Review: DIAVOLO’s ESCAPE is a Gravity-Defying Celebration of Human Creativity
DIAVOLO’s ESCAPE, running at L'Espace DIAVOLO in DTLA through June 14, isn’t really dance—and it’s not quite Cirque either.
Los Angeles Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Los Angeles.
Review: GILGAMESH: THE OPERA at Cerritos Center For The Performing Arts
This is a visionary and essential new work, a seminal and remarkable achievement of storytelling, music, and dance.
Review: DEATH OF A SALESMAN at A Noise Within
Director Julia Rodriguez-Elliott delivers a production that pulses with quiet power and a moody score.
Review: SPAMALOT at Hollywood Pantages Theatre
Outrageously silly and positively contagious in its deranged fun, Spamalot is quite possibly the best night out you will have all year.
Review: THE LAST FIVE YEARS at Hudson Theatres Backstage
Chalomot's debut production may not be flawless, but it marks a meaningful first for a new theater company willing to take risks, invest in artists, and bring emotionally-driven theater to smaller spaces.
Review: KIM’S CONVENIENCE at Ahmanson Theatre
While KIM'S CONVENIENCE is charming, the nutritional value may feel more like catching dinner at a 7-Eleven than a fully rounded meal.
Review: SWEET CHARITY! at The JAXX Theater Hollywood is "must see" MUSICAL THEATRE!
Pow Thrust! Bam!! The is the best polished musical theater production currently on the boards in LA! Musical Theater god, James Lent, took a four piece hugely talented band with only a five piece orchestrations to sound magically like a full orchestra bringing a solid punch to every number! Crea
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Nocturne Theatre
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is an electrifying take on the last days of Jesus from one of the most underrated venues in Los Angeles.
Review: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU at Morgan-Wixson Theatre
When Tony “accidentally” brings his conservative parents over for dinner a night too early, all hell breaks loose as the polished socialites clash with the chaos and disorder of the Sycamore clan, which raised the roof with laughter thanks to Cate Caplin’s spot-on direction and the impeccable
Review: FAIRVIEW at Rogue Machine At The Matrix Theatre
Despite its title, its well-intentioned if cynical nod to diplomacy, Oz Scott’s production is a swift kick to the nether regions.
Review: DRAGON MAMA written and performed by SARA PORKALOB at Geffen Playhouse
In this next chapter, Sara takes on many personas who interact with her mother during her lifetime, each one a standout as an individual through unique voice and movement thanks to Sara's great skill with improvisation.
Review: ALL MY SONS at Antaeus Theatre Company
What did our critic think of ALL MY SONS at Antaeus Theatre Company?With Miller’s prescient book and under Nguyễn’s precise and fluid direction, ALL MY SONS is another gem in the Antaeus crown.
Review: THE COLOR PURPLE by Chromolume Theatre at The Zephyr
Directed magnificently by Elijah Green, with energetic choreography by Katie Powers-Faulk and musical direction by Miki Yokomizo, the totally entertaining and artistically brilliant production pulled me in from the moment it started.
Review: FOURSOME at IAMA Theatre Co. & Celebration Theatre
This is inside baseball with tensions, heartaches, and personal touches that no one wants to have to explain afterward to their token straight friend.
Review: OCTOPUS'S GARDEN at Theater At Boston Court
Weston Gaylord’s mind-bender of play enhances the mystery of an already fascinating creature and of the limitless possibilities of what we don’t know.
Review: AKHNATEN at Los Angeles Opera
Glass feels to be in direct conversation with grand opera, layering incantations from the chorus over triangulations of notes played nearly ad nauseam on violas to evoke something of the mystery that shrouds ancient Egypt in western culture.
Review: BEETLEJUICE at Hollywood Pantages
With all its visual delights on full display, the non-Equity production directed by Catie Davis (from the original direction by Alex Timbers) is a carnival of the macabre.
Review: Arthur Miller’s THE PRICE at Pacific Resident Theatre through April 12
Thanks to de Santos’ insightful direction, the on-going dialogues never seem to drag and the action flows at a pace which keeps the audience interested in just what happens between these well-written characters.
Review: RED HARLEM at Company Of Angels
In the premiere of RED HARLEM at Company of Angels, director Bernadette Speakes’s production offers some frequently dynamic staging which is brought down by a mixed bag of acting performances and the heavy-handed messaging of Henderson’s script.
Review: HONOUR by Ruskin Group Theatre
Director Max Mayer keeps the action authentic and story realistically contrite after helping execute the play’s workshop, making this production an especially meaningful return to the material.
Review: RICHARD III at A Noise Within
Embodied by the exciting Ann Noble and surrounded by a solid cast, Richard and his dastardly deeds are every inch at home within the world of Guillermo Cienfuegos’s sweet and seedy production of RICHARD III for A Noise Within.
Review: Patti LuPone's MATTERS OF THE HEART at LA Opera
LuPone has woven an unexpected, eclectic musical collage that leads to two clear conclusions; she knows what sounds good in her voice and she knows how to sell a song.
Review: NATURAL SELECTION AT THE ZEPHYR THEATRE at Zephyr Theatre
NATURAL SELECTION is an excessive existential exploration of the ways women encounter their own subjectification.
Review: British Farce THE COTTAGE At Torrance Theater Company
Hilarity ensues as alcohol is consumed, leading to brilliant cat and mouse games during which laughs abound.
Review: HERE LIES LOVE at Mark Taper Forum
With so many delights and leaning heavily into both the political moment that is recounts and what America is experiencing in the here and now, HERE LIES LOVE rocks as aggressively as it rallies.
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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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Kinky Boots - The Musical (FILM) The Plaza Theatre (8/30-8/30) |
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The Lion King Pantages Theatre (12/17-2/13) |
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NewGen Jewels MA (12/04-12/04) |
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Hit a grand slam with baseball hero “MATTY: an evening with Christy Mathewson” – bring the kids! Santa Monica Playhouse (8/15-8/16) |
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Die Already! Diversionary Black Box (7/31-8/09) |
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An Evening of Spanish Guitar with Diego García in Palos Verdes The Neighborhood Church (9/27-9/27) |