Mayank Keshaviah

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Join date: Jul 17, 2025

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Mayank Keshaviah has been reviewing theatre in Los Angeles since 2006, having worked at both the LA Weekly and Stage Raw. He was a member of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) from 2009 to 2013, and he was selected as an NEA Arts Journalism Fellow in Theatre and Musical Theatre by the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

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Mayank

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Keshaviah

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Dec 12, 2025 ∙ 3 min

Review: Family Fun with ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ at Kirk Douglas Theatre

From left: Taya Ming and Nia Stephen in the National Tour of The Enormous Crocodile (Photo by Danny Kaan) As you enter the Kirk Douglas Theatre, you are handed a large foam peanut and greeted by smoke-filled soap bubbles that waft through the air. Eager children, peanuts in hand, scramble to pop as many bubbles as they can. Even from this pre-show, it’s clear that “Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile” will be filled with spectacle and interactivity. This musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s...

Oct 21, 2025 ∙ 4 min

Review: A heartbreakingly beautiful ‘GUAC’ at Kirk Douglas Theatre

Manuel Oliver in “GUAC” at Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Photo by Cameron Whitman) “When you lose a son, what do you do?” This urgent and gut-wrenching question rang in the ears of writer Manuel Oliver from the moment his son Joaquin (nicknamed “Guac”) was murdered in a 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. It’s also the opening line of Manuel’s solo performance dedicated to Joaquin, which, layer by layer, begins to provide the answer. From the top of the...

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Oct 12, 2025 ∙ 4 min

Review: A humorous and humanizing ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ at Mark Taper Forum

The company of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” at the Mark Taper Forum (Photo by Javier Vasquez/Center Theatre Group) The power of a play...