Gaslight HouseReviewed by Socks WhitmoreWhitefire TheatreThrough June 4RecommendedThe Whitefire Theatre, named for the transformative powers of the hottest level of flame, has proudly claimed the title of the only theater in the country to have continued live theater during the pandemic. For the past two years, the space welcomed over 250 live solo shows to […]

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L.A. Now And ThenReviewed by Martίn HernándezGroup Repertory TheatreThrough May 9RecommendedFor native Angelenos of a certain age, this nostalgic musical romp should draw knowing laughs and a tear or two, while those new to LA – and even some of us natives – may need to Google a few of the references. Either way, after […]

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AnnReviewed by Iris MannPasadena PlayhouseThrough April 24Recommended Holland Taylor, who played the sarcastic mother of the two main characters in the television series, Two and a Half Men, virtually owns the stage with her solo, pitch perfect performance as the late, salty, onetime governor of Texas, Ann Richards. Taylor, who also wrote the script for […]

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Little Parts Hunts a Baby-DaddyReviewed by Deborah KlugmanEcho Theater CompanyThru April 10RecommendedThere are times when one’s not quite sure what a theater piece is about, but its presentation is so engaging that it doesn’t matter. Case in point: writer-performer Ann Noble’s solo work, in which the title character (Little Parts) is a pregnant clown conducting […]

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In the Next Room, or the vibrator play Reviewed by V CateOpen Fist Theatre CompanyThru May 7 Recommended1880s, New York. Clouds gather for rain and snow, the skies darken. Luckily, a novel new invention, only just recently refined and popularized by Thomas Edison, should help to illuminate things. However, the potential of electricity extends far beyond lighting […]

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TrayfReviewed by Deborah KlugmanGeffen PlayhouseThru April 10RecommendedThe grass is always greener, they say.In Trayf, Lindsay Joelle’s tender winning play about friendship, an 18-year-old Hasidic Jew longs to experience something of the outside world, while a non-Jewish acquaintance who works in a mid-Manhattan record store is drawn to a more rigid and circumscribed way of life.The […]

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The RevueReviewed by Joseph KlinkThe Colony TheatreThrough March 27RecommendedWith an unmatched eagerness to return to theater, we may easily begin to romanticize our more questionable former decisions and experiences on the stage. Still, we braced ourselves and made them work. But were they ever, really, going to work?The Revue, a new musical created and written […]

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The Hall of Final RuinReviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisOphelia’s JumpThrough April 10Recommended:Why do a play set in 1846 Santa Fe as the first Americano settlers were arriving in what was still Mexico?At first glance, Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos’s historical drama-fantasia seems a scholarly exercise with a dash of feminism thrown in — all six characters are female. […]

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Night Fever: A Night Out in 1977Reviewed by Ryan LuévanoThree ClubsThrough April 9RecommendedDisco is back. Just Fix It Productions’ latest immersive story-telling experience transports audiences to a ‘70s disco club in the heart of Hollywood.They’ve transformed the Three Clubs into a glitzy disco club complete with a light up stage, fantastic disco lighting, an electric […]

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The Play You WantReviewed by Deborah KlugmanThe Road Theatre CompanyThrough April 17RecommendedIn Bernardo Cubría’s The Play You Want, directed by Michael John Garcés, Bernardo (Peter Pasco), the central character, is a Mexican-American playwright who writes experimental plays about clowns, whom he views as universal symbols of humanity. Little would please Bernardo more than to be […]

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