From left to right: Celeste Den (Jean) and Shannon Cochran (Harriet) in "POTUS" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch). About an hour before curtain at the Geffen Playhouse last Friday night, Vice President Kamala Harris was purported to be dining around the corner in Westwood, escorted by a police motorcade flashing red and blue to a restaurant on Glendon Ave. barricaded by large SUVs.   Coincidence? Though the vice president was not immediately visible at the Geffen Play

Sometimes you see a show that begs the question, “Why can’t all Shakespeare be like this?” Shakespeare Theatre Company’s staging of “As...

Video by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix, with photos by Marty Sohl and footage courtesy SCFTA Public Relations Magical, mystical, and...

by Anita W. Harris What better way to open a renovated theatre than with music, champagne and cupcakes? So begins Folger Theatre’s...

If you’re searching for something civilized to get you into the Halloween spirit, look no further than International City Theatre’s...

Music takes center stage in Musical Theatre West’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” continuing through Nov....

In Samuel Baum’s “The Engagement Party,” a festive occasion morphs into an obsessive mystery when the bride-to-be’s expensive engagement...

“Every Brilliant Thing,” continuing at the Geffen Playhouse’s Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater through Oct. 15, explores the effects of a...

The national touring company of Disney’s “Aladdin,” performing at the Hollywood Pantages through Sept. 23, features a more ethnically...

Lydia R. Diamond’s adaptation “The Bluest Eye”—deftly dramatizing Toni Morrison’s novel of the same name—is gracing Pasadena’s A Noise...

How fortunate are LA audiences that International City Theatre (ICT) in Long Beach is staging the world premiere of award-winning...

A collaboration between Center Theatre Group and IAMA Theatre Company, Alexis Scheer’s “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” finds four young women...

From left: Nancy Zamit and Greg Tannahill in “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)...

With a resounding orchestra and booming vocals eliciting an equally ardent audience response, “Les Misérables”—a story of revolution,...

Like the tangled vines of Jack’s beanstalk or Rapunzel’s braided hair, “Into the Woods” weaves together several fairytales in a magical,...

You don’t have to go “Over the Rainbow” to experience Musical Theatre West’s (MTW) enchanting production of “The Wizard of Oz.” The...

Amanda Warren gives a tour-de-force performance as Camae, a hotel maid who brings coffee to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his final...

Cast of "Six" at Segerstrom Center (Photo by Joan Marcus) If only all history—or rather “her-story”—could be as energetically...

It’s 1942 Long Beach. While most of the men are in Europe fighting in World War II, the women are holding down the home front while...

As one of its songs goes, “Strange as it seems, there’s been run of crazy dreams” in Egypt, but also in the City of La Mirada, thanks to...