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Open-Door Playhouse Debuts THE NOTE IN THE WALL In April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 13, 2025

Open-Door Playhouse continues to present short plays in podcast form. The Playhouse is presenting a new play, The Note in the Wall, starting April 14, 2025.

Parson's Nose Theater Presents ESSEX CORNERS By Resident Playwright Hoyt Hilsman
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 31, 2025

Parson's Nose Theater will present a reading Essex Corners, a new play by resident playwright Hoyt Hilsman. Directed by Artistic Director Lance Davis, Essex Corners is an exploration of the past century of American life, seen from the perspective of several generations of the Beal family in a small New England town.

Photos: The Porters Of Hellsgate Opens HENRY IV PARTS 1 & 2
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 2, 2024

The Porters of Hellsgate have announced their upcoming production of HENRY IV, PARTS 1 AND 2, by William Shakespeare, directed by Margaret Shigeko Starbuck, current Associate Artistic Director of Boston Court Pasadena. Check out photos here!

Open-Door Playhouse Debuts CHESS MASTER On September 18
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2024

Open-Door Playhouse continues to present short plays in podcast form. The Playhouse is presenting a new play, Chess Master, starting September 18, 2024 online.

Open-Door Playhouse Debuts IN OR OUT? Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 1, 2024

Open-Door Playhouse will continue to present short plays in podcast form. The Playhouse is presenting a new play, In or Out?, starting August 7, 2024 online.

Open-Door Playhouse to Debut THAT DAY IS COMING, EVERY DAY IS COMING in June
by Blair Ingenthron - May 27, 2023

Open-Door Playhouse will continue to present short plays in podcast form. Its upcoming play, That Day Is Coming, Every Day Is Coming will debut on June 28, 2023 online.

12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards; McCallum Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW - Dec 19, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards; at Desert Ensemble Theatre Leads Best Ensemble Performance!
by BWW - Dec 12, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards; McCallum Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW - Dec 5, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Open-Door Playhouse Debuts JUST PLAYIN Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2022

Lee Franklin's play Just Playin' focuses on a group of men at a rustic cottage in Maine celebrating the 25th Anniversary of their regular poker game. The next day, their wives (in one case, an ex-wife) gather at the same cottage (after the guys have left) to play Mahjong. The Mahjong game is also marking its 25th Anniversary.

BWW Review: NATIVE GARDENS at CVRep
by Kay Kudukis - Apr 18, 2022

The last play of CVRep's 2021/2022 season, Native Gardens by playwright Karen Zacarias begins with all of the best intentions, but with change comes a perceived as well as a real cost. It is a slow grower, but the penultimate moment is well worth the burn.

CVRep Concludes Its Play Season With NATIVE GARDENS By Karen Zacarias
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 1, 2022

CVRep's 2021-2022 play season of Hopes, Dreams, and Expectations concludes with Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias, directed by Michael Matthews and starring: Marta Portillo, Andrew Joseph Perez, Dennis Gersten and Janellen Steininger.

SON OF A BITCH Returns To Hollywood With Two Encore Performances
by Julie Musbach - Jul 2, 2019

Hot on the heels of a successful, award-winning run at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival, the comedydrama SON OF A BITCH returns to Hollywood for a special two-performance extension at The Broadwater Black Box.

BWW Review: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at CV Rep Theater is More Than Worth the Trip
by Kay Kudukis - Oct 29, 2018

'How I Learned To Drive' took a circuitous route to CV Rep, but the end results are so very, very satisfying.

CVRep Opens Season With HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
by Julie Musbach - Sep 26, 2018

How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel. The play is a funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man.

BWW Review: MACBETH: REVISITED Brilliantly Updates Shakespeare's Tragic Tale of Power, Greed, and the Blood-Thirst for Ambition
by Shari Barrett - Apr 24, 2017

Culver City residents Jeannine and Jack Stehlin are celebrating the 21st anniversary season of their New American Theatre production company by presenting MACBETH: REVISITED, directed by and starring Jack Stehlin in the title role with choreography and sound design by John Farmanesh-Bocca. Last year, this team of two brilliant production designers brought the award-winning Tempest Redux to the Odyssey Theatre, with mind-blowing choreography enabling the classic tale to resonant with modern audiences. Their great skill working together is again gracing a local stage at Sacred Fools on Hollywood's Theatre Row, featuring a gender-bending cast of company members who tell Shakespeare's tale of power, greed, and the blood-thirst for ambition - all in a roughly 95-minute theatrical journey.

2Cents Theatre presents ACTING OUT INK FEST 2017
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2017

2Cents Theatre Group's popular 3-day festival of female playwrights is back for year four! We are once again gathering around 100 artists for this exciting event, from playwrights to directors to actors and street artists, to celebrate the FEMALE PLAYWRIGHT and ART! The Fest will take place March 17-19 at the Hudson Theatres in Hollywood, right in the heart of Theatre Row and the Los Angeles 99-seat community.

New American Theatre to Present Gender-Bending MACBETH: REVISITED
by BWW News Desk - Mar 2, 2017

The New American Theatre celebrates their 21st Anniversary season with William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth: Revisited.'

BWW Review: Eugene O'Neill's THE HAIRY APE Addresses Social and Class Inequities Still in Place Today
by Shari Barrett - Jun 10, 2016

THE HAIRY APE at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble through July 17 tells the story of Robert 'Yank' Smith, a brutish ship laborer who searches for a sense of belonging in a world controlled by the wealthy elite who he believes only see him as a dirty and hairy ape rather than a real human being. As head coal stoker on an ocean liner, Yank (Haile D'Alan whose incredible and extremely physical performance lifts the entire production to the highest artistic quality) is in his element where he rules his dark, hot, hard-drinking smoky world while managing a group of six other coal stokers who seem to prove their resemblance to simians no matter what they do thanks to the brilliant and totally physical ape-like choreography of their every move by director Steven Berkoff. It's truly a wonder as to how the ensemble manages to keep their energy at such a high level throughout the entire show.

Photo Flash: First Look at THE HAIRY APE at Odyssey Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2016

Renowned British actor/writer/director Steven Berkoff directs a rare production of Eugene O'Neill's 1922 expressionist play THE HAIRY APE. The production opened on May 14 at West L.A.'s Odyssey Theatre, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!