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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The Recommendation: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A privileged aspiring movie director -- Brentwood-raised, Harvard-Westlake-educated -- finds his morality tested through his friendship with the son of an Ethiopian immigrant.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:09PM

Love, Noel: The Letters And Songs Of Noel Coward: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A staged pastiche of Noel Coward's correspondence arrives, fittingly, at the former Beverly Hills post office.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:23AM
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Broadway comedy hit, which won a Tony for Best Play in 2013, arrives in downtown L.A. in a production directed by David Hyde Pierce.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:20PM
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Theater Review: Above The Fold by Myron Meisel

Playwright Bernard Weinraub -- the former Hollywood correspondent for the New York Times and husband of Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal -- stages a newspaper drama in Pasadena based on the…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:17PM
Friday, January 31, 2014

Se Llama Cristina: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An anxiety dream of impending parenthood unfolds in Pasadena.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:46PM

Passion Play: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An epic dramatization of religious pageantry arrives in West L.A.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:31PM
Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Black Suits: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A "Smash" vet pens a musical about a group of garage rock hopefuls, world-premiering at the Kirk Douglas in Century City.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:44PM
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Theater Review: Gidion's Knot by Myron Meisel

The Pasadena Playhouse stages an emotionally wrenching parent/teacher conference about a child's tragic circumstances.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:55PM
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

4000 Miles: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A past finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for drama arrives in Orange County.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:14PM

Moskva: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A Stalin-era Soviet satire is updated for Putin's Russia and staged in Santa Monica.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:46PM
Monday, October 28, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Falling: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A family deals with a severely autistic son in a persuasive mid-Wilshire staging.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:42PM
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Liar: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A post-Shakespearean French comedy comes to North Hollywood.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:09PM
Monday, October 21, 2013

Invisible Cities: Opera Review by Myron Meisel

Italo Calvino's famous novel –- a conversation between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan about cities –- is transformed into a site-specific opera at L.A.'s historic Union Station.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:20PM
Friday, October 18, 2013

Fast Company: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

South Coast Repertory in Orange County presents a sharp look at a family of grifters.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:14PM
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Wait Until Dark: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Alison Pill stars in a classic thriller at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:06PM
Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Sunshine Boys: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch reunite for the first time since "Taxi" in Neil Simon's classic 1972 comedy, staged at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown L.A.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:20PM
Friday, September 27, 2013

Shun-Kin: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

UCLA presents a staged interpretation of the written work of the late, acclaimed Japanese author Jun-ichiro Tanizaki.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:01PM
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A man recounts a displaced life growing up in America after his family flees South Vietnam when the government falls.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:44PM

Rodney King: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

L.A.'s late, tortured symbol of its continued struggle with racism is embodied in a one-man show at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:50PM

Cloud Sulphur (Death Is A Knot Undone): Theater Review by Myron Meisel

An avant-garde puppet performance about death and grief bows on an intimate stage in L.A.'s Chinatown.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:29PM

Humor Abuse: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A man who grew up in a family circus of the literal kind recounts the experience in a solo show at the Mark Taper Forum.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:01PM
Monday, September 23, 2013

St. Jude: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A son takes care of his ailing father at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:09PM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Pericles, Prince of Tyre: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Jacobean-era play, which bears questionable Shakespearean authorship according to scholars, is mounted in Pasadena.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:10PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Lost Girls: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Three generations of women face emotional upheaval and a New Hampshire Nor'easter on Rogue Machine's mid-Wilshire stage.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:25PM

RII: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Shakespeare's 'Richard II' is given a nip and tuck in Pasadena.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:05PM
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Tone Clusters and Other Works: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

Joyce Carol Oates' exploration of grief in the midst of TV media's glare comes to Topanga Canyon.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:40PM
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Ordinary Days: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

A New York City-set musical of contemporary twenty-something anxiety comes to the San Fernando Valley.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:51AM

King Gesar: Opera Review by Myron Meisel

An epic Tibetan saga is staged on the Long Beach waterfront.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:29AM
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Prometheus Bound: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Getty Villa in Malibu mounts a production of the ancient story of the Titan tortured by Zeus.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:57PM

The Old Settler: Theater Review by Myron Meisel

The Los Angeles revival of the play by the late John Henry Redwood, centered on a May-December romance, showcases its continuing relevance and vitality.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards