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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THE HOMECOMING
Monday, May 12th, 2025
An outsider’s arrival upsets the delicate balance that has until now preserved the status quo inside a vipers’ nest of a family home in Harold Pinter’s 20th-century classic The Homecoming, the provocative latest from City Garage.
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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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THE SPITFIRE GRILL
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
A young woman fresh out of prison seeks a second chance at life in James Valcq and Fred Alley’s tuneful, inspiring crowd-pleaser The Spitfire Grill, Actors Co-op’s first musical in nearly seven years and one that is well worth the wait.
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THE WINTER’S TALE
Friday, April 25th, 2025
If you’ve ever wished Shakespearean English weren’t so darned hard to understand (I certainly have), then Tracy Young’s modern verse translation of The Winter’s Tale, the sparklingly performed latest from Skylight Theatre Company, is the Shakespeare production for you and for me.
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HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
I’m not what you’d call a fan of the fantasy genre (though I did try to make it through the first Lord Of The Rings movie and the first Harry Potter flick), but even a fantasy curmudgeon like me found myself thoroughly dazzled and ultimately quite moved by Harry Potter And The Cursed Son, now packing them in at the Pantages.
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