Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking in Laguna Beach. by Rob Stevens

Didion's prose is vibrantly brought to life by an incandescent Linda Purl.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 1:43pm on October 28, 2014☆⚑

Marital strife in The Dance of Death at A Noise Within by Rob Stevens

An unhappily married couple play games with the man who introduced them in Conor McPherson's translation of the Strindberg play.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 12:23pm on October 22, 2014☆⚑

Actors Co-Op offers a half-baked and very dry production of The Diviners. by Rob Stevens

A pedestrian production reveals the flaws and mediocrity of Jim Leonard, Jr.'s Depression era play about misplaced faith.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:10pm on October 19, 2014☆⚑

Theatrical S&M delivered at a fever pitch in Venus In Fur at SCR. by Rob Stevens

Great production of a really fun show.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:07pm on October 19, 2014☆⚑

A very funny Glorious! at ICT in Long Beach. by Rob Stevens

Eileen Barnett is truly glorious as the vocally challenged but determined opera diva Florence Foster Jenkins.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 12:00am on October 14, 2014☆⚑

Jason, Norman, Carrie, Freddy and Jamie Lee are dying to be in Scary Musical The Musical. by Rob Stevens

Writer Richard Hochberg has done his homework, probably by watching every horror film ever made

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 8:15pm on October 6, 2014☆⚑

Ann Noble gives a devastating performance in Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? by Rob Stevens

This Ken Sawyer directed production at the Los Angeles LGBT Center will leave you breathless.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 8:13pm on October 6, 2014☆⚑

Director Michael Arden and Deaf West Theatre create theatrical magic with Spring Awakening. by Rob Stevens

An evening of sobering drama and incandescent enchantment is the result of using a combination of deaf and hearing actors to sing and tell the story.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 12:34pm on September 20, 2014☆⚑

Trying is a great history lesson at ICT in Long Beach. by Rob Stevens

Playwright Joanna McClelland Glass puts a year of her own life on stage to present a fascinating look at Judge Francis Biddle and his storied career.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 7:11pm on September 4, 2014☆⚑

Psyche: A Modern Rock Opera is a feast for the eyes but hard on the ears. by Rob Stevens

Cindy Shapiro's book, music and lyrics may be mundane but Michael Matthews' staging is never boring in this tale of Psyche, the original princess, and Eros, the God of Love.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 7:07pm on September 4, 2014☆⚑

We Will Rock You rocks the Ahmanson Theatre by Rob Stevens

If ever a jukebox musical should have just been done straight out as a rock concert, it's this Queen infused mess.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 4:27pm on July 17, 2014☆⚑

Ghost-The Musical, a really bad idea. by Rob Stevens

With all the projections and video effects and the lackluster score, the audience would be better off watching the original film.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:24pm on June 29, 2014☆⚑

Sandy Bainum performs an all Ira Gershwin cabaret act at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal. by Rob Stevens

Sandy Bainum shower her vocal versatility as she went from jazzy to operatic to Broadway in her new show.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 1:03pm on June 24, 2014☆⚑

The Antaeus Company really shakes up the theatre with The Curse of Oedipus. by Rob Stevens

The Sensurround effect is just one of the many highlights in this stellar mounting of the Greek tragedy.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 12:54pm on June 24, 2014☆⚑

The Werewolves of Hollywood Blvd. is a howling success at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. by Rob Stevens

Werewolves sing, dance, howl and keep tongue planted firmly in cheek in this Damnable Rock Musical.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 11:36am on June 21, 2014☆⚑

Musical Theatre Guild presents staged concert of City of Angels by Rob Stevens

A great cast headed by Stan Chandler and Kevin Symons compensates for the lack of a set.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 11:27pm on June 16, 2014☆⚑

Good People Theater Company presents The Fantasticks at the Hollywood Fringe Festival by Rob Stevens

Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's long running musical allegory is a simple tale of love simply told with many songs that are now standards.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 12:30pm on June 16, 2014☆⚑

Songs for a New World vibrantly brought to life at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. by Rob Stevens

A Cuppa Tea Theatre Company makes an auspicious debut with the Jason Robert Brown song cycle.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 12:01pm on June 15, 2014☆⚑

Blythe Danner and Scott Foley take up residence in The Country House. by Rob Stevens

Donald Margulies' new play premiering at the Geffen Playhouse is in need of a major renovation.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 12:22pm on June 14, 2014☆⚑

The Last Confession details the murder of Pope John Paul I and the resulting coverup. by Rob Stevens

David Suchet heads a stellar cast in Roger Crane's play about Vatican politics and the struggles within the Catholic Church.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 6:05pm on June 12, 2014☆⚑

Linda Eder and Constantine Maroulis pay tribute to Broadway on the Night After the Tonys by Rob Stevens

Chris Isaacson's third annual concert delivered the hits from past Broadway shows in the intimate confines of the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in the Hollywood hills.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 4:28pm on June 10, 2014☆⚑

Meet & Greet provides the laughs as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival by Rob Stevens

Four very different actresses find themselves competing for a role in a casting Meet & Greet from hell.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 5:00pm on June 9, 2014☆⚑

Gender Bending The Importance of Being Earnest in the Hollywood Fringe Festival by Rob Stevens

Queer Classics changes the gender of Oscar Wilde's Cecily and Gwendolen and presents a speed reading version of the classic comedy in 90 laugh filled minutes.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 12:19pm on June 9, 2014☆⚑

Kritzerland at Sterling's salutes the lyrics of Dorothy Fields. by Rob Stevens

Musical theatre vets Cynthia Ferrer, Kim Huber, Kerry O'Malley and Robert Yacko are among those singing the songs of Fields.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 9:15pm on June 2, 2014☆⚑

Los Angeles Regional Premiere of Les Miserables in La Mirada is a winner. by Rob Stevens

James Barbour and Randall Dodge head the cast of a gloriously sung production.

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 6:54pm on June 1, 2014☆⚑