Rick Batalla

Photos: DIE HEART: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT at Troubadour Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2025

Troubadour Theater Company is celebrating its 30th anniversary season by blowing up the holidays with their latest musical comedy event, a newly revised version of its explosive production of Die Heart: The Director’s Cut. See photos!

Review: OEDIPUS THE KING, MAMA! at The Getty Villa & Troubadour Theater Company
by Andrew Child - Sep 5, 2025

Regular attendees of the Getty Villa’s annual summer show are in for a change of pace this season. LA’s own Troubadour Theater Company has infused the drama of Oedipus with their zany brand of irreverent fun and the music of Elvis Presley.

OEDIPUS THE KING, MAMA! to be Presented at the 19th annual Villa Outdoor Classical Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 2, 2025

This fall, the Getty Villa Museum and the Troubadour Theater Company will present Oedipus the King, Mama! for the 19th annual Villa Outdoor Classical Theater production. Learn more!

Review: TROUBIES’ HOME ALONE-LY HEARTS CLUB BAND at Colony Theater
by Evan Henerson - Dec 15, 2024

The mixture this time around is entertaining if not the company’s A-game. HOME ALONE-LY HEARTS CLUB, while providing plenty of laughs, feels thin…thin on merriment, thin on satirical edge and certainly thin on script.

Photos: TROUBIES' HOME A-LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND At Colony Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 7, 2024

Troubie have combined the classic holiday film Home Alone, with the Beatles’ signature album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, in their latest world premiere musical comedy event, TROUBIES’ HOME ALONE-LY HEARTS CLUB BAND! See photos from the show!

TROUBIES’ HOME ALONE-LY HEARTS CLUB BAND Comes to the Colony Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 25, 2024

The Troubies are breaking and entering at the Colony Theatre in Burbank! For THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE and Troubie audiences, the merry-makers of mirth have combined the classic holiday film Home Alone, with the Beatles’ signature album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Review: DURAN DURANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA at Troubadour Theater At The COlony
by Evan Henerson - Jun 12, 2024

The Bard is back and DURAN DURANTHONY & CLEOPATRA is up to snuff, zanily on point both in its concept and execution. When it comes to pop-Bard hybridization, Walker and his company know exactly what they’re doing.

Photos: First Look at Troubadour Theater Company's DURAN DURANTONY & CLEOPATRA
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 9, 2024

Troubadour Theater Company has released first look photos for their production of Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra, running through Sunday, June 16th.

DURAN DURANTONY & CLEOPATRA Opens At The Colony Theatre In June
by Stephi Wild - Apr 24, 2024

Troubadour Theater Company is celebrating its 29th season with DURAN DURANTONY & CLEOPATRA this summer.

Review: THE WHITE (ALBUM) CHRISTMAS at Colony Theatre
by Amanda Callas - Dec 10, 2023

The award-winning Troubadour Theater Company has been doing their beloved annual Christmas mashup shows for decades, with loyal fans who return year after year. The closest thing I can compare it to is live performances I have seen of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Photos: First Look at Troubadour Theater Company's Production of WHITE (ALBUM) CHRISTMAS at Colony Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 10, 2023

TROUBADOUR THEATER COMPANY is celebrating its 28th season by asking the question, “Why Don’t We Do It In The Snow?” with their latest world premiere musical comedy event, WHITE (ALBUM) CHRISTMAS, musical direction by Ryan Whyman, and adapted, & directed by Matt Walker. Check out the production photos here! 

Troubadour Theater Company Presents A World Premiere Holiday Musical Event WHITE (ALBUM) CHRISTMAS
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 26, 2023

Bundle up! TROUBADOUR THEATER COMPANY is celebrating its 28th season by asking the question, “Why Don't We Do It In The Snow?” with their latest world premiere musical comedy event, WHITE (ALBUM) CHRISTMAS, musical direction by Ryan Whyman, and adapted, & directed by Matt Walker. 

Review: DIE HEART at Troubadour Theater Co. At The Colony Theatre
by Evan Henerson - Dec 14, 2022

Serving up a stage adaptation of DIE HARD featuring the music of Heart, the Troubies have once again given L.A. theatergoers a plum of a yuletide gift to unwrap and savor.

Troubadour Theater Company Presents World Premiere Holiday Event, DIE HEART
by Stephi Wild - Nov 30, 2022

TROUBADOUR THEATER COMPANY is celebrating its 20th Anniversary season by blowing up the holidays with their latest world premiere musical comedy event, DIE HEART, musical direction by Ryan Whyman and adapted, choreographed & directed by Matt Walker.

Interview: Katie DeShan's Always Having Fun in THE REVUE
by Gil Kaan - Aug 16, 2022

Producer/creator Jim Dooley reprises The Revue, his modern musical parody at The Bourbon Room September 17, 2022. In this edition, Rick Batalla takes over the directing reins from Matt Walker with the cast of Katie DeShan, Tiffany Daniels, Isaac Robinson-Smith and Philip McNiven. I had the chance to throw out a few questions to Katie on her history with The Revue and the Troubies.

THE REVUE Returns With Cabaret Edition At Hollywood's Legendary Bourbon Room, September 17
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 5, 2022

On September 17th, THE REVUE returns with a Special Cabaret Edition featuring All-New Songs based on favorite movies turned into musicals, including: Top Gun, Caddyshack, The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, Men in Black, The Princess Bride, There's Something About Mary, Pulp Fiction, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and many more.   The new edition will also feature a live band performing in the style of “Rock of Ages”. 

FROZEN, THE BAND'S VISIT, HAMILTON and More Nominated for Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 9, 2022

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced the nominees for theatrical excellence for 2020 and 2021. This year's awards have been combined due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

BWW Review: Stop the Music! Misguided Musicalized Movies light up THE REVUE, at Colony Theatre
by Evan Henerson - Mar 23, 2022

Suppose you took a really good movie – or a crowd-pleaser - and you loaded it down with bad music. Or maybe not with atrocious music, but wrong-headed ditties. Or maybe you assigned the wrong composer for this particular cinematic genre.

BWW Interview: Jim Dooley's THE REVUE Mashes Up Movies Into Musicals
by Gil Kaan - Mar 15, 2022

Emmy-winning composer Jim Dooley teams up with Troubies’ founder Matt Walker to world premiere the ‘dynamic plot-concepted’ The Revue at the Colony Theater opening March 17, 2022. Matt directs the cast of himself with Rick Batalla, Katie DeShan, Tiffany Daniels, Isaac Robinson-Smith and Travis Leland. Jim carved some time from rehearsals to explain his novel dynamic plot concept and chat on some highlights of his varied career.

THE REVUE Comes to The Colony This Week
by Stephi Wild - Mar 14, 2022

“THE REVUE”, a revolutionary new parody of cinema and theater classics that pokes fun at the very fact that “Not everything should be a musical,” will hit the famed Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA on March 17, 2021.