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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Older actresses shine in rarely revived Noël Coward play at Theatricum Botanicum by Charles McNulty

Jan Wikstrom, Susan Angelo and Ellen Geer lead a cast of older actress in an entertaining revival of Noël Coward's 'Waiting in the Wings,' presented outdoor at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicu…

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Thursday, July 23, 2026

'The Merry Wives of Windsor Cove' gives Shakespeare a 'Beach Blanket Bingo' makeover by Charles McNulty

Eli Simon directs 'The Merry Wives of Windsor Cove,' a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy that's part of this summer's New Swan Shakespeare Festival.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Sexual kinks are no substitute for human connection in Erik Patterson's 'F— Strangers' by Charles McNulty

Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of provocateur playwright Erik Patterson's "F— Strangers," directed by Chris Fields and starring Michael Sturgis, James Tupper, Sean Luc Ro…

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

'Mexodus,' a live-looping, hip-hop history lesson, reenergizes the American musical by Charles McNulty

Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson bring their award-winning musical 'Mexodus,' a live-looping, hip-hop musical about a fugitive slave who finds freedom south of the border, to Pasadena Pla…

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

8 splendid plays that beg for an L.A. production ASAP by Charles McNulty

8 new plays that deserve to be seen in L.A. include work by Joshua Harmon, Samuel D. Hunter, Nazareth Hassan, Talene Monahon and Ro Reddick.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

'Coriolanus' in Griffith Park: Indie Shakes conscripts Shakespeare's haughty warrior by Charles McNulty

Independent Shakespeare Co. presents a vivid outdoor rendering of William Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus,' directed by David Melville, as part of its Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival.

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Monday, June 29, 2026

American playwrights are embracing the nation's complexity. Will audiences answer the call? by Charles McNulty

Democracy is in crisis. But writers such as Young Jean Lee, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, are stepping up, dramatizing the complexities of what it means to be an American.

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Monday, June 22, 2026

Hollywood Bowl kicks off season with heartfelt 'Best of Broadway' — though 'best' may be a stretch by Charles McNulty

The Hollywood Bowl opens for the season with 'The Best of Broadway,' a lavish concert headlined by Halle Bailey, Darren Criss, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Lea Salonga.

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Friday, June 19, 2026

'Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous' lives up to its title, but the plot lumbers by Charles McNulty

LaTanya Richardson Jackson directs the L.A. premiere of Pearl Cleage's 'Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous' at the Geffen Playhouse

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Friday, June 12, 2026

Lessons in letting go: In 'Rheology,' Shayok Misha Chowdhury's secret weapon is his physicist mother by Charles McNulty

The playwright teams up with his theoretical physicist mother at REDCAT for a physics lesson applicable to both art and life

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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Tony Awards 2026: "Schmigadoon!" wins best musical in a season saved by revivals by Charles McNulty

'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' and Ragtime' were the standout musical winners at the Tony Awards; "Schmigadoon!" took the prize for best new musical.

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Tony Awards 2026: 'Death of Salesman,' the prestige hit of the Broadway season, is showered with Tony love by Charles McNulty

The critically hailed revival of 'Death of a Salesman' wins TK Tony Awards, including best revival and best featured actress in a play for Laurie Metcalf.

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Tony Awards 2026: Bess Wohl's Pulitzer-Prize-winning 'Liberation' is crowned best play by Charles McNulty

'Liberation,' Bess Wohl's playful imagining of her mother's feminist consciousness-raising group in 1970s Ohio, deservedly wins the Tony for best play

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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Is the past ever over? The two estranged half-brothers in Samuel D. Hunter's 'Grangeville' find out by Charles McNulty

The Idaho-set play has its West Coast premiere at Ruskin Group Theatre in a production directed by John Perrin Flynn and starring Tim Cummings and Jeff LeBeau.

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Saturday, May 30, 2026

Alicia Keys' glorious music fuels blazing 'Hell's Kitchen' at the Hollywood Pantages by Charles McNulty

The Broadway hit delivers all the bangers in telling the R&B star's New York coming of age story in L.A. premiere.

