Theater Thoughts

The highlight of the year thus far in theater is now playing in New York at Lincoln Center in the form of the outstanding Broadway revival o...

I have not posted an update since the end of 2007 because (in addition to being consumed by my work on the Obama '08 campaign) there was...

1. August: Osage County (NY/ Broadway) **** 2. 110 In The Shade (NY/ Broadway) **** 3. Quality of Life (LA/ Geffen Playhouse) **** 4. Sleep...

I just returned from New York and am happy to report that new plays (as opposed to musicals) are alive and well on Broadway. If you are in...

After a very dry summer for quality theater offerings in Los Angeles, I am happy to report that there a number of outstanding shows are now ...

1. Sweeney Todd (NY/ Broadway) **** 2. Coast of Utopia: Voyage (NY/ Lincoln Center) **** 3. Shining City (NY/ Manhattan Theatre Club) **** ...

New York Theater Recommendations: There are two musicals and two plays currently on Broadway that I would recommend. As for musicals, if yo...

Now playing at the Ahmanson theater is Sir Peter Hall's stiff and arch production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ear...

The Top 10 Theater Productions of 2005 1. The Light in The Piazza (dir/ Bartlett Sher) (NY) **** 2. Billy Elliott (dir/ Stephen Daldry) (Lo...

The rather ho-hum fall Los Angeles theater scene gets a jot of much needed energy with the newly arrived "The Drowsy Chaperone" a...

I cannot recall a year in recent memory when there was as many solid new musicals and plays as is the case in New York this year. Be assured...

"Apollo: Part 1: Lebensraum" Playing through July 3 at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City is "Apollo-Part 1: Lebensraum,...

The Mark Taper Forum is the host of the American premiere of "Stuff Happens", David Hare's dramatization of the events leading...

Don't miss Cornerstone Theater's production of its latest Community Bridge show "The Long Bridge Over Deep Waters" playing...