Songs of Bilitis: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Christopher Rivas and Aryiel Hartman star in an erotic psychological thriller at Los Angeles' Bootleg Theatre.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:41pm on March 12, 2013☆⚑

Tribes: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The British drama about deafness and the many other ways we do not hear comes to L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:01pm on March 11, 2013☆⚑

Sexsting: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The drama follows a cat-and-mouse game behind an FBI sting operation to catch a possible pedophile.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:46pm on March 5, 2013☆⚑

Complete: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Grad student linguists in love are at the center of Andrea Kuchlewska's unromantic comedy.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:21pm on March 5, 2013☆⚑

What May Fall: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The accidental death of a man in a public space prompts an exploration of grief among his loved ones and strangers alike.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:26pm on February 27, 2013☆⚑

Caged: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Two nude actors explore emotion and entrapment at Santa Monica's City Garage.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:20pm on February 19, 2013☆⚑

Absolutely Filthy: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The "Peanuts" cast is reimagined as adults in this subversive ensemble dramedy directed by Jeremy Aldridge at Hollywood's Sacred Fools Theater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:35pm on February 18, 2013☆⚑

Sixty Miles To Silver Lake: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Father-son bonding is limned over the course of a Southern California car commute.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:55pm on February 14, 2013☆⚑

Cassiopeia: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Two unlikely seat mates find themselves discussing the cosmos on a plane flight in the Emilie Beck-directed play.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:20pm on February 12, 2013☆⚑

The Snake Can: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Jane Kaczmarek co-stars in this perceptive look at three women's lives set in the New York suburbs.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:15pm on February 5, 2013☆⚑

Chinglish: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An American businessman visits a provincial Chinese metropolis in this timely consideration of socio-cultural relations.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:09pm on February 5, 2013☆⚑

The Deep Throat Sex Scandal: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Zephyr Theatre production exposes the drama behind the seminal 1970s adult film.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:42pm on February 4, 2013☆⚑

Fallen Angels: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Noel Coward's vintage female buddy comedy is staged at the Pasadena Playhouse.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:32pm on February 4, 2013☆⚑

Freud's Last Session: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis debate faith in this two-man staging in Santa Monica.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:50am on January 31, 2013☆⚑

The Fall of the House of Usher: Opera Review by Myron Meisel

Philip Glass mind-melds with Edgar Allan Poe via this opera mounted in San Pedro.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:49pm on January 28, 2013☆⚑

Ganesh Versus the Third Reich: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A high-concept story of Vishnu sending her son to confront evil and save mankind confronts the moral hazards of making theater.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:40pm on January 25, 2013☆⚑

Peter Pan: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The songs remain sturdily catchy as Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan visits Pantages Theater. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:48pm on January 21, 2013☆⚑

The Grand Irrationality: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

This world premiere by playwright Jemma Kennedy plays richly and is full of surprises but occasionally lapses into sitcom zaniness.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:32pm on January 17, 2013☆⚑

The Motherf**ker With the Hat: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

This Southern California staging of Stephen Adly Guirgis' play boasts superb acting, keen pacing, effective design and even credible fight scenes. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:16pm on January 17, 2013☆⚑

Angels in America: Opera Review by Myron Meisel

Peter Eötvös and Mari Mezei's operatic version of the Tony Kushner epic stands as a distinct and complementary work to the original.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:51pm on January 17, 2013☆⚑

'Tis Pity She's a Whore: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

John Ford's notorious incest tragedy of the 17th century is given a contemporary-minded staging at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:37pm on January 11, 2013☆⚑

Other Desert Cities: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A holiday reunion in Palm Springs is fraught with tensions between conservative parents and their liberal children.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:34pm on December 13, 2012☆⚑

Coney Island Christmas: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A 1930s-era Jewish immigrant couple copes with the prospect of their daughter's role as Jesus in a Yuletide school pageant.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:32pm on December 3, 2012☆⚑

Anything Goes: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A rousing Broadway revival of the Cole Porter musical comes to Los Angeles.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:28pm on November 30, 2012☆⚑

Gatz: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel is read in its entirety over more than six hours in this bravura theatrical engagement with the source material on stage in downtown L.A.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 6:55pm on November 29, 2012☆⚑