The Troubador Theater Company’s ‘Funky Punks’ are some of the friendliest and silliest clowns around. Employing a creative use of simple props and settings, the cast of merry pranksters jump around the stage brimming...
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An American classic — All My Sons returns to the Matrix Theatre
They simply don’t write plays like they used to. They really don’t. Born in 1915, Arthur Miller was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 61 years, until his death in 2005. His works remain the...
Dynamic dysfunction — The Fall to Earth at Odyssey
In its West Coast Premiere at the Odyssey Theatre, Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson’s one-act drama mines the prickly and uncomfortable terrain of a mother and daughter relationship exacerbated by a family...
Classic screwball comedy – “Twentieth Century” at Sierra Madre Playhouse
Now playing at the Sierra Madre Playhouse is a very funny play featuring a great cast and a superb set (designed by Adam Smith). Twentieth Century, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (adapted by Ken Ludwig), is one of...
Squirmy yet fun — Clybourne Park
LA is truly fortunate at present to have two interrelated plays and productions concurrently on its stages. This matched pair of plays consist of director Phylicia’s Rashad’s handsome production A Raisin in the Sun and...