Pasadena Playhouse

My first pick is a tough ticket, Fat Ham at the Geffen Playhouse which just extended through May 11th (see below for my full review).  If you’ve got a teen, whether their into Shakespeare or not, this is a great show that’ll connect with them, make them a

Here's an August 2016 piece from the throes of the 99-seat contract crisis. If you've been sitting in LA's intimate audiences, you've felt this number shrink. It's useful to revisit as the larger theaters announce their upcoming seasons. There it

Yesterday was World Theatre Day and LA’s very own poet/playwright, Luis Alfaro, was asked to give one of the three addresses. If you’ve got five minutes, give him a listen. He’ll tell you about his journey and why theater still matters.

Did you know that if you’re a teen in LA County there’s a $5 ticket program for rush tickets? (Yeah, me neither. But more on that in a minute.) The key details: TeenTix Los Angeles is a free pass for folks 13–19 years old in LA County.

Before I went to see Arrowhead, I didn’t know that I needed the climax of a comedy to be the incineration of a cat condo (no cats) –– but, oh my god, did I! You need to go see Arrowhead, playwright Catya McMullen’s world premiere comedy at IAMA Theatre

Farce is a particular tool in the playwright's bag of tricks. It’s often a rough tool, less scalpel more sledgehammer, but the best farces have a razor’s edge specificity that helps them cut to the core quickly and with such a force as to topple the