re done applauding until your palms are raw, that is....
Review: WORKING GIRL at La Jolla Playhouse

Review: WORKING GIRL at La Jolla Playhouse

by Evan Henerson — November 22, 2025
WORKING GIRL ultimately soars and plummets based on the root-ability quotient of its title character. Singer and author Joanna “JoJo” Levesque can’t really be classified as a discovery. She’s as good as her material, which is solid, tuneful and plenty enjoyable....
Review: PASSION at Chromolume Theatre At The Zephyr

Review: PASSION at Chromolume Theatre At The Zephyr

by Evan Henerson — November 19, 2025
Employing a 12-person cast who are largely at ease with difficult music, Esposito and company deliver a rare opportunity to commune with this difficult play....
Review: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Ahmanson Theatre

Review: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Ahmanson Theatre

by Harker Jones — November 18, 2025
Chris Fisher’s illusions are the ace in the hole for this production. It’s astonishing what can be done live on stage these days, but the effects in PARANORMAL ACTIVITY will blow your mind....
Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS Shines Under Cate Caplin’s Direction at Theatre 40

Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS Shines Under Cate Caplin’s Direction at Theatre 40

by Shari Barrett — November 17, 2025
Directed with pinpoint focus and lots of movement by Cate Caplin to keep the play from becoming a typical “talking heads” production, I guarantee An Inspector Calls will keep you captivated until its startling conclusion....
Review: TABLE 17 at Geffen Playhouse

Review: TABLE 17 at Geffen Playhouse

by Evan Henerson — November 16, 2025
The fervor of a given audience – kind of its own character in this play - probably helps distract from the fact that, its sweet vibes aside, there’s not a lot of there in Lyons’ play. It’s a good time, but it’s light as a spritz of air freshener....
Review: FRA DIAVOLO at The Highland Park Ebell

Review: FRA DIAVOLO at The Highland Park Ebell

by Amanda Callas — November 15, 2025
While there are ample charms on display in this Pacific Opera Project production of Fra Diavolo, director Josh Shaw seems to lack the right kind of touch for this light-hearted, confectionary romp....
Review: Pun-tastic SHUCKED Harvests Laughs at Segerstrom Center

Review: Pun-tastic SHUCKED Harvests Laughs at Segerstrom Center

by Michael Quintos — November 14, 2025
Filled with a seemingly non-stop parade of awww-shucks delivered puns—of both super naughty and super corny varieties—the show, for lack of a more eloquent description, is so frikkin silly and stupid in the best possible ways a comedy can get. Mind you, this isn't an insult at all—the show is ...
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! at Hollywood Pantages

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! at Hollywood Pantages

by Amanda Callas — November 12, 2025
Moulin Rouge! is an immersive, kinetic wild ride, lavishly sexy, unabashedly romantic, and breathtaking to look at. There is a determined garishness, a gaudy and deliberate trashiness, an extravagance to Moulin Rogue! that feels triumphantly tasteless and rather wonderfully liberating....
Review: GREASE at El Portal Theatre

Review: GREASE at El Portal Theatre

by Harker Jones — November 11, 2025
Director Thomas and choreographer Gary Roberts have designed some creative staging, but it never quite takes off...
Review: Last Call Theatre's THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT at Stella Coffee

Review: Last Call Theatre's THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT at Stella Coffee

by Shari Barrett — November 11, 2025
Produced by Liviera Lim and Michael DiNardo and directed by Ashley Busenlener for Last Call Theatre, The Butterfly Effect is not to be missed by fans of true immersive/interactive theatre or those curious to experience being involved in a show rather than just watching it....
Review: Laughs Fly High in PETER PAN GOES WRONG at La Mirada

Review: Laughs Fly High in PETER PAN GOES WRONG at La Mirada

by Michael Quintos — November 9, 2025
Now presenting an even more over-the-top follow up compared to their first go-round in THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG staged here last February, the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment revisit the earnestly bumbling folks at the fictional Cornley Polytechnic Drama Socie...
Review: THE AARON PLAY at Independent Shakespeare Company

Review: THE AARON PLAY at Independent Shakespeare Company

by Evan Henerson — November 11, 2025
Co-produced by Independent Shakespeare Company and Coin & Ghost, THE AARON PLAY will engage theater-goers and Bard-hounds as well as those who embrace stories with ideas....
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents THE HEART SELLERS

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents THE HEART SELLERS

by Michael Quintos — November 10, 2025
An intermission-less, two-character, conversational-centric play that focuses on a pair of women's specific immigrant experiences—marked with loneliness, hopes, fears, and puzzlements big and small—Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh's absorbing, touching, and occasionally (thankfully) very funny ...
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Returns to OC’s Segerstrom Center

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Returns to OC’s Segerstrom Center

by Michael Quintos — October 30, 2025
After making a splash when it first visited the OC back in 2022, MOULIN ROUGE! - THE MUSICAL—the dazzling, Tony Award-winning 2019 Broadway stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking 2001 movie musical—is back full throttle at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa for a limited wee...
Review: SHOOTING STAR by Steven Dietz at Little Fish Theatre

Review: SHOOTING STAR by Steven Dietz at Little Fish Theatre

by Shari Barrett — October 28, 2025
What makes this production so enthralling along with Donovan’s tight direction is the immersive effect of feeling involved in the lives of these two lonely people as they openly reveal their fears and feelings as the 90-minute play unfolds....
Review: A Hauntingly Intimate PARADE at Venice’s Electric Lodge

Review: A Hauntingly Intimate PARADE at Venice’s Electric Lodge

by Melissa Heckscher — October 25, 2025
That a show as powerful as Parade can soar in a small theater is a testament to both the talent of its director and the strength of its cast, of which there isn’t a weak link in the bunch....
Review: GUAC at Kirk Douglas Theatre

Review: GUAC at Kirk Douglas Theatre

by Evan Henerson — October 24, 2025
Co-written by Oliver and James Clements and directed by Michael Cotey, GUAC embraces its rough-around-the-edges persona without laboring to break new ground.  The 100-minute evening has a narrative sequence and certainly an agenda....
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