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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....

Review: SPAMALOT Revives A New Quest at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - February 20, 2026

Initially billed as a show that was 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 cult classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony Award–winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT™ gleefully gallops back onto the stage in a brand new production with its signature coconut-clack...

Review: APPLAUSE at Eli & Edythe Broad Stage


by Cary Ginell - February 18, 2026

Musical Theatre Guild, the Los Angeles-based company that produces staged readings of long-forgotten, rarely seen musicals, has done it again with a stellar and highly entertaining production of the 1970 musical Applause. ...

Review: THREE COCONUTS World Premiere Comedy at Miles Memorial Playhouse


by Shari Barrett - February 18, 2026

I really enjoyed the story, acting and staging, along with recognizing the Yiddish comments, behavior and attitudes from my own life being raised by a close-knit Jewish family....

Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA Journeys Back to Musical Theatre West


by Michael Quintos - February 17, 2026

Directed by James Vásquez with musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and choreography by Shani Talmor, this remarkably solid new production of the 1965 Tony Award winner boasts haunting visuals and superb performances from its assembled ensemble, led by a trio of excellent leads that offer three dist...

Review: AMADEUS at Pasadena Playhouse


by Andrew Child - February 17, 2026

Director Darko Tresnjak has crafted a visually-appealing world that unfortunately reduces the action of the play to broad strokes enacted in a toy theatre....

Review: SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA at Geffen Playhouse


by Evan Henerson - February 17, 2026

SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA is trying to be perhaps too many things at once and not really succeeding at any of them....

Review: POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE at Fountain Theatre


by Evan Henerson - February 13, 2026

These are words that both sing and challenge. If, like this reviewer, you were not previously acquainted with June Jordan, POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE is a crackling introduction....

Past Shows

The Fantasticks
Jul 18 – Aug 24, 2025

Ruskin Group Theatre presents The Fantasticks, the world’s longest-running musical, opening July 18 in Santa Monica. Directed by Elina de Santos, this timeless love story...

Unsavory Fellow
Unsavory Fellow
May 17 – May 25, 2024

Rich with dark comedy and stark reality, Nick James struts the path of most resistance as would any man whose ambitions are as grand as...

An Extraordinary Ordinary Man
An Extraordinary Ordinary Man
Jan 20 – Feb 17, 2024

“Be anything but a baker” became the echoing advice that defined John II’s upbringing. Raised in a tight-knit Italian American family he was well aware,...

It’s Only a Show!
It’s Only a Show!
Jan 20 – Feb 17, 2024

Who do you carry with you on life's journey? For some, there are those inspirational individuals whose influence alters the very trajectory of our existence....

Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Feb 24 – Jun 17, 2023

Written by Steve Martin and directed by Amelia Mulkey, the play imagines, in a light-hearted and humorous way, the similarities of the creative process involved with...

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Jul 1 – Aug 21, 2022

A progressive white couple's proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter brings her black fianc home to meet them in this...

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
Jun 21 – Aug 4, 2019

Rob Morrow stars in one of the greatest plays of the 20th Century. A Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner, the story stays strikingly relevant. Burdened...

PARADISE - A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy
PARADISE - A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy
Aug 17 – Sep 23, 2018

A Live Band on Stage with Book/Music from National Lampoon Writers at Ruskin Group Theatre When a southern coal-mining town goes from boom to bust,...

The Alamo
The Alamo
Feb 24 – Mar 24, 2018

In the blue collar Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn sits a rundown neighborhood institution called The Alamo; the last great American bar. The owners, Munce...

The Rainbow Bridge
The Rainbow Bridge
Jul 21 – Sep 17, 2017

At the intersection of satire and reality, Jerry struggles to keep moving forward in his life while haunted by the ghosts of his family’s past....

The Gun
The Gun
Mar 18 – Apr 30, 2017

You are who you pretend to be, until the day you wake up when the sun is shining just right, and you look in the mirror and...

It's Time
It's Time
Oct 21 – Dec 4, 2016

Originating from the true story Time Flies When You’re Alive, HBO Showcase (Ace Award nominee), IT’S TIME is a World Premiere production bringing humor and...

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
Jul 22 – Sep 17, 2016

Winning the BEST PLAY Award from the New York Drama Critics' Circle, “A RAISIN IN THE SUN" made history when it opened in 1959. The...

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