Anita W. Harris

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Join date: Nov 16, 2019

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Anita W. Harris is a theatre reviewer for LA Theatrix, covering productions throughout the Los Angeles area and beyond. She also publishes Long Beach production reviews for the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Watchdog. She was reviewer and journalist for the Signal Tribune from 2016 to 2022, covering local theatre, education and government in Long Beach and Signal Hill (https://sigtrib.com/author/anitaharris/). Her work has also appeared in the Hollywood Progressive and Mountain Views News.

Anita believes theatre is a creative space where words and stories become reality through being spoken, enacted, felt, and lived. She earned a Certificate in Arts Management from UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business in 2022 to broaden her understanding of the business side of theatre. Anita is honored to have placed third in the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2023 and 2024 journalism awards for theatre criticism, and to be a member of the LA Drama Critics Circle since 2024.

For inquiries and review opportunities, please email LATheatrix@gmail.com

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Anita W.

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Nov 23, 2025 ∙ 4 min

Review: Timely ‘Suffs’ at the Hollywood Pantages

From left: Maya Keleher (Alice Paul) and Marya Grandy (Carrie Chapman Catt) in "Suffs" at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre (Photo by Joan Marcus) Actress and composer Shaina Taub’s new musical “Suffs” couldn’t be better timed to perform at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. It’s about the early 20 th -century U.S. women’s suffrage movement, but Taub’s vibrant music and compelling lyrics ensure it’s not just a dry history lesson. Instead, this touring production’s powerhouse cast soars vocally,...

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Nov 17, 2025 ∙ 3 min

Jazz great Charles Lloyd to perform at Soka Performing Arts

If you’ve ever heard Charles Lloyd on saxophone, you know there’s no one else in the world who can make it sing, speak, dance or just tickle like he does. Though Lloyd has performed with different trios and quartets over decades, sometimes on flute or other wind instrument and in different musical genres, his distinctive style always comes through — playful, soulful, surprising, delightful and spiritually transporting. For one night only at the Soka Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Dec....

Nov 15, 2025 ∙ 3 min

Review: Rollicking ‘Table 17’ at Geffen Playhouse

From left: Eiko Eisen-Martin (Dallas), Michael Rishawn (River) and Gail Bean (Jada) in "Table 17" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch) Sometimes you just want good entertainment without any heavy messaging to weigh it down. Enter “Table 17,” actor and playwright Douglas Lyons’ rollicking romantic comedy set in a restaurant with tables on stage and no fourth wall. Thanks to dynamic acting, lighting and sound, “Table 17” keeps the audience laughing in sympathy and recognition at one couple...

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