A Steady Rain: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The 2009 Broadway hit drama about a pair of Chicago cops comes to West L.A. under the direction of "Scandal" star Jeff Perry.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:57pm on March 11, 2014☆⚑

My Name Is Asher Lev: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Chaim Potok's bestselling 1972 novel of Russian-Jewish Brooklyn family bonds is adapted for the stage and mounted in East Hollywood.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:31pm on March 3, 2014☆⚑

Cry, Trojans! (Troilus & Cressida): Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Wooster Group gives Shakespeare a Native American makeover in downtown L.A.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:26pm on February 28, 2014☆⚑

50 Shades! The Musical: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

E.L. James' juggernaut novel trilogy, soon to be a Universal blockbuster, is spoofed at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:06pm on February 27, 2014☆⚑

White: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A high-concept staging about the wonders of perception, specifically tailored for very young children, arrives in Beverly Hills.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:59pm on February 27, 2014☆⚑

The Whipping Man: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A Jewish Confederate soldier returns to his ruined home to celebrate Passover with his newly freed slaves, who also practice the faith, in this story of freedom from bondage.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:14pm on February 25, 2014☆⚑

Disassembly: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A black comedy of conspiracies and catfights bows in Hollywood.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:07pm on February 24, 2014☆⚑

Villon: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Obie-winning playwright Murray Mednick takes a look at the Middle Ages life of notorious French poet Francois Villon.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:36pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

Noel Coward's Brief Encounter: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

This English import, a classic romance of decent married lovers resolutely resisting adultery, arrives in Beverly Hills.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:27pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

Firemen: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A challenging drama of underage seduction arrives in Atwater Village.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:32pm on February 18, 2014☆⚑

The Recommendation: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A privileged aspiring movie director -- Brentwood-raised, Harvard-Westlake-educated -- finds his morality tested through his friendship with the son of an Ethiopian immigrant.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:09pm on February 18, 2014☆⚑

Love, Noel: The Letters And Songs Of Noel Coward: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A staged pastiche of Noel Coward's correspondence arrives, fittingly, at the former Beverly Hills post office.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:23am on February 18, 2014☆⚑

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Broadway comedy hit, which won a Tony for Best Play in 2013, arrives in downtown L.A. in a production directed by David Hyde Pierce.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:20pm on February 13, 2014☆⚑

Theater Review: Above The Fold by Myron Meisel

Playwright Bernard Weinraub -- the former Hollywood correspondent for the New York Times and husband of Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal -- stages a newspaper drama in Pasadena based on the…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:17pm on February 6, 2014☆⚑

Se Llama Cristina: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An anxiety dream of impending parenthood unfolds in Pasadena.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:46pm on January 31, 2014☆⚑

Passion Play: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An epic dramatization of religious pageantry arrives in West L.A.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:31pm on January 31, 2014☆⚑

The Black Suits: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A "Smash" vet pens a musical about a group of garage rock hopefuls, world-premiering at the Kirk Douglas in Century City.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:44pm on November 7, 2013☆⚑

Theater Review: Gidion's Knot by Myron Meisel

The Pasadena Playhouse stages an emotionally wrenching parent/teacher conference about a child's tragic circumstances.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:55pm on November 5, 2013☆⚑

4000 Miles: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A past finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for drama arrives in Orange County.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:14pm on October 29, 2013☆⚑

Moskva: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A Stalin-era Soviet satire is updated for Putin's Russia and staged in Santa Monica.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:46pm on October 29, 2013☆⚑

Creditors: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

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SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:43pm on October 28, 2013☆⚑

Falling: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A family deals with a severely autistic son in a persuasive mid-Wilshire staging.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:42pm on October 23, 2013☆⚑

The Liar: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A post-Shakespearean French comedy comes to North Hollywood.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:09pm on October 22, 2013☆⚑

Invisible Cities: Opera Review by Myron Meisel

Italo Calvino's famous novel "- a conversation between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan about cities "- is transformed into a site-specific opera at L.A.'s historic Union Station.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:20pm on October 21, 2013☆⚑

Fast Company: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

South Coast Repertory in Orange County presents a sharp look at a family of grifters.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:14pm on October 18, 2013☆⚑