From left: Taylor Gilbert (Ann Carlson) and Andrew Elvis Miller (John Pine) in “The Civil Twilight” at the Broadwater Studio Theatre...

Rarely do the words “important” and “entertaining” stand side by side when describing a staged production. In fact, it often seems that...

Playwright Mark Wilding notes in the program for Theatre West’s “The Goddamn Couple Down the Hall (Oh…. and Merry Christmas!)” that he...

Irish playwright Samuel Beckett wrote “Waiting for Godot” in the winter of 1948, in French, having lived in Paris for 20 years and...

Stage-and-screen actor Jason Alexander may be headlining “Fiddler on the Roof” –performing at La Mirada Theatre through Dec. 1 – but in...

Back to the Future  (1985) is perhaps one of the most beloved films of all time. For this fact alone, expectations for “Back to the...

Shakespearean taboo For most theatergoers, the byline “by William Shakespeare” carries a unique weight. Seeing his name attached to a...

The title of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Piano Lesson” – one of his cycle of plays on African American life in the 20th...

The Group Rep’s “Four Top,” an original new comedy by Michael B. Kaplan at the Lonny Chapman Theatre, opens with a one-night stand, or at...

When the house lights dim for “Shipping” at The Elysian and a cloaked woman wanders the stage picking shellfish from the water, eating...

If you’re wondering whether the hype is real about “Kimberly Akimbo” – which won five Tony Awards following its 2022 Broadway run,...

“Babbitt” is playwright Joe DiPietro’s 2023 adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s 1922 novel that contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in...

Road Theatre Company’s “Robbin, from the Hood” opens with an elderly Percy Woods (William L. Warren) browsing TV channels from his...

Let’s cut to the chase: if you’re considering seeing Shakespeare Theatre Company ’s (STC) “Comedy of Errors”—continuing at STC’s Klein...

“The Skin of Our Teeth”—continuing through Sept. 29—is a weird play excellently executed by A Noise Within (ANW) with compelling acting...

The Classical Theatre of Harlem ’s (CTH) new “Memnon”—continuing at the Getty Villa ’s outdoor amphitheater through Sept. 28—ingeniously...

Before “The Double V” story begins, one of the actors steps forward as a Cal State Long Beach grad student to say how his grandfather...

Though Geffen Playhouse’s new artistic director Tarell Alvin McCraney wrote “The Brothers Size” 20 years ago, the play resonates just as...

If you find yourself in London within the next couple of months, treat yourself to the doubly delightful confection “The Comedy of...

Though “Antony & Cleopatra” at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is delivered in two languages – spoken English and British Sign Language (BSL)...