A TIME TO KILL

posted on June 1st, 2026 at 6:00 PM by Steven Stanley

Hudson Long as plucky street lawyer Jake Brigance and Anica Petrovic as the comely University of Mississippi law student who is by his side every step of the way are the two best reasons to catch John Grisham’s A Time To Kill at the Group Rep. Not so much its clunky direction and only so-so design.
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SOUL SACRIFICE

posted on June 1st, 2026 at 5:48 PM by Steven Stanley

A 9-year-old Mexican American begins her journey towards adulthood in Boyle Heights circa 1970 in Consuelo G. Flores’s powerful autobiographical family drama Soul Sacrifice, a solid CASA 0101 World Premiere production that would be even better with a child actress in its leading role.
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GRANGEVILLE

posted on May 30th, 2026 at 12:53 PM by Steven Stanley


Can two brothers estranged for over half their lives possibly find a path back towards reconciliation after decades of accumulated pain, anger and resentments? It is this question that is at the heart of Grangeville, Idaho-born-and-bred playwright Samuel D. Hunter’s most recent mini-Midwest-masterpiece, now getting an absolutely superb West Coast Premiere at the Ruskin Group Theatre.
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PRIMARY TRUST

posted on May 29th, 2026 at 12:06 PM by Steven Stanley


The Pulitzer Prize Board doesn’t always get it right but they most definitely did in 2024 when they opted for hope, healing, and heart over heavy-handedness in honoring Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust, now getting a much anticipated Los Angeles Premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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HELL’S KITCHEN

posted on May 28th, 2026 at 4:26 PM by Steven Stanley


Coming of age has rarely been brought to life on the musical theater stage as movingly or exhilaratingly as it is in Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen, now bringing L.A. audiences to their feet at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.
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LIMONADE TOUS LES JOURS: A PARIS LOVE STORY

posted on May 26th, 2026 at 10:00 AM by Steven Stanley

Love is in the Parisian air at Santa Monica’s City Garage Theatre in Limonade Tous Les Jours: A Paris Love Story, Charles Mee’s wisp of a mai-décembre romance between a 50something American and une jolie francaise less than half his age.
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AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’

posted on May 25th, 2026 at 11:53 AM by Steven Stanley


The “joint is jumpin’” like “nobody’s bizness” at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center now that Ain’t Misbehavin’ has set up shop there to gift L.A. audiences with a bona fide entertainment bonanza.
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ASCENT

posted on May 23rd, 2026 at 4:26 PM by Steven Stanley


Henry Ong pays long overdue tribute to Qian Xuese, aka the “Father of Chinese Rocketry,” in Ascent, the much-missed playwright’s look back at not just one of the ugliest pages in American history but one with unmistakable parallels to today’s United States, brought to stunning life at the Skylight Theatre by director-dramaturg Diana Wyenn.
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