Local Performances

Clybourne Park at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles Review - Antic Nihilism

The Mark Taper Forum kicks off 2012 with a sparkling production of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris featuring the original New York cast reunited for the Los Angeles premiere

Seatbelts Required - You’re in for one Emotional Ride

Warning: If you have a problem with calling your siblings in the middle of the night, crying and telling them how much you love them, step away from this play now! Otherwise, grab some tissue and hold on for a ride

Helen Hunt in "Our Town" - A Star Lights Up The Broad Stage

In "Our Town" at The Broad Stage, Oscar-winner Helen Hunt shines a light on the lives of people living in the old-fashioned hamlet of Grover's Corners and issues in our lives become illuminated.

New Local Performances Articles

New Jerusalem - The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27,1656

West Coast Jewish Theatre’s production of David Ives’ brilliant, exquisitely written “New Jerusalem,” on stage at the Pico Playhouse, is pure theatrical and intellectual magic

Simon Boccanegra at LA Opera Review - A Phenomenon!

Giuseppe Verdi's Simon Boccanegra at LA Opera starring Placido Domingo is an operatic and cultural phenomenon

Doma Theatre: A Musical Experience For All The Senses

Doma Theatre announces their new six-play musical season

Theatre Review: A Jew Grows In Brooklyn-What's Not To Love?

You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy A Jew Grows In Brooklyn - a heartwarming, uplifting experience

Short Eyes Theatre Review - EXTENDED @ LATC Thru March 2012!

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! SHORT EYES WRITTEN BY MIGUEL PIÑERO, DIRECTED BY JULIAN ACOSTA RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER

Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over - Run, Don't Walk

The first thing you should do is make sure you can get in to see Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over. Tickets can be easily had by visiting matrixtheatre.com, inkwelltheater.com, or calling 323.852.1446. Click click, ring ring. Get to it

Theatre Review: Twentieth Century - A Wonderful Rendition of an Old Classic

Comic relief great now as it was in the 30's

Mark Taper's "Clybourne Park" Review: Contrasting Two Plays

Two inter-connecting plays, Clybourne Park and A Raisin in the Sun, run simultaneously for a fascinating comparison

Dreams of The Washer King Review - Haunt- Rinse - Repeat

Deams of The Washer King has gripping moments and a powerful theme

Kirk Douglas "A Raisin in the Sun" Review - Riveting and Masterful

Kirk Douglas Theatre’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Phylicia Rashad, is a wonderful, masterful theatrical event not to be missed

Hunger: In Bed With Roy Cohn Theatre Review

A World Premiere fantasy play by Joan Beber about Roy Cohn, the brilliant attorney whose hunger for power and prominence ultimately destroyed him

Clybourne Park Theatre Review - Same Issues, Different Century

After A Raisin in the Sun, Clybourne Park travels across town to where the other half lives and examines exactly how different the races really are from one another - from 1959 to 2009

Oswald the Play Theater Review - A Compelling Untold Drama

In Dennis Richard's Oswald - the Play, the war of wills between prisoner and interrogator rages, while the world outside waits and watches

Theatre Review:Pulp Shakespeare - Taking Pulp Fiction One Step Beyond

If you like Pulp Fiction, you'll love Pulp Shakespeare

Awake in a World That Encourages Sleep Theater Review - A New Play by Raymond J. Barry

Awake in a new world that encourages sleep is a fascinating play,that tackles the moral ambiguity of war as well as other serious issues with which the world is grabbling, as well as the loss of love and passion in marriage

Red Hot Patriot Theater Review - Kathleen Turner Is Red Hot in “Red Hot Patriot – The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins”

The moment Kathleen Turner speaks her first word of dialogue, you know you should fasten your seat belts for the extraordinary theatrical ride that is going to ensue, Molly Ivins, one of America’s most respected, multiple award-winning columnists

Kathleen Turner in Red Hot Patriot: The Kickass Wit of Molly Ivins Review – at the Geffen Playhouse

The new production of RED HOT PATRIOT: The Kickass Wit of Molly Ivins has been extended at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles until February 19, 2012. This 75 minute show is an opportunity to spend an evening enjoying two incredible women

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Review – Simply Wonkalicious at the Hudson Theatre

Undertaking Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has so many dynamics when you are trying to bring it to the theatre, young kids, endless props and bizarre settings trying to pull it off can take some of that Willy Wonka magic. Nancy Dee Horak pulled off that trick this weekend with her version of the famous movie at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles