Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle

All Roads Theatre Company presents: One For My Baby @ EL PORTAL THEATRE

March 18, 2025 by LADCC Critics

Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color The world premiere of All Roads Theatre Company’s ‘One For My Baby” is an overly stuffy and long musical that could use some serious plot focusing and trimming before it is “Broadway bound”. Read more…

WARHOL/FRANKENSTEIN 4D @ ZOMBIE JOE’S UNDERGROUND

March 12, 2025 by LADCC Critics

Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move “Life is everything and nothing;” seems to be Andy Warhol’s ultimate commentary about himself in writer/director, Steven Vlasak’s new play, WARHOL/FRANKENSTEIN 4D. But (WARNING) leave your phone at home or SUCK IT! There’s no photography in the house. You’ll have to check your phone at the door. Read … Read more

Honey Cone: Live! @ CATALINA JAZZ CLUB

March 12, 2025 by LADCC Critics

Amanda Callas – BroadwayWorld Founded in 1968, Honey Cone is like drinking sunshine. Read more…

LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS AND SPECIAL AWARD HONOREES FOR THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE IN 2024

March 13, 2025March 5, 2025 by LADCC Critics

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC), Southern California’s preeminent organization of professional theatre critics and journalists, is pleased to announce its 2024 Season Award Finalists and Special Award Honorees for theatrical excellence.

Topdog/Underdog @ PASADENA PLAYHOUSE

March 18, 2025March 5, 2025 by LADCC Critics

Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog is a riveting play where its words did much of the heavy lifting in the Pasadena Playhouse production now playing. Despite committed performances, the rich language may need to marinate with the actors a bit more amongst staging and casting issues that can’t be changed. … Read more

UNCONDITIONAL @ SKYLIGHT THEATRE

March 5, 2025 by LADCC Critics

Amanda Callas – BroadwayWorld Unconditional is utterly heartbreaking, explosive with tenderness and the irresistible bittersweetness of memory. Read more…

Rubicon Theatre’s “Constellations” @ KARYN JACKSON THEATRE

March 5, 2025 by LADCC Critics

Philip Brandes – Arts Beat LA The possibilities are endless” is a turn of phrase typically used for hyperbolic effect. But for British playwright Nick Payne, it’s the literal premise of his multiverse-hopping love story that eloquently appeals to both the head and heart in a razor-sharp staging. Read more…

Bat Boy: The Musical @ OPEN FIST THEATRE

March 12, 2025March 5, 2025 by LADCC Critics

Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Open Fist Theatre Company has a winner on its hands in, BAT BOY THE MUSICAL, starring (recent NYU graduate) Ben Raanan in the title role, and an all-around stupendously talented cast for this homegrown revival that made it’s debut, once upon a time, right here in Los Angeles. … Read more

Frou-Frou: A Menagerie of Sorts @ BOSTON COURT PASADENA

March 18, 2025March 5, 2025 by LADCC Critics

Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen more… Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color John Anthony Loffredo’s Frou-Frou: A Menagerie of Sorts, which just had its world premiere at Boston Court Pasadena, is an extraordinary piece of theatre unlike any other where not … Read more

Can LA theater match the drama in DC?

March 5, 2025 by LADCC Critics

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…