Anthony Byrnes

I’ll be honest, I’m a theater junkie. If I go too long between seeing a good play (not just a play, a good play) I get a little grumpy. There’s something about the magic of entering into the world of a play, surrounded by a community, by

Normally, a trip to the Getty Villa’s fall theater productions is an exercise in making the past present. The Getty’s goal, loosely stated, is to give a new life to Greek and Roman classic plays. Like any production of a classic text, the challenge is making the text

There are nights when you walk into a play and before the first line is spoken you know you’re in for a remarkable experience. Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size at the Geffen Playhouse is one of those nights. The irony, when you walk into the small theater

It’s hard to imagine the perfect audience for Neil LaBute’s world-premiere play, If I Needed Someone, at City Garage. It’s late at night and we’re in Jules’ studio apartment. She invited Jim over after a night out. They stopped at a bodega on the way home

One of my favorite fall, theater traditions is going to the Getty Villa. Almost every fall since 2006, I make a pilgrimage of sorts to the outdoor amphitheater in a Malibu cannon to experience a production of Greek or Roman theater. Looking back, some of the early productions were a

There are times in the theater when you feel that you might be witnessing a playwright working something out. Sometimes that’s thrilling because the depth of the playwright’s inquiry is exciting and maybe even revelatory. Other times, you feel like you’re stuck on a scavenger hunt and