THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Monday, July 21st, 2025A pair of magnetic, gorgeously sung lead performances bring out the best in Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman’s The Bridges of Madison County. The makeshift production design it’s been given by Chromolume Theatre Company and some occasionally clunky staging not so much.
YANKEE DAWG YOU DIE
Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Kelvin Han Yee and Daniel J. Kim are on fire in East West Players’ 37th-anniversary revival of Yankee Dawg You Die, Philip Kan Gotanda’s look at Asian-American representation on stage and screen, at how it has changed since the days of Anna May Wong and Sessue Hayakawa, and at the changes that remained to be made in 1988 … and still do in 2025.
NICE GIRL
Monday, June 23rd, 2025
What’s a Nice Girl to do when she finds herself still living at home with her mother and rapidly approaching the age when singledom turns into spinsterhood? That’s the dilemma Jo faces in Melissa Ross’s tangy slice-of-1980s-life now captivating audiences on Rogue Machine’s uber-intimate Henry Murray Stage.
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OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
Sunday, June 22nd, 2025
Playwright John Patrick Shanley has rarely been as quirkily charming as he is in his tangy Irish comedy Outside Mullingar, now in the final weekend of a scrumdiddlyumptious The 6th Act revival at the Matrix.
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HIDE & HIDE
Sunday, May 18th, 2025
The American Dream ends up little more than an urban legend for the two star-crossed protagonists of Roger Q. Mason’s compelling, heart-rending two-hander Hide & Hide, a sensationally acted, directed, and designed Skylight Theater World Premiere.
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CALIFORNIA STORY
Thursday, May 15th, 2025There may be times when, as the saying goes, two much is indeed not enough, but in the case of Roger Q. Mason’s audacious but overly ambitious, overlong California Story, too much is just that. Too much.
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TASTY LITTLE RABBIT
Saturday, May 10th, 2025
Is it pornography or is it art? That is the question posed by prolific playwright Tom Jacobson in his provocative latest, Tasty Little Rabbit, now tantalizing audiences at Moving Arts.
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LIFE OF PI
Thursday, May 8th, 2025
Not since War Horse has there been a theatrical experience as spectacular as Life Of Pi, the Tony-winning Broadway smash now dazzling L.A. audiences with its life-sized animal puppets, it cinematic spectacle, and Taha Mandviwala’s star-making performance in the title role.
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