A powerful ‘Parade,’ a hapless ‘Hamlet’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Parade, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Strife, Reservoir, Nice Girl, Sorry, Wedding Singer, Network, Greenwood 1964, The Angel Next Door. Read more…
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Mad kings breed dismay, in DC and LA
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Trump’s NEA cuts, “Lear Redux,” “Doll’s House Part 2,” “Glass Menagerie,” “A Man of No Importance,” “Tasty Little Rabbit,” “Life of Pi,” Califas plays, “The Chinese Lady,” “Flashes of Light, “Becky’s New Car” “Fostered” Read more…
Penn plays: pop this ‘Cork…’, payne’s lane
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Corktown ’39, The Violin Maker, Furlough’s Paradise, You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World, Secret Comedy of Women, 3 plays at LATC. Read more…
Chills in ‘Cabaret’ X 2, fun in ‘frou-frou’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Blueberries,’ ‘Unreconciled,’ ‘Bacon,’ ‘Hamlet (Solus)’ and more. Ron Sossi, R.I.P. Read more…
Can LA theater match the drama in DC?
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Cambodian Rock Band, Fake It Until You Make It, Four Women in Red, Noises Off, Desperate Measures, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Stephen Sondheim’s Close Friends, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,. Barbara Beckley, R.I.P. Read more…
Twisting through an LA house ‘Listing’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Plus ‘here comes the night,’ ‘Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,’ four more plays. Read more…
The Ten Best Theater Productions of 2024
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA It’s late December, when the events of the year are summed up and judged by the media, and why should I withhold praise? Every year has amazing theater in Los Angeles – sometimes a bit more, sometimes less – but there’s always terrific stuff. 2024 was no different. We had magnificent … Read more
The top tier of 2024. Martin Benson, R.I.P.
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage 20 favorites from 2024, ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ and ‘Emma,’ ‘Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band,’ ‘Oy!,’ ‘Bob’s Holiday Office Party’. Read more…
Musical metamorphoses: ‘Fiddler,’ ‘Pacific,’ ‘Cage,’ ‘Back to the Future’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Plus ‘Waiting for Godot,’ ‘A Doll’s House Part 2,’ ‘Antíkoni,’ ‘The Goddamn Couple…’ Read more…
Americans Akimbo
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage American Idiot,’ ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ ‘A Girl Grows Wings,’ ‘Heading Into Night,’ two classics, notes on eight new plays. Read more…