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A. D'AlessandroWalt Disney told songwriters the Brothers Sherman: 'This song is going to send your kids through college.'
Let's face it, It's a Small World was always mom's favorite …
Randolph AdamsTreat Yourself Like Cary Grant​Rick Pagano's tale of a death row inmate who think's he's the famous actor is being reviewed this weekend at Hollywood's Lillian Theatre. …
Justin DavanzoSarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis presented by City Garage at Track 16/Bergamot Station​
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Local theater's looking kinda edgy in the dog days of late August: Paul Bir…
Steven Leigh MorrisRachel (foreground) with kids, brushing up their Shakespeare in the park.
On the car ride to Griffith Park, 11-year-old Rachel is in one of her moods. "Can't you j…
Craig SchwartzThis​
The Playwrights Horizons production of Melissa James Gibson's domestic comedy, This, opened on Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (presented by Center Theatre Grou…
Patti McGuireJoe Hernandez-Kolski certainly looks Awake.
This week in our theater section, Steven Leigh Morris reviews two solo shows: Joe Hernandez-Kolski's Awake, a sleek one-man d…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that James Earl Jones will receive an honorary Oscar this year. For many tinseltown pundits, an honorary Oscar is …
Rafael TongolThe War Cycle: Gospel According to the First Squad​Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble brings back its Gospel According to the First Squad (from its War Cycle trilogy), in what …
Art by Ben Chlapek, Courtesy of Gallery 1988
Pee Wee Herman is back in full swing, with an appearance last weekend at San Diego's Comic-Con, a show here in L.A. that moved to Broadwa…
Amy Graves
This week in our theater section, Steven Leigh Morris reviews Anne Deavere Smith's latest set of interview-based monologues, Let Me Down Easy, now at the Broad Stage.
Whil…
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS (after the jump)
NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Merry Wives of Windsor in Topanga Canyon and Griffith ParkBrian HelmOthello​On a care-free, car-fre…
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS
NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Merry Wives of Windsor in Topanga Canyon and Griffith Park
Tim Dietlein
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Glendale Centre Theatre's well-reviewed…
"Sex is a virus," says Richard Foreman in Marie Losier's short film about his experimental theater work, The Ontological Cowboy, screening Sunday at LA Filmforum. "Let's not kid our…
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Salome and J.M. Barrie at PRTEnciDorie Barton and Tom Fitzpatrick in "Margo Veil" at the Odyssey Theatre​This week's …
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Salome and J.M. Barrie at PRTCuriousjosh.comThe Burning Opera​The Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse, creat…
NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Radar L.A.Sean LambertBash'd, A Gay Rap Opera​A string of recommends comes with this week's theater reviews: Bash'd, A Gay Rap Opera at Celebration…
Flickr/smileymanwithahatHollywood, seen inside-out
I'm still surprised by the things people do in L.A. Last week, I met a guy who was a personal trainer at the Playboy mansion. "Was,"…
COMPLETE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE : A Case for Small TheaterCourtesy Los Angeles Poverty DepartmentState of Incarcertion, in Radar L.A.​More reviews from the H…
Stephen BirchPadua Playwrights' Guy Zimmerman makes a point
The first jolt of Los Angeles' big summer of theater came to its convulsive close yesterday with the final curtain of the R…
Julie Taymor
A former child actress and a performer to the core, a cheerful Julie Taymor balanced a passion for her projects with an obvious compulsion to entertain in an event last n…
A Case for Small Theater
​The Groundings' Crazy Uncle Joe Show has a one-night only tenth anniversary performance (Wed., June 22, 8 p.m
The 23rd Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards by Steven Leigh Morris
The 23rd Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards by Steven Leigh Morris
Tori Spelling is a supernova in the constellation of pop stars. Which is why I jumped at a chance to cover her theatrical debut in Maybe Baby, It's You at the Coronet Theater.