From left: Beejan Land and Ann Sonneville in "Love's End" ("Clôture de l’amour") at the Odyssey Theatre (Photo by Cooper Bates) Having...

From left: Taha Mandviwala, Anna Leigh Gortner, Shiloh Goodin and Toussaint Jeanlouis in "Life of Pi" at the Ahmanson Theatre (Photo by...

From top: Nicholas Clary (Alexander) and Andrew Byron (Aristotle) in Alex Lyras's "Aristotle/Alexander" at Company of Angels (Photo...

From left: Teagle F. Bougere (James Baldwin) and Eric T. Miller (William F. Buckley, Jr.) in "Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley" at Ebony...

From left: James T. Lawson II (David Baldwin), Julio Hanson (James Baldwin), Raquel Rosser (Maya Angelou) and Nick Gillie (Miles Davis)...

Isaac Cruz (Manny) in "Adobe Punk: A Punk Rehearsal in Real Time" at Margo Albert Theatre (Photo by Rob Aft) "Adobe Punk: A Punk...

Scene from Rogue Artist Ensemble's "Schlitzie: Alive and Inside" (Photo by Bryce Darlington) Artists and storytellers love to look back...

From left: Joe Ngo (Chum), Abraham Kim (Rom), Kelsey Angel Baehrens (Sothea), Jane Lui (Pou) and Tim Liu (Leng) in East West Players'...

Maegan Mandarino describes her new solo show “Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair”   as “a musical dramedy about the short-lived love...

From left: David DeSantos (Orsino) and Liza Seneca (Viola) in "Twelfth Night" at Antaeus Theatre Company (Photo by Geoffrey Wade) The...

From top: Chad Doreck (Joe Biden), T.J. Wilkins (Barack Obama) and Jenna Pastuszek (Hillary Clinton) in "44" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre...

From left: Julia Nightingale (Delphi Diggory), Aidan Close (Scorpius Malfoy) and Emmet Smith as Albus Potter in "Harry Potter and the...

Ora Jones, Audrey Francis and James Vincent Meredith in "Noises Off" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch) While theatergoers enjoyed...

From left: Dakota Ray Herbert (Grace), Brandon Delsid (Krys) and Tonantzin Carmelo (Wynona) in Larissa FastHorse's world premiere of...

From left: Jake Farm (Ivan), Adyr Villavicencio (Dr. Corey) and Curt Wilson (Dominic) in "Daddy Issues: The Musical" at Madnani Theater...

Phillip McNiven, Matt Walker and Rick Batalla in the Troubies' "Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band" at Colony Theatre (Photo by Ashley...

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...