Review: WIVES at East West Players
Far more corny than it is cutting or inspiring...the play offers a few insights, scattered laughs and a ton of heavy-handed self-actualization. Even at 90 minutes, this one feels repetitive.…
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Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Ovation Theatre
Jagged Little Pill takes on a Herculean challenge: create a good original story out of a set of existing songs connected only by artist. Diablo Cody, the librettist for this Alanis Morissette musical, accomplishes this feat.…
Review: HEARTBREAK HOUSE at Antaeus Theatre Company
HEARTBREAK HOUSE marks the start of Antaeus Theatre Company’s thirty-fifth anniversary season, and it bodes well for what they have in store.…
Review: FALSETTOS at Victory Theatre
Let’s face the music: William Finn’s Falsettos, written during the Reagan administration’s brutal fumbling of the AIDS epidemic and polarizing of the LGBTQ+ community, remains strikingly relevant to today.…
Review: COME FROM AWAY at A Noise Within
Clearly there were a lot worse places to be on that infamous day than small provincial Gander. In Julia Rodriguez-Elliott’s spirited and heart-warming production...A Noise Within let’s us savor that unique visit.…
Review: WAITING IN THE WINGS at Theatricum Botanicum
Waiting in the Wings explores the glamor and elegance of a lost era, life on the stage of 1920s music halls, the terror and loss and beauty of aging, and the incomparable treasures of female friendship. …
Review: THE LIGHT WE LEAVE BEHIND Is a Dreamlike Experience Best Left Unexplained
BroadwayWorld reviews THE LIGHT WE LEAVE BEHIND, an unconventional concert experience that's as much about the mood as the music, playing through October 25 in Downtown LA's Arts District…
Review: BAT BOY at GEM Theatre
Before the hit movie-to-musical adaptations Legally Blonde and Heathers, Laurence O’Keefe wrote Bat Boy, a cult classic camp-horror musical about a boy who is half human and half bat.…
Review: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at Colony Theatre
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a vivacious and colorful show making the most of its 1960s setting to dazzle us with period fashions and backdrops.…
Review: CRONE CREED at El Portal Theatre
CRONE CREED is an ambitious take on mythology and fate, and it is one of the best shows the El Portal has offered in recent years — out of a field of many exceptional efforts.…
Past Shows
74 total · showing 11–20
Scrooge! The Musical
Scrooge! The Musical is a heartwarming and festive adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novella A Christmas Carol , featuring music, lyrics, and book by Leslie Bricusse. Set in Victorian London, the story follows the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold-hearted moneylender who...
What the Constitution Means to Me
Heidi Schreck’s timely, hilarious, and deeply felt play breathes new life into our country’s most important document. Fifteen-year-old Heidi paid her college tuition by speaking in (and winning) debate competitions across the country. Now older, she resurrects her teenage self...
NUCLEAR
ABOUT THE SHOW: NUCLEAR is a brand-new full-length play, commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club and the Sloan Foundation, following the story of Ray, a rockstar of the nuclear power industry, and Hana, a newcomer questioning the viability of this dying field. This comedy about...
Spring Awakening
Based on Frank Wedekind’s groundbreaking play, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s brilliant rock score and searingly emotional book bring the story of sexual awakening, youth revolt, and self-discovery into a new century. It’s 1891, and the grown-ups hold all the cards. Headstrong...
Punk AF
Holly is mad, you might even say angry as hell. But as a 40-something well-established career woman, she can’t just go around screaming, now can she? Longing for the wild expression of her teen days, Holly plans a girls reunion weekend with a secret mission: to reunite the high...
The Chinese Lady
In 1834, 16-year-old Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America, sailed into New York Harbor to be featured in a museum. She sees herself as a representative of China, here to educate and entertain. Or, in the eyes of the paying public, is she merely a mesmerizing...
Fancy Nancy, The Musical
Making a triumphant return to the Chance, Fancy Nancy is back for another delightful adventure! Bring the family and watch as Nancy and her friends – Bree, Rhonda, Wanda, and Lionel – prepare for their very first show, Deep Sea Dances . Nancy is absolutely certain (that’s fancy...
Tea for Toofi
Tea for Toofi is a madcap farce written and directed by Ravi Kapoor, set in the 1980s Orange County. The story follows a retired computer engineer who invites a Hindu priest to reform his "godless" family, only to find the priest's intentions may be more than spiritual. Inspired...
Pyro: How to Blow Up a Life
Chance Theater presents a staged reading of Khanisha Foster's new play, Pyro: How to Blow Up a Life. The story follows Helen, portrayed by Tristan Cunningham, who, on the eve of her 40th birthday, confronts her husband's infidelity. In a quest for self-discovery, Helen embarks...
Such Small hands
Paul and Marie wake in the morning, Marie makes coffee, black, Paul asks for sugar, Marie says the sugar is out of reach and they drink it black, Paul questions “do we drink it black because the sugar is out of reach or because we like it that way?” And so begins the daily...
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CLUB27 Jaxx Theatre (10/01-10/30) |
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The Cottage North Coast Repertory (10/28-11/22) |
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Woof Odyssey Theatre (10/03-11/08) |
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A Killer Night in Studio City Vitello's (9/06-10/31) |
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Assassins The Actors Company — The Other Space (11/06-11/29) |
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Brewyard Beer Company (10/29-10/31) |
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Pirates of Penzance in One Act Presented by The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players The Plaza Theatre (4/24-4/24) |
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Studio Cabaret: Joel Gaines George Nakano Theatre (1/22-1/23) |
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OC of OC: American Stories Curtis Theatre (4/24-4/24) |
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Forever Plaid San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (2/12-3/14) |
