Review: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at Rogue Machine At The Matrix Theatre
This delicate and insightful two-hander presents both the playwright and the company at their most skilled.…
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Review: THE VISIT at Pasadena Playhouse
Tony winner Darko Tresnjak directs a nuanced and unsettling update of the 1956 Swiss play, adapted here by Maurice Valency.…
Review: World Premiere Musical WILD CHILD Debuts at Laguna Playhouse
Featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by composer Julianne Wick Davis, WILD CHILD is an ambitious, sincerely earnest, and, at times, cleverly innovative new musical about a group of teenagers who are forced to join an outdoor wilderness therapy program where they must grapple with iden…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Hollywood Pantages
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS bears the imprint of its original director, the uber-talented Jessica Stone, and a team of collaborators who span a whole mess of creative genres. Along with their marvelous ensemble, they take us away.…
Review: ANTIGONE: IN THE LANGUAGE OF KINGS at Getty Villa & Latino Theater Company
Beneath the florid poetry, the stunningly-detailed costumes, and the imagistic staging, Sophocles would instantly recognize the overarching humanity that has carried his play through the centuries.…
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Encore Theatre Company
Rooted in Faustian legend, a horticultural horror musical takes over Tulare for the next three weeks. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors highlights the dangers of greed and talking plants as destitute protagonist Seymour Krelbourn discovers his mysterious fly-trap plant may sud…
Review: PERICLES at Theater At Boston Court
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…
Review: THE ARSONISTS at Skylight Theatre
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.…
Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at A Noise Within
Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
Review: IN THE TOMB OF TEN THOUSAND CALENDARS at Moving Arts Theatre
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.…
Past Shows
On Being Jewish Now
On Being Jewish Now is a world premiere stage adaptation of Zibby Owens' bestselling anthology, presented by The Braid. This production delves into the personal and emotional experiences of American Jews navigating a transformed world marked by conflict and rising antisemitism...
Do The Right Thing
The Braid opens its 2026 season with Do The Right Thing, a thought-provoking production that explores the complexities of Jewish identity and ethics in today's society. Featuring a cast that includes Jasmine Curry, Jeanette Horn, Ethan Remez-Cott, Rick Zieff, and Ilana Zackon...
Not That Jewish
NOT THAT JEWISH is the hilarious yet deeply poignant comedy written and performed by Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning writer, actor and comedian Monica Piper.
For the Love of Animals
For the Love of Animals explores the connection between humans and animals through a series of heartfelt Jewish narratives. The show features a talented cast including Joshua Reuben Silverstein, Avalon Greenberg Call, Cherish Monique Duke, and Lisa Robins, who bring to life...
FeaturedNot That Jewish
2015 LA Drama Critics Award Nominee for solo performance and Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and comedian Monica Piper explores her Jewish roots and present life in this hilarious and heartwarming autobiographical journey. This show is directed by Eve Brandstein.
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Crone Creed El Portal Theatre (9/30-10/17) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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A Killer Night in Studio City Vitello's (9/06-10/31) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Dinner with Friends Santa Monica Playhouse (9/26-9/27) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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New Works Festival Shoebox Theatre (9/11-9/26) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Worthy The Un-Erasable Solo Festival - Willie Agee Playhouse (9/12-9/25) |
