This review was originally published in the Long Beach Post, a nonprofit news organization, on Feb. 20, 2025. From left: Grant Hodges...

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

Back by popular demand (and understandably so), “Jane Austen in 89 Minutes” is a hilarious and insightful review of all six of Jane Austen’s published novels. Written and directed by Syrie James, this encore performance of Theatre 40’s hit play is made all the more enjoyable by its venue, the Minstrel Gallery of the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. Although the mansion was built in the 1920s in the Tudor Revival style, the surroundings enhance the play’s Regency-era costum

From left: Michael-Leon Wooley, Mary Faber, Trent Mills, Regina Fernandez (hanging) and John Sanders in "The Play That Goes Wrong" at the...

From left: Mitra Jouhari (Zari) and Agni Abdi-Bahri (Nazanin) in "Wish You Were Here" at South Coast Repertory (Photo by Robert...

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

Mandy Foster (Emma) and Jeff Lowe (Mr. Knightley in “Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical” at Chance Theater (Photo by Benjamin Busch) Some...

Patrick Page in "All the Devils Are Here" at Shakespeare Theatre Company (Photo by Julieta Cervantes) If you’ve ever been to a...

With its haunting sets, vivid costuming and energetic performances, A Noise Within’s (ANW) annual production of “A Christmas Carol”...

Photo by Bob Baker Marionette Theater The holidays are perfect for sweet confections wrapped in psychedelic bows. And that pretty much...

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...

From left: Aasif Mandvi (Estragon / Gogo) and Rainn Wilson (Vladimir / Didi) in "Waiting for Godot" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo by Jeff...

Jason Alexander (Tevye) in "Fiddler on the Roof" at La Mirada Theatre (Photo by Jason Niedle/TETHOS) Stage-and-screen actor Jason...

Don Stephenson (Doc Brown) in "Back to the Future: The Musical" at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre (Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan...

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...