TABLE 17
posted on November 14th, 2025 at 9:34 AM by Steven Stanley
Audiences are invited to talk back to the exes who reunite at a trendy night spot to rehash the past and maybe, just possibly get back together in the MCC Theater production of Douglas Lyons’ raucously funny off-Broadway hit Table 17, imported to L.A. by the Geffen Playhouse precisely when stressed-out Angelinos need it most.
Tags: Douglas Lyon, Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Comedy, Presented Production, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
नेहा & NEEL (NEHA & NEEL)
posted on November 10th, 2025 at 12:28 PM by Steven Stanley
A divorced Indian mother and her USA-born-and-raised teenage son embark on the year’s most entertaining and heartwarming road trip in Ankita Raturi’s नेहा & Neel (Neha & Neel), now guaranteeing audiences an abundance of laughs and more than a few cross-cultural insights at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Tags: Ankita Raturi, Artists At Play, Los Angeles Theater Review, Los Angeles Theatre Center, The Latino Theater Company
posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
ALICE BY HEART
posted on November 9th, 2025 at 1:05 PM by Steven Stanley
The off-Broadway critics got it right when they called Alice By Heart’s book muddled, but that didn’t bother me a bit last night, so captivated was I by the impressive production it has been given by MouthBone Theater Company.
Tags: Duncan ShEIk, Jessie Nelson, Los Angeles Theater Review, Steven Sater
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
LE SWITCH
posted on November 8th, 2025 at 1:21 PM by Steven Stanley
It’s love at first sight (but will there be a happily ever after?) for marriage-phobic David and the irresistible Quebecois he meets on a bachelor party trip to Montreal in Philip Dawkins’ very funny and very romantic Le Switch, now charming audiences at the Broadwater Blackbox.
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Tags: Broadwater Blackbox, Los Angeles Theater Review, Philip Dawkins
posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!
PERFECT WORLD
posted on November 4th, 2025 at 1:12 PM by Steven Stanley
Barbara Follett had two novels published before she turned 15. Then, at the age of 25, she disappeared and was never heard from again. Her life now forms the basis of Perfect World, a promising new bio-musical being given the most polished of World Premieres at the El Portal Theatre.
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Tags: Alan Edmunds, El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Richard Winzeler
posted in Musical, North Hollywood, World Premiere, WOW!
PETER PAN GOES WRONG
posted on November 2nd, 2025 at 12:56 PM by Steven Stanley
If you thought The Play That Goes Wrong set a laugh record at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, that record has now been broken by the even wilder, even wackier, even funnier Peter Pan Goes Wrong.
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Tags: Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer, La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts, Los Angeles Theater Review, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Sir J.M. Barrie
posted in Comedy, Downey/La Mirada, Theater Review, WOW!
MASCOGOS
posted on November 1st, 2025 at 10:20 AM by Steven StanleyMemorable performances and a stunning production design go a long way towards overcoming a tangled storyline and the absence of supertitles in Latino Theater Company’s thrillingly acted and visually stunning World Premiere drama Mascogos, now playing at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
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Tags: Latino Theater Company, Los Angeles Theater Review, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Miranda González
posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere
MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON–APT. 2B
posted on October 27th, 2025 at 10:54 AM by Steven StanleyEven the finest theaters can be permitted a major misfire from time to time, and such is the case with International Theatre Company’s 2025 season closer, Kate Hammill’s Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson–Apt. 2B.
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Tags: International City Theatre, Kate Hammill, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review
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