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Review: DRAGON MAMA written and performed by SARA PORKALOB at Geffen Playhouse


by Shari Barrett - March 18, 2026

In this next chapter, Sara takes on many personas who interact with her mother during her lifetime, each one a standout as an individual through unique voice and movement thanks to Sara's great skill with improvisation....

Review: ALL MY SONS at Antaeus Theatre Company


by Harker Jones - March 17, 2026

What did our critic think of ALL MY SONS at Antaeus Theatre Company?With Miller’s prescient book and under Nguyễn’s precise and fluid direction, ALL MY SONS is another gem in the Antaeus crown....

Review: THE COLOR PURPLE by Chromolume Theatre at The Zephyr


by Shari Barrett - March 16, 2026

Directed magnificently by Elijah Green, with energetic choreography by Katie Powers-Faulk and musical direction by Miki Yokomizo, the totally entertaining and artistically brilliant production pulled me in from the moment it started....

Review: FOURSOME at IAMA Theatre Co. & Celebration Theatre


by Andrew Child - March 15, 2026

This is inside baseball with tensions, heartaches, and personal touches that no one wants to have to explain afterward to their token straight friend....

Review: OCTOPUS'S GARDEN at Theater At Boston Court


by Evan Henerson - March 14, 2026

Weston Gaylord’s mind-bender of play enhances the mystery of an already fascinating creature and of the limitless possibilities of what we don’t know....

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....

Past Shows

Die Mommie Die!
Die Mommie Die!
Nov 8 – Nov 17, 2024

Compulsion Dance and Theater presentsDIE MOMMIE DIE! by Charles Busch DIE MOMMIE DIE! Is a hilarious dark comedy evoking the 1960’s “Grande Dame Guignol” films that...

A Twisted Bargain
A Twisted Bargain
Aug 16 – Aug 25, 2024

A TWISTED BARGAIN, inspired by the lives and crimes of Leopold & Loeb. Written & Directed by Michael MizeranyFeaturing Sam Zukin and Hunter BrownProduced by Compulsion...

Blood Moon
Blood Moon
Mar 1 – Mar 10, 2024

After an ex-cop discovers the identity of his brother’s killer, he lures him to an abandoned house to exact revenge.

Wally & His Lover Boys
Wally & His Lover Boys
Dec 8 – Dec 17, 2023

A sex farce with heart, Wally And His Lover Boys is a hilarious and heartfelt play about growing older, dating younger and surviving both.

Wally & His Lover Boys
Wally & His Lover Boys
Dec 8 – Dec 17, 2023

A sex farce with heart, Wally And His Lover Boys is a hilarious and heartfelt play about growing older, dating younger and surviving both.

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