In staging the west coast premiere of Ellen McLaughlin’s modern verse translation, director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck and her cast are working their Helicanuses and Thaisas off to keep this lesser-staged romance punchy and relevant…
Swiss writer Max Frisch’s post–World War II absurdist satire THE ARSONISTS hit Los Feliz like a blow torch, scorching everything in its path.…
Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
Actor WEST LIANG, delivers deeply nuanced, emotionally quiet, and completely resonant character portrayals that enhance each time capsule, in this play about historical and generational change.…
TP’s production of Abaire’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO, the 2000 play, not the musical, is a potent concoction of pitch-black humor, family dysfunction and unexpected does of sweetness that one would not expect out of a tale this offbeat.…
The Gem Theatre in Garden Grove, CA, tackles one of Broadway’s darkest musicals, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, armed with every color of light you can think of.…
Amid the heat and haze of Bakersfield emerges a spine-shivering show of human connection, compassion, and camaraderie. One of the first community theatre productions of Come From Away brings out the best of humanity (and Bakersfield) on stage.…
With a powerhouse cast and a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about how mental illness shapes a family, Hudson Backstage's production of NEXT TO NORMAL was every bit as moving as its source material.…
Political and politically motivated, this quintet of characters offers a blistering two-hour presentation on how extremist religious views can warp minds, even that of intellectuals. It’s a smart, timely, and timeless script that is both illuminating and alarming.…
The world of Barry Edelstein’s high octane spin on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Old Globe Theater is much of a much, containing much of just about everything...Of Shakespeare’s comedies, Edelstein’s cast, crew and musicians have worked awfully hard to make this merry.…
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Recently revived on Broadway starring James Franco, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men remains just as powerful and vital today as when it premiered on Broadway in 1937. This riveting American classic will come to life in the intimate setting of the Harlyne J. Norris Pavilion for...
Critics have called Larry Shue’s inventive, side-splitting farce one of the funniest plays ever written. The story centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect whose life is suddenly upended by an unexpected visit from a man he has never met, but who saved his life in...
Stephen Sondheim’s thrilling musical masterpiece, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” will be presented in-concert with a full 22-piece orchestra and costumed cast. The concert version of the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway musical features all the spectacular...
Based on the Oscar-winning film, the Broadway hit musical comedy, “The Full Monty,” follows the story of six unemployed Buffalo, N.Y. steel workers who come up with a bold scheme to get themselves out of debt and regain their self-confidence. Inspired by a male dance revue that...
A smash hit when it was first produced on Broadway in 1941, Joseph Kesselring’s wickedly funny, madcap masterpiece about a wildly eccentric family, which includes two elderly sisters who poison lonely men with their homemade elderberry wine, is one of the most popular American...
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