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Friday, May 29, 2026

Eboni Booth's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Primary Trust' is the play we need to restore our souls by Charles McNulty

The small-town story about a lonely man in a lonely world has its L.A. premiere at the Mark Taper Forum in a production directed by Knud Adams.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Two Golden Age musicals get makeovers: 'Brigadoon' transcends time, 'Flower Drum Song' falters between eras by Charles McNulty

'Brigadoon' soars at Pasadena Playhouse but 'Flower Drum Song' only intermittently comes to life at Little Tokyo's Aratani Theatre despite best intentions.

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

The delusional monarch of 'Exit the King' holds a cracked mirror up to our absurdist times by Charles McNulty

Michael Michetti directs a revival of Eugène Ionesco's absurdist classic "Exit the King" at A Noise Within in Pasadena.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Tony Awards 2026: Win or lose, these 10 standout performances and shows are worth celebrating by Charles McNulty

Moments that stand out from the 2025-2026 Broadway season include performances by Laurie Metcalf, a radical reframing of "Cats" and John Lithgow's towering performance in "Giant," all of whi…

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Director Joe Mantello scales 'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf by Charles McNulty

Two-time Tony-winner Joe Mantello, who directed 'Wicked' on Broadway, takes on one of his biggest challenges -- Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf

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Friday, May 1, 2026

Broadway musicals: Does 'Cats' have nine lives? Does 'Lost Boys' suck? Does 'Titanique' sink? by Charles McNulty

A selection of reviews of new Broadway musical productions: "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," "The Lost Boys" and Celine Dion to the rescue of "Titanique."

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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Broadway's strange season gets a boost from 7 acting powerhouses by Charles McNulty

Broadway reviews of Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson in "The Fear of 13," Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf in "Death of a Salesman," Jon Bernthal and Ebon-Moss Bachrach in "Dog Day Afternoon" a…

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Nicholas Christopher's Broadway star shines bright in 'Chess' after years of paying his dues by Charles McNulty

Nicholas Christopher more than holds his own in the Broadway revival of 'Chess' that also stars Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit.

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Talene Monahon's new play 'Eat Me' at South Coast Rep is a foodie wonderland gone down a rabbit hole by Charles McNulty

'Eat Me,' a new play by Talene Monahon, author of 'Meet the Cartozians,' has its world premiere at South Coast Repertory.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Trigger warning? 'For Want of a Horse' gives new meaning to the term 'animal lover' by Charles McNulty

Trans playwright Olivia Dufault tackles the taboo of zoophilia in the Echo Theater Company world premiere of 'For Want of a Horse' at Atwater Village Theatre.

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Friday, April 17, 2026

An Athol Fugard classic lives again in exquisite production at the Geffen Playhouse by Charles McNulty

"'Master Harold' … and the Boys," Athol Fugard's classic drama set in apartheid South Africa, opens at the Geffen Playhouse in a production starring John Kani, a Tony-winning interpreter o…

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Saturday, April 11, 2026

As Trump rains down terror on Iran, Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer-winning 'English' has its L.A. premiere by Charles McNulty

'English,' Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in Iran, has its L.A. premiere at the Wallis.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Red-hot director Knud Adams brings his Pulitzer touch to L.A. with 'English' and 'Primary Trust' by Charles McNulty

Director Knud Adams, one of the most sought after directors of new plays, brings his acclaimed productions of 'English' to the Wallis and "Primary Trust' to the Mark Taper Forum. Both plays…

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

A tale of two Arthur Miller plays: One nails it, one misses the moment entirely by Charles McNulty

As Arthur Miller's plays surge in popularity, 'Death of a Salesman' dismally disappoints at A Noise Within while 'The Price' thrives in the intimacy of Pacific Resident Theatre.

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Friday, March 27, 2026

'Kim's Convenience' is back onstage after TV success with its sitcom warmth intact by Charles McNulty

Ins Choi's 'Kim Convenience,' the Toronto hit play that inspired a TV show, opens at the Ahmanson Theatre, refreshes a familiar immigrant family drama with warmth and gentle humor.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Fairview' comes in a little cloudy in its L.A. premiere at Rogue Machine by Charles McNulty

Jackie Sibblies Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Fairview" receives its L.A. premiere at the Matrix in a Rogue Machine production directed by Oz Scott.

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