Theater Review: 'A Delicate Balance' by Myron Meisel

This splendid revival of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winner makes a splendid case for its place in the canon of American theater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:09pm on May 9, 2014☆⚑

Opera Review: An American Soldier's Tale & A Fiddler's Tale by Myron Meisel

Two works by Igor Stravinsky and Wynton Marsalis are staged in Long Beach with librettos by Kurt Vonnegut.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:49pm on May 7, 2014☆⚑

The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Playwright Adam Rapp's complex portrait of mental illness, guilt and responsibility is staged in Orange County.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:30pm on May 1, 2014☆⚑

Man In A Case: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Mikhail Baryshnikov stars in this reworking of two Chekhov short stories.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:34pm on April 30, 2014☆⚑

The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The iconic folk opera of early-1920s African-American life in Charleston is given a makeover in downtown L.A.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:39pm on April 29, 2014☆⚑

Five Mile Lake: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An examination of country versus city mores is staged in Orange County.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:15pm on April 23, 2014☆⚑

White Marriage: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Noted Polish poet and writer Tadeusz Rozewicz's psychosexual dissection of patriarchal society examines the coming-of-age of two young women.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:54pm on April 23, 2014☆⚑

The Tallest Tree in the Forest: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The African-American singer-actor Paul Robeson, a polarizing activist blacklisted during McCarthyism whose roles ranged from "Othello" to "Show Boat," is the subject of this one-man bioplay …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:28pm on April 22, 2014☆⚑

Sovereign Body: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A debilitating disease takes control of a mother, to the horror of her family, in this North Hollywood staging.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:20pm on April 21, 2014☆⚑

Ruth Draper's Monologues: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Annette Bening stars in and directs this quartet of carefully crafted solo characterizations of bygone high-society women.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:19pm on April 17, 2014☆⚑

Everything You Touch: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A writer/producer of "Shameless" renders both the 1970s Manhattan fashion world and contemporary body issues on a Pasadena stage.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:33pm on April 17, 2014☆⚑

Bulgakov/Moliere: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A satire of creativity under the Russian Stalinist regime.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:42pm on April 15, 2014☆⚑

Gene Kelly: A Legacy: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The widow of the legendary dancing star recounts his life on a Pasadena stage.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:21pm on April 15, 2014☆⚑

Taste: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A cannibalism tale, based on a real story, is staged for the era of nose-to-tail dining.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:17pm on April 14, 2014☆⚑

The Suit: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

This South African drama set during the apartheid era focuses on middle-class infidelity.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:14pm on April 11, 2014☆⚑

Rest: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

As a blizzard bears down on an about-to-close Idaho retirement home, staff and patients open up in Samuel D. Hunter's latest play at South Coast Rep.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:35pm on April 10, 2014☆⚑

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The puppet designers of "War Horse" provide a novel aesthetic twist to this Santa Monica production of the frequently staged Shakespearean comedy.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:45pm on April 4, 2014☆⚑

A Song at Twilight: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A late work by Noel Coward, staged in Pasadena, examines the state of the closet in England circa 1966.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:17pm on March 31, 2014☆⚑

Henry V: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Stripped-down Shakespeare is staged in Venice.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:08pm on March 28, 2014☆⚑

Reunion: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Three high school buddies reunite a quarter century after graduation to get drunk and reminisce about their younger selves.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:32pm on March 25, 2014☆⚑

Top Girls: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Caryl Churchill's seminal play about breaking the glass ceiling in Thatcher-era Britain is staged in North Hollywood.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:08pm on March 24, 2014☆⚑

Harmony: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Barry Manilow provides the music for his long-gestating dream project about a largely forgotten male vocal sextet of international variety stars.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00am on March 21, 2014☆⚑

Slowgirl: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An uncle and niece get to know each other in Costa Rica.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:09pm on March 20, 2014☆⚑

Opera Review: The Death of Klinghoffer by Myron Meisel

"Nixon in China" composer John Adams' topical opera about the 1985 terrorist hijacking of a cruise ship docks in Long Beach.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:19pm on March 19, 2014☆⚑

Closely Related Keys: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

In the long shadow of 9/11, a corporate attorney and her newfound Iraqi half-sister struggle to construct a relationship together.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:06pm on March 13, 2014☆⚑