Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles Theater Review’
BRIGADOON
Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Brigadoon gets a long overdue makeover at the Pasadena Playhouse, one that updates Lerner’s creaky book while not changing a note of the musical theater classic’ gorgeous score, and the result is the most glorious of revivals.
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ANTIGONE
Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
Playwright Kenneth Cavander dusts the cobwebs off Sophocles’ Antigone in his contemporary adaptation of the 2500-year-old Greek tragedy … and the result is yet another Antaeus Theatre Company winner.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
I’ve attended a whopping sixteen productions of the iconic horror comedy rock musical Little Shop Of Horrors, but seeing it “dancified” at the Lineage Performing Arts Center made me feel I was experiencing the off-Broadway camp classic for the very first time.
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EXIT THE KING
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026Unless you are a huge fan of existentialist theater, you’ll probably find A Noise Within’s revival of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist comedy Exit The King a very long hour and forty-five minutes.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
The ultimate family musical is back in Los Angeles and filling the Hollywood Hills-adjacent Pantages Theatre with The Sound Of Music as the 1959 Broadway classic pays L.A. a three-week visit under the inspired direction of three-time Tony winner (and bona fide National Treasure) Jack O’Brien.
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WARSAW
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026Not everything works in Paul Webb’s Warsaw, but by the time it reaches its cathartic climax, there’s no denying the power the International City Theatre World Premiere achieves in juxtaposing WWII Poland and New York City in the weeks following 9-11.
MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS
Monday, May 4th, 2026There is so much talent on the Colony Theatre stage that it’s a shame they’re not starring in a better show than Nico Juber’s deceptively titled and almost certainly not New York-bound Millennials Are Killing Musicals.
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IRONBOUND
Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
Ironbound, Martyna Majok’s astringently funny, surprisingly affecting look at a Polish immigrant’s pursuit of “The American Dream,” is back in L.A. for an attention-worthy 3-week run at Hollywood’s Madnani Theater.
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