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Review: AKHNATEN at Los Angeles Opera


by Andrew Child - March 13, 2026

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


by Evan Henerson - March 13, 2026

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


by Shari Barrett - March 09, 2026

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


by Evan Henerson - March 06, 2026

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


by Shari Barrett - March 01, 2026

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


by Evan Henerson - February 27, 2026

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


by Andrew Child - March 02, 2026

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


by Tracey Paleo - February 25, 2026

NATURAL SELECTION is an excessive existential exploration of the ways women encounter their own subjectification.  Playwright Stacy Adelman, gets the point across – in the first 20 minutes. ...

Review: British Farce THE COTTAGE At Torrance Theater Company


by Shari Barrett - February 24, 2026

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


by Evan Henerson - February 22, 2026

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....

Past Shows

Room By The Sea
Room By The Sea
Feb 14 – Mar 10, 2026

The play centers on a disabled teenager in a wheelchair and his father living under a ruler who trades safety for obedience, and examines how...

Breaking Bread
Breaking Bread
Nov 15 – Dec 20, 2025

Breaking Bread is an improv show that welcomes you to pull up a chair at both the figurative and literal dinner table, where a family...

In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Oct 16 – Nov 9, 2025

Outside In Theatre is thrilled to announce the Los Angeles run of Roger Guenveur Smith’s solo performance In Honor Of Jean-Michel Basquiat. The Design team includes Marc Anthony Thompson on...

Torera
Torera
Sep 4 – Sep 30, 2025

Torera is a powerful play about a young latina woman who dares to step into the bullfighting arenain Yucatán, Mexico, confronting tradition, identity, and legacy. Written...

California Story
May 9 – Jun 3, 2025

California Story, written by Roger Q. Mason and directed by Michael Alvarez, will premiere on May 12, 2025, at the Caminito Theatre in Los Angeles....

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