A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Monday, April 1st, 2024
Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller ignites fires of lust, jealousy, and revenge at Theatre Palisades in A View From The Bridge, a community theater stunner whose riveting performances and spot-on direction rival the best that L.A. equity houses have to offer.
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BETRAYAL
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
The aftermath of Harold Pinter’s seven-year love affair with the wife of a close friend serves as point of departure for his 1978 three-hander Betrayal, the fascinating latest from City Garage.
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STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
Monday, February 5th, 2024
Theatre 40 hits a suspense thriller bullseye with Craig Warner’s edge-of-your-seat take on Patricia Highsmith’s dark and twisted page-turner Strangers On A Train.
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BRUSHSTROKE
Monday, January 29th, 2024
There’s nothing quite like a book, movie, TV show or play that has audiences gasping “I did not see that coming.” Case in point: John Ross Bowie’s World Premiere wow of a comedy thriller, Brushstroke, now getting a world-class World Premiere at the Odyssey.
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POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Comedic chaos runs wild at the Geffen Playhouse in Selina Fillinger’s farcical, filthy, fabulously entertaining POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.
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THE MANOR: MURDER AND MADNESS AT GREYSTONE
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone is back for the first time since its last pre-Covid run, exciting news for L.A. theatergoers eager to return to the L.A. mansion where the titular “murder” and “madness” actually occurred.
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DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
Kids’ shows don’t get any more adult-friendly than Dog Man: The Musical, which is why whether or not you have school-age children who want to tag along, the off-Broadway hit’s new National Tour, now playing at the Kirk Douglas, just might be the most fun you’ll have at a theater this entire holiday season.
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THE HALF-LIGHT
Monday, November 27th, 2023
Four emotionally scarred individuals get a second chance at happiness in Monica Wood’s The Half-Light, a Theatre 40 West Coast Premiere whose touching performances and message of hope make this heartstrings-tugger a bona fide audience-pleaser.
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