Roxana Ortega in "Am I Roxie?" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch) Written and performed by Roxana Ortega and directed by Bernardo...

Alexandra Lee (Taylor F.) in Rogue Machine's "Adolescent Salvation" at Matrix Theatre (Photo by Jeff Lorch) “Adolescent Salvation,”...

From left: Neo Barnes (Albert) and Jillian Lee Garner (Lucy) in "Goldfish" at Noisy Nest (Photo courtesy of The Nest) Written by John...

From left: Matt Walker (Oedipus) and Beth Kennedy (Jocasta) in "Oedipus the King, Mama!" at Getty Villa (Photo by Craig Schwartz...

This review was published in the Long Beach Post , a nonprofit news organization, on September 4, 2025. From left: Timylle Adams (Tina)...

From left: Gerald C. Rivers and Ensemble in “Strife” at Theatricum Botanicum (Photo by Ian Flanders) Shakespeare’s plays continue to be...

From top: Lodric D. Collins (Jackie) and Jordan Marinov (Veronica) in "The Motherf*cker with the Hat" at Odyssey Theatre (Photo by Cody...

Playwright Harold Pinter’s 1978 “Betrayal” follows the unraveling of a love affair between Emma and Jerry, which Emma’s husband Robert...

According to its website, Impro Theatre “creates completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the world’s greatest...

From left: Jonathan Miller and Michaela Kahan in "Bedridden" at Eastwood Performing Arts Center, reprising its Hollywood Fringe Festival...

Chelsea Newman (Dottie) in "Killer Joe" at the Sherry Theater (Photo by Noah Paul) “Killer Joe” is a two-act play by Tracy Letts that...

From left: Carly J. Casey, Jeremy S. Walker, Sarah Wolter and Matthew Downs in "Menage à Quatre" at Los Angeles LGBT Center’s...

From left: Christopher Glenn Gilstrap and Susan Angelo in "The Seagull: Malibu" at Theatricum Botanicum (Photo by Ian Flanders)...

From left: Tavis Kordell (Jerry) and Matt Loehr (Joe) in "Some Like It Hot" at Hollywood Pantages Theatre (Photo by Matthew Murphy) Based...

From left: Rob Welsh (Matty), Susan-Kate Heaney (Jocelyn) and Elizabeth Schmidt (Zara) in "Thank You for Your Order" at Brewery Arts...

Tom Dugan in "Tevye in New York!" at Theatre West (Photo by JP Hubbell) The beloved Tevye from Sholom Aleichem’s many short stories, and...

Promo for "A Haunting Revue" “A Haunting Revue” is a tightly constructed anthology of three eerie, unsettling stories that explore the...

From left: Kacie Rogers (Berta) and DeJuan Christopher (Leroy) in Echo Theater Company's "Berta, Berta" (Photo by Makela Yepez...

Brian Henson (right) in "Puppet Up! – Uncensored" at Kirk Douglas Theatre (Photo courtesy the artist and Center Theatre Group) First,...

From left: Daniel J. Kim (Bradley Yamashita) and Kelvin Han Yee (Vincent Chang) in “Yankee Dawg You Die” at East West Players (Photo by...