ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS
Friday, June 19th, 2026
Generations clash to laughter-and-thought-provoking effect in the sensational Los Angeles Premiere of Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous, now dazzling and delighting audiences at the Geffen Playhouse.
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CROSSING DELANCEY
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Romcom lovers in search of romantic comedy bliss need look no further than Beverly Hills’ Theatre 40, where Susan Sandler’s Crossing Delancey is nearing the end of its captivating sold-out run.
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GRANGEVILLE
Saturday, May 30th, 2026
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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BLUE KISS
Monday, April 27th, 2026
All bets are off from the moment 17-year-old Susan arrives at 31-year-old Todd’s one-bedroom apartment for her first SAT tutoring session because if you think you know where things are going in Blue Kiss, Stephen Fife’s riveting two-hander now getting its World Premiere at the Ruskin Group Theatre, you’ve got another thing coming.
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“Master Harold”…and the boys
Saturday, April 18th, 2026The miscasting of 31-year-old Ben Beatty as the teenage title character of Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold”…and the boys derails the Geffen Playhouse production of the South African writer’s most celebrated play in ways that even the magnificent John Kani can’t overcome.
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ENGLISH
Saturday, April 11th, 2026
You don’t have to have made a lifetime career out of teaching English to speakers of other languages as I have to be blown away by the Broadway production of Sanaz Toossi’s extraordinary Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, now paying a must-see visit to The Wallis in Beverly Hills.
THE BEST BOARDING HOUSE IN DELAWARE
Friday, March 13th, 2026
Playwright Marja-Lewis Ryan is back, and reunited with her One In The Chamber star Heidi Sulzman in The Best Boarding House In Delaware, not only the year’s most deliciously dark comedy but one that marks the return to the stage of the exquisite Leigh Taylor-Young.
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