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...

Eric Berryman (Memnon) in Classical Theatre of Harlem's "Memnon" at Getty Villa (Photo courtesy Getty Villa) The Classical Theatre of...

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...

From left: Sheaun McKinney (Ogun) and Alani iLongwe (Oshoosi) in "The Brothers Size" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch) Though...

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)...

American playwright and choreographer Larissa FastHorse has added magic fairy dust to the “Peter Pan” musical in its recent Broadway...

The 2022 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1971 “Company” soars at the Hollywood Pantages through Aug. 18....

The young and talented cast of Musical Theatre West’s (MTW) “Disney’s Newsies” – a feisty, fun musical with a Marxist message – makes...

From left: Jordan Barbour, J. Cameron Barnett, Malachi McCaskill, Tarra Conner Jones and Jamari Johnson Williams in "A Strange Loop" at...

This review was also published in the Long Beach Watchdog on June 25, 2024. From left: Susan Huckle (Louise Peaks), Natalie Storrs...

The Troubadour Theater Company doesn't miss a beat with its latest music-meets-classic story mashup, “Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra,”...

Shakespeare Theatre Company’s (STC) “The Matchbox Magic Flute” – continuing at STC's Klein Theatre through June 16 – makes opera...

The 2022 Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” – its touring production continuing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts through June 9 – has...