The Bedroom Window
A new musical paean to 20-something angst, "The Bedroom Window" is two and a half hours of formulaic romantic subplots, endless choral reprises, and numbers sounding so alike they might as well be reprises. More »

Eat the Runt
In its West Coast premiere, under the capable direction of Tom Beyer, this audacious satire of office politics is playful and amusing. Yet it might be more rewarding for actors than for audiences. More »

Under Milk Wood
Among the actors in director Ryan Wagner's play, there's not a clinker. Each is funny and creative and precise and most of all capable of infusing the specialized language with comedy and lyricism and truth. More »

The Good Boy
In this solo drama, written and performed by Michael Bonnabel, with assistance from director Mark Neely, Bonnabel tells us what it was like growing up among several hearing siblings in a family headed by deaf parents. More »

Speak of Me as I Am
The marvelously melodious bass voice of K.B. Solomon is the perfect instrument for this nearly operatic rendition of the life of the iconic Paul Robeson. More »

The Clean House
In Sarah Ruhl's paean to healing and forgiveness, the characters toss off old patterns and expectations, enjoying the feeling of seeking perfection but letting go of the compulsion to reach it. More »

Neighbors
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' artistic vision in "Neighbors" is thrillingly original. He's clearly an exciting new voice in American theater. More »

Titus Redux
Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" is modernized and retold weaving in strands of the original in this inventive work conceived, choreographed, and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca. More »

Topdog/Underdog
"Topdog/Underdog" is an almost epic two-hander, which means that there's a lot on the shoulders of the actors playing the larger-than-life siblings. But even without the star power that shot this work to the top, the script still hits home. More »

The Good Negro
Tracey Scott Wilson's 2008 drama has the feel of a docudrama, though it's a fictionalized look at behind-the-scenes political machinations during the formation of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Ala., in 1962. More »

Chess in Concert
The unique musical "Chess" appears to have more lives than the proverbial cat (or "Cats" for that matter). But this bracing revisit to an underrated gem is a genuine treat. More »

LA Review: 'A Wither's Tale'
Troubadour Theater Company perfectly blends Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" with the catalogue of singer-songwriter Bill Withers. More »

A Wolf Inside the Fence
Benjamin Burdick directs "A Wolf Inside the Fence" with finesse and authority, and playwright Joseph Fisher writes wonderful dialogue: quirky, funny, oblique, and unpredictable. More »

The Existents
Composer-lyricist Ty Taylor and book-writers Douglas Crawford and Jason Wooten have incorporated wisdom from Buddha, Rabindranath Tagore, Jean-Paul Sartre, and even Quentin Crisp. More »

Katie the Curst
Whether the topics and themes of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"—here cut and adapted to a one-hour outdoor production—are appropriate for the young'uns is a matter of debate. More »

The Mystery of Irma Vep
This deconstructed production with minimum props but maximum laughs, is a delectable, often-hilarious pastiche that provides a vehicle for awe-inspