The cast of the world premiere sex comedy, “Nothing On,” is drenched in sweat only hours before the opening night performance.  The stage manager and single crew member haven’t slept in days, and the director is hanging on to his sanity by his fingernails, as he attempts a final dress rehearsal.  His leading lady can’t [...]

Ho-hummmm… yet another production of Shakespeare’s “Richard III.” What the heck, ANY Shakespeare is better than what’s on TV. And Glendale isn’t really such a shlep. With this enthusiasm to fuel my trek, I journey to A Noise Within.
The clashing of swords, the rumblings of horses’ hooves over rocky terrain, a chorus of shouts explode [...]

I admit to more than a little skepticism about the idea that three actors could pull off anything resembling a credible reading of Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” The press release swore they would pull it off in 80 minutes. Yeah, right.
Still, it was offered by A Noise Within – one of the nation’s leading repertory [...]

The red drape parts to reveal a voluptuous young woman, naked in a bathtub. A serene instrumental by Henry Purcell underscores her happy, stream-of-consciousness musings, and falling rain shimmers softly outside the window. The scene is pure Renoir.
The dreamlike introduction to Phyllis Nagy’s “Never Land,” in its American premiere at Rogue Machine Theatre, weaves an [...]

Rogue Machine Theatre hosts its 2009 Salon, “An Evening with Phyllis Nagy,” on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m., at Theatre/Theater, 5041 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles.
Nagy will discuss her years as playwright-in-residence at London’s Royal Court Theatre and the impact of the Royal Court on international theater, with playwright/theater critic Steven Leigh Morris, theater [...]

“This is the way the world ends…”
Henry Murray has written a spare and poignant story of three young boys, surviving on their own after an ecological disaster has wiped out most of humanity and destroyed plant and animal life. Set in the dark future into which we presently seem to be careening out of control, [...]

The Los Angeles Ballet continued its steady ascendance as LA’s own world-class professional ballet company, presenting the two-act tour de force story ballet “La Sylphide” in Redondo Beach, West LA, and Glendale during the month of May. Critically acclaimed for authentic renderings of a substantial number of George Balanchine’s works and an annual must-see “Nutcracker,” [...]