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Review: BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL at Open Fist Theatre Company


by Harker Jones - March 04, 2025

BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is smart, silly, and full of heart. Its expansive and inclusive ideas are not preached, they are sown. And it is another home run from the ever-reliable Open Fist Theatre Company....

Review: AN EVENING WITH JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL at Catalina Jazz Club


by Andrew Child - March 04, 2025

John Cameron Mitchell’s cabaret show exhibited his demented, impish persona through a series of high-energy numbers. Of course, the crowd was most invested in his renditions of songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch....

Review: Tony Award Winner Sutton Foster Returns to the OC at Irvine Barclay


by Michael Quintos - March 03, 2025

Fresh off her final set of performances in the L.A. transfer of the new Broadway revival of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, the two-time Tony Award winning stage and screen star recently returned to Orange County, CA for a one-night-only sold out concert at the Irvine Barclay Theatre accompanied by music dire...

Review: CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND at East West Players


by Evan Henerson - March 02, 2025

Chay Yew’s production for East West Players - improbably the play’s L.A. premiere seven years after its debut at South Coast Repertory – is as raw and raucous as it is timely. Yee urges us to remember the past, be watchful of the future and enjoy the holy hell out of the process....

Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD at Hollywood Pantages


by Evan Henerson - February 28, 2025

This CURSED CHILD is a banquet of magical delights that also happens to be a crackling good story, which should delight series neophytes and Potter-lovers alike....

Review: THE CAMP at Aratani Theatre


by Andrew Child - February 23, 2025

With a superior level of artistry in terms of performance, composition, and design, the reality of the Japanese American concentration camps is relayed to contemporary audiences....

Review: UNCONDITIONAL, A MUSICAL MEMOIR at Skylight Theatre


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....

Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Antaeus Theatre


by Evan Henerson - February 21, 2025

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

Review: OLD FRIENDS at Ahmanson 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....

Review: THE SPHERE OF FIXED STARS IN THE HEAVENS at Theatre 68 Arts Complex


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....

Past Shows


Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country ...

WORKING-2012 REVISED VERSION
11/7 - 11/15/2014


Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American Workers, WORKING paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often ...

Videos


 A Fabulous 50th: Chicago and A Chorus Line! in Los Angeles A Fabulous 50th: Chicago and A Chorus Line!
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (4/18 - 4/18) Tracker
RENT in Concert in Los Angeles RENT in Concert
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Segerstrom Hall (3/15 - 3/15) Tracker
Gustav and Alma in Los Angeles Gustav and Alma
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/6 - 3/9) Tracker
RHINESTONE COWBOYS
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (3/22 - 3/23) Tracker
Porn Rock: The Obscenity Trial of Jello Biafra in Los Angeles Porn Rock: The Obscenity Trial of Jello Biafra
Eastwood PAC (3/1 - 3/23) Tracker
Tchaikovsky & Schubert in Los Angeles Tchaikovsky & Schubert
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/14 - 3/16) Tracker
C A B A R E T in Los Angeles C A B A R E T
Jaxx Theatre (3/13 - 3/29) Tracker
Peter Pan in Los Angeles Peter Pan
Fox Theatre Detroit (3/11 - 3/16)
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE in Los Angeles AND THEN THERE WAS ONE
Santa Monica Playhouse (3/30 - 3/30)
CINDERELLA – an “Enchanting” Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical for kids 2 to 102 – extended through March in Los Angeles CINDERELLA – an “Enchanting” Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical for kids 2 to 102 – extended through March
Santa Monica Playhouse - The Other Space (3/2 - 3/29)
1984 in Los Angeles 1984
Theatre 68 (4/3 - 4/13)
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Steve Budd’s Oy, What they Said About Love – a BFF ’24 in ’25 Visiting Artist Free Event in Los Angeles Steve Budd’s Oy, What they Said About Love – a BFF ’24 in ’25 Visiting Artist Free Event
Santa Monica Playhouse - The Other Space (3/8 - 3/8)
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