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by Amanda Callas - February 22, 2025

Unconditional, A Musical Memoir is a must-see new world premiere at Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz through March 9th.  Unconditional is utterly heartbreaking, explosive with tenderness and the irresistible bittersweetness of memory....

by Evan Henerson - February 21, 2025

What did our critic think of TWELFTH NIGHT at Antaeus Theatre?...

by Evan Henerson - February 20, 2025

To watch these singers perform these numbers is to dream about entire revivals of Sondheim shows built around some of these actors, maybe even productions that have their genesis at the Ahmanson....

by Harker Jones - February 19, 2025

This is just another gem of a production that should not fly under the radar. The Theater 68 Arts Complex in North Hollywood is an unsung space that consistently offers up intimate and challenging material....

by Andrew Child - February 16, 2025

In approaching the play for a new production at A Noise Within, director Andi Chapman has grappled with these facets of the work and— aside from a few key missteps— has delivered a clever, if forgettable, production....

by Melissa Heckscher - February 16, 2025

TARANTINO | PULP ROCK just opened at the brand-new CineVita venue at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. The immersive concert/ musical theater experience will excite both Tarantino fans and Quentin newbies....

by Amanda Callas - February 16, 2025

Bacon is the West Coast premiere of a simmering new drama at Rogue Machine on Melrose running through March 30th.  Brawny, raw, savagely intimate, Bacon is a spare two-person play by Sophie Swithinbank that grabs us hard and never lets us go, even for a second....

by Evan Henerson - February 13, 2025

With its gung-ho company of actors, clever construction, wicked cool set and general overall braininess, FAKE IT sails blithely along for 90 minutes, liberally trafficking in chuckles and cringes...FAKE IT’s physical and intellectual humor aren’t always completely in synch with each other, but the p...

by Harker Jones - February 12, 2025

The classic show is revived to hysterical effect with excellent directing, staging and acting...

by Amanda Callas - February 11, 2025

TICK TICK...BOOM! is an inspiring hit musical at the award-winning Chance Theater in Anaheim through February 23rd.  Set in New York City in 1990, this is a poignant love letter to Jonathan Larson, composer of the Broadway mega-hit musical Rent. Surprisingly for something that is grounded in real li...