Sunday, February 5, 2012
SCR artistic director Marc Masterson makes his Southern California directorial debut with this often amusing morality tale about the compromising consequences of money's seductive power.SCR …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:57PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 31, 2012
"The Recommendation" by Jonathan Caren has its world premiere at the Old Globe.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00PM[SHARE]Monday, January 30, 2012
The cast bears the responsibility of keeping this play, which is as seductively slight as Reza's more recent "God of Carnage," from floating off into the ether.The cast bears the responsibil…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:11PM[SHARE]Yasmina Reza's "Art" opens at Pasadena Playhouse in a production starring Bradley Whitford
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 26, 2012
Can a drama be memorable if all its characters are disagreeable?Can a drama be memorable if all its characters are disagreeable?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Ebony Repertory Theatre production of "A Raisin in Sun," directed by Phylicia Rashad, opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, January 23, 2012
This quietly furious work, with many of the same actors from Michael Wilson s critically acclaimed 2008 Broadway production, is not just an acute psychological study, it s a deeply perceptiv…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:51PM[SHARE]Michael Wilson's production of Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate," starring Hallie Foote and Elizabeth Ashley, opens at the Old Globe in San Diego.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 19, 2012
This is a play that has forsworn realistic scenery and props, so there are no purple sunsets or hints of the San Gabriel Mountains off in the distance.This is a play that has forsworn realis…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00PM[SHARE]"Our Town," starring Helen Hunt and directed by David Cromer, opens at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
In Suzan-Lori Parks "Topdog/Underdog," in revival at South Coast Repertory, characters named Lincoln and Booth by their parents as a sick joke struggle to survive the historical funhouse th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:52PM[SHARE]"Topdog/Underdog," Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize winning drama, opens at South Coast Repertory
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:10PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 14, 2012
Charles McNulty explores the political dimension of Václav Havel's playwriting.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 12, 2012
What a delight to encounter once again the wit and wisdom of the late newspaper columnist Molly Ivins, who never met a politician she couldn t skewer with her salty satire.What a delight to …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:01PM[SHARE]A review of "Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins," starring Kathleen Turner, at the Geffen Playhouse
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:30PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 25, 2011
Today's dramatists struggle to define the terms of contemporary drama for an audience that seems as uncertain about what constitutes a good play as they are.Sitting through a succession of n…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Still wondering what to get your theater friends for the holiday? Here's your answer.Still wondering what to get your theater friends for the holiday? Here's your answer.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:58PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 18, 2011
Annie Baker, Melissa James Gibson, Rude Mechs, Steve Yockey, Guy Hollingworth and more.Despite all the evidence to the contrary, bigger is still often mistaken for better in the theater. One…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Charles McNulty reviews "Some Lovers" by Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater at the Old Globe
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:36PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 10, 2011
Hal Holbrook's autobiography is more encyclopedic than narrative. Where's Twain this time?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 7, 2011
PS Classics' "Follies" New Broadway Cast Recording provides a fuller experience of the entire show, including incidental music and setup dialogue. PS Classics' "Follies" New Broadway Cast Re…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:55PM[SHARE]Friday, December 2, 2011
"Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at La Jolla Playhouse in a new Broadway-bound revival directed by Des McAnuff.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2011
Charles McNulty reviews Charlayne Woodard's "The Night Watcher" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:45PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 19, 2011
Roland Emmerich's film "Anonymous" has added fuel to the Shakespeare authorship debate, but what are the Shakespeare debunkers and defenders both leaving out?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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