150 stories by "Jordan Riefe"
Showing at 28 venues over 17 days, the fifth annual theater festival runs through June 29 on Theater Row on Santa Monica Boulevard.read more
A whole family in the San Diego suburbs works out its conflicts through backyard wrestling in Mickey Birnbaum's new play at the Echo Theater Company.read more
John Combs, Jennifer Laks and Martin Thompson star in Norm Foster's comedy about trying to find and create the perfect woman.read more
The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum, who chatted with THR about starring in the new play "The Hound of the Baskervilles" at UCLA's James Bridges Theatre, also shared what it would take to pl…
Author Carole Eglash-Kosoff's "The Human Spirit" began as a book transcribed from nearly 60 interviews from her time spent volunteering in South Africa, and is now being adapted as a play.re…
"We wanted to pay tribute to his life by sort of illustrating it with his work. It's kind of like a musical," says Stewart, who along with his wife, has partnered with the Pasadena Playhouse…
The performance-filled event takes place this weekend at The Disney Concert Hall's REDCAT Theater, with an opening night performance at The Music Center Plaza by contemporary dance company B…
After John Lacy stopped in the middle of the show to confront a drunk man who called his co-star Anton Tory a "fag," the actor says Repertory East Playhouse's company director Ovington Micha…
Actress Bojana Novakovic explores blind dating at a Hollywood bar in her new improv piece.read more
L.A. Phil president Deborah Borda speaks with THR about producing the current production, which runs at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Thursday and Saturday.read more
The one-woman show stars singer-comedian Amy Gordon.read more
Shirl Hendryx's production is a tepid character study that manages to skimp on character, plot and meaning.read more
Laurel Ollstein's play, starring Kahyun Kim and Justin Huen, focuses on dysfunctional families and functional friendships.read more
An L.A. adaptation of Timothy Conigrave's "Holding the Man" focuses on themes such as coming out, identity and AIDS.read more
Placido Domingo plays the role of Cenobite monk Athanael in the opera, which is showing now through June 7.read more
The famed soprano, who sang the National Anthem at this year's Super Bowl, appears in three L.A. Opera performances of a semi-staged version of the Tennessee Williams classic.read more
The playwright, whose "American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose" premiered in 2010, spoke with THR about the staged reading of his work for L.A. Theatre Works, running through May 18, at UCLA…
The ability to confound expectations and take a surprising angle on an evocative notion is emblematic of what Fardon does best in "Do Not Disturb."read more
If art is a public service, then McLaughlin has served her public well. With Ajax in Iraq she presents a stark truth about the cost of war: while our enemies are those that would do us harm,…
The dance production -- which pays tribute to Lena Horne, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra, as well as Hines' own mother -- runs through May 24 at Beverly Hills' Wallis Annenberg Center for th…
The First Annual Sci-Fest is a series of nine science-fiction, one-act plays arranged into two omnibus programs.read more
Shortcomings aside, "Letters From Zora-" In Her Own Words" is a well-intentioned and often informative play featuring Calloway, a vivid actor whose affection for her character is infectious.…
The play from Neil Labute runs through June 1 at Hollywood's Hudson Theater.read more
Susan Sullivan and David Selby reunite in the Odyssey Theatre's presentation of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "A Delicate Balance," now running through June 15.read more
The actor dishes on the new play from Kenny D'Aquila, why cancer was the best thing that ever happened to him, and the time he witness a murder.read more
