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• Book Review: The Best American Short Plays 2009-2010, Edited by Barbara Parisi

  An anthology of shorter work by American playwrights begs the question - is it all really the best?

  Review by Jack Goodstein — on Aug 06, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca at the Odyssey Theatre

  Jon Lawrence Rivera directs an exciting new version of Lorca's classic play.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Aug 02, 2011

• Theater Review (LA): The Walworth Farce

  Enda Walsh's black comedy comes to Theatre Banshee in Burbank in a well-staged, superbly acted production.

  Review by Kurt Gardner — on Aug 02, 2011

• Cabaret Review (LA): A Lovely Lineage by Kristen Towers-Rowles at Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's, 7/24/11

  Kristen Towers-Rowles celebrates her lineage ( Kathryn Grayson et al.) at Sterling's Upstairs.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jul 30, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): The Crucible

  The women get the scariest moments, but this superior production of Arthur Miller's timeless play about the Salem witch trials is as much about the men.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jul 28, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Heavier Than... by Steve Yockey at Boston Court

  A new take on the myth of the Minotaur makes some odd choices.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jul 26, 2011

• Music Review (LA): Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl 2011

  Dudamel leads four spectacular concerts at the Hollywood Bowl

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jul 25, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): Measure for Measure at Delacorte Theater in Central Park

  The ensemble of The Public's "Measure for Measure" masterfully elucidates one of Shakespeare's most complex plays.

  Review by skh_stellar_one — on Jul 25, 2011

• Theatre Review (San Diego): Old Globe Summer Shakespeare Festival Presents Shakespeare and Amadeus

  Another sucessful summer of Shakespeare and Shaffer at the Old Globe.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jul 18, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): All's Well That Ends Well

  This not-to-missed "fairytale for grown-ups" skillfully poses "happily ever after" as a question.

  Review by skh_stellar_one — on Jul 17, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Shrek The Musical by David Lindsey-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori at the Pantages

  Shrek The Musical hits Los Angeles to the delight of her audiences.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jul 16, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): The Motherf**ker with the Hat

  Chris Rock. Stephen Adly Guirgis. They had me at “The,” and the entire production of The Motherf**ker with the Hat delivers from beginning until "The End."

  Review by skh_stellar_one — on Jul 11, 2011

• Theatre Review (London): The Beggar's Opera at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

  Is this historically popular play past its view-by date?

  Review by Natalie Bennett — on Jul 03, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Broadsword: A Heavy Metal Play by Marco Ramirez

  A well written, well acted, and well directed play by an important new voice in the theatre debuts at The Dahlia.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jul 01, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Lights Up on the Fade Out by Padraic Lillis

  A runnaway bride, a filmmaker, a demented father, and a determined brother meet in Padraic Lillis's new play at the 2011 Los Angeles Fringe Festival.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jul 01, 2011

• Circus/Theater Review (NYC): Cirque du Soleil's Zarkana

  This is that rare show that can break through one's usual cynicism and raise in an adult mind a childlike sense of wonder.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 29, 2011

• Theatre Review (London): Duckie's Lullaby in the Pit Theatre at the Barbican

  24-hour tweets, texts, and TV - it's a marvel anyone gets any sleep, let alone the seven hours promised by the blurb for this unique overnight show.

  Review by David Trennery — on Jun 27, 2011

• Theater Review (NYC): Civilization! by Maximilian Avery Clark

  Imagine Gilligan's Island but with something serious to say about human nature.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 25, 2011

• Theatre West Honors the Late Betty Garrett with Cole Porter's Something for the Boys

  A benefit in honor of the late Betty Garrett presented Something for the Boys, the star's first Broadway musical.

  News by Robert Machray — on Jun 24, 2011

• Theatre Review (LA): Les Misérables at the Ahmanson Theatre

  The 25th Anniversary Tour, scaled down from the big concert at O2, has a first-rate cast.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 23, 2011