Local. Local. Local.
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage “How High the Moon,” “The People of Pompeii,” “F**king Strangers,” “Waiting in the Wings,” “Dead Man,” “Mexodus,” “Applause,” “Tunnel of Love,” “Lakefront”. Read more…
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Great shakes in summer Shakespeare
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage “Coriolanus,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Treasure Island,” “Mamma Mia,” “Angry, Raucous, Shamelessly Gorgeous,” “Grangeville,” “Painted Ponies” Read more…
Myriad sounds of musicals. Go to ‘Hell’s’?
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Plus ‘Primary Trust’ at the Taper, touches of Trump in two classics, and more… Read more…
Stories outside the stream
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Storyteller of East LA, Colored People’s Time, Master Harold and the Boys, Flower Drum Song, For Want of a Horse, Hell Mouth, more. Read more…
Willy Loman, meet Donald Trump
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Death of a Salesman, The Adding Machine,’ ‘Dragon Mama,’ ‘Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter’ and more… Read more…
War! Plus dramas about despots…and couples
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage All My Sons, The Price, Richard III, Here Lies Love, Amadeus, Room by the Sea, Red Harlem, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wool?, God of Carnage, Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia, The Typist, Lifeline, Incitation to the Dance, Luca & Uri, Poetry for the People: the June Jordan Experience, I Love You You’re … Read more
Sweeney Todd…for Valentine’s Day?
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Includes Sweeney Todd, The Notebook, Kid Gloves, The Altruist, Brownstone, More Miracles, Jewish for Dinner, The Circle, What Opa Did, An Inspector Calls, My Son the Playwright, All the Devils Are Here, Izzard Hamlet. Read more…
The top 20 of 2025
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Plus ‘Stereophonic,’ holiday shows, and Rob Reiner’s “Dirty Plays”. Read more…
Tough ‘Suffs’. Ghost plays. A cult starts to crack.
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Suffs, Our Town, Paranormal Activity, Hello, My Name Is…, Passion, Mariology, Table 17, Pointy Scissors, R.I.P. Murray Mednick. Read more…
A Greater LA stage guide, ‘Guac’ and ‘Gone’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Guac, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, anthropology, Little King of Norwalk, Mascogos, Great Lover, नेहा & Neel, Aaron Play, Cymbeline, Littleboy/Littleman, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, Electrico, Paranormapl Inside, M. Holmes & Ms, Watson, LA Times list of 52 best places to see plays … Read more