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SAMSARA at the MET Theatre

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May 17, 2019Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw In 2008, the New York Times published an article about a burgeoning new enterprise in India: the establishment of surrogacy clinics catering to couples in need of a woman to bear their child. Read more… Now running through June 1  

JULIUS WEEZER at the El Portal Theatre

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May 16, 2019Terry Morgan  -  Talkin’ Broadway To quote an obscure Elizabethan playwright, “we lucky few” have been privileged to enjoy the work of the Troubadour Theater Company for 25 years now. Its trademark — combining a play (often Shakespeare) with the music of a famous artist, then adding its own blend of anarchy and witty topical
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THE SECRET GARDEN – 3-D Theatricals at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

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May 10, 2019Ellen Dostal – Broadway World When 3-D Theatricals artistic director T.J. Dawson tells you during the curtain speech to read his program note before THE SECRET GARDEN begins, take him at his word. Read more… Now running through May 19

DANIEL’S HUSBAND at the Fountain Theatre

Ed Krieger
May 9, 2019Terry Morgan  -  Talkin’ Broadway It’s always a nice moment when a work of art surprises me in a positive way. It reminds me of one of the reasons I love theater in the first place: the primal pull of story. It’s the delight of seeing something new when one was expecting something else. Read
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DIANA OF DOBSON’S AT Antaeus Theatre Company’s Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center

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May 8, 2019Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen It is rare to see a play written in 1908 that can be described as feminist, but Diana of Dobson’s, currently playing at Los Angeles’s Antaeus Theatre Company in a rare production, is a delightful surprise. Read more… Now running through June 2

THE END OF SEX at the Victory Theatre Center

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May 8, 2019Terry Morgan  -  Stage Raw There are at least two pitfalls for “a play of ideas” — that is, the kind of piece that George Bernard Shaw made his name on and that is specifically created to discuss and debate a particular issue. The first pitfall is that this sort of play can be talky
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A Conversation with Matt Walker and Beth Kennedy, the King and Queen of Troubie Land

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May 2, 2019Ellen Dostal – Broadway World When it comes to developing a loyal fan base, Troubadour Theater Company has found the secret: do outstanding work, stay true to your aesthetic, and give the people what they want – a great time at the theater. Artistic Director Matt Walker started the troupe and, with the help of
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THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON at The Wallis-Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

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Thursday, March 7th, 2019
Kevin Parry

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Ellen Dostal – Broadway World

Remember the joy of being a kid and spending hours upon hours acting out stories using whatever you could find? When two sticks stood in for a swordfight to save the day or a towel became the mantle of a king? That’s what it feels like watching PigPen Theatre Co. in THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON at The Wallis.
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Now running through March 17

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