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A shocking shrinkage of stage reviews at LA Times. CTG's 'One'-size season.
'Body's Midnight,' 'Misalliance,' 'Hitler's Tasters,' 'Pang Spa,' LTC season, 'North Country,' 'Topsy Turvy'
May 24, 2024 • 
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A shocking shrinkage of stage reviews at LA Times. CTG's 'One'-size season.
Put a 'Tiger' in your tank, LA Times
Why didn't the LA Times review the hilarious "Tiger Style!" or "Our Town" at South Coast Repertory? Plus thoughts on "Man of God," "Metamorphoses" and…
Jun 1, 2022 • 
Don Shirley
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Put a 'Tiger' in your tank, LA Times
LA theater's 2023 roller coaster. A top 15 list.
Plus four unusual holiday shows, including the Troubies' 'White (Album) Christmas'
Dec 12, 2023 • 
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LA theater's 2023 roller coaster. A top 15 list.
The top tier of 2024. Martin Benson, R.I.P.
20 favorites from 2024, 'Once Upon a Mattress' and 'Emma,' 'Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band,' 'Oy!,' 'Bob's Holiday Office Party'.
Dec 19, 2024 • 
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The top tier of 2024. Martin Benson, R.I.P.
Give me some 'Skin', A Noise Within.
'Civility' and 'TH IR DS'. Big-deal duels. A confusing 'Dragon.' 'Clarkston' and 'Kill'
Sep 20, 2024 • 
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Give me some 'Skin', A Noise Within.
Noise nabs 15 noms, searches within 'Sweeney'
Plus 'Fatherland,' 'Black Cypress Bayou,' 'Winter's Tale,' 'Marilyn, Mom &' more.
Feb 29, 2024 • 
Don Shirley
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Noise nabs 15 noms, searches within 'Sweeney'
Twisting through an LA house 'Listing'
Plus 'here comes the night,' 'Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,' four more plays
Jan 31 • 
Don Shirley
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Twisting through an LA house 'Listing'
Can LA theater match the drama in DC?
'Cambodian Rock Band,' "Fake It,' 'Four Women,' 'Noises Off,' 'Desperate Measures,' 'Macbeth,' 'Twelfth,' 'Sondheim's Old Friends', 'Harry Potter…
Feb 28 • 
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Can LA theater match the drama in DC?
Should plays imitate TV? Bill Bushnell, R.I.P.
'One of the Good Ones,' a savory 'Stew,' 'The AllStore,'and the late LATC leader
Mar 22, 2024 • 
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Should plays imitate TV? Bill Bushnell, R.I.P.
Designs for 'Living', for a premie, for making old Hollywood more 'Chinese.'
Abe and Mary sing! Bye-bye 'Planet Earth.' 'The Outsider.' Putin's plans for playwrights.
Jul 12, 2024 • 
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Designs for 'Living', for a premie, for making old Hollywood more 'Chinese.'
Mad kings breed dismay, in DC and LA
Trump dumps on theaters. 'Lear Redux' in West LA. Pasadena's 'Doll's House Part 2.' Glendale's 'Glass Menagerie'. 'A Man of No Importance.' 'Life of…
May 29 • 
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Mad kings breed dismay, in DC and LA
A powerful 'Parade', a hapless 'Hamlet'
Theatricum re-opens, 'Reservoir,' 'Nice Girl,' 'Sorry,' 'The Wedding Singer,' and more
Jun 27 • 
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A powerful 'Parade', a hapless 'Hamlet'
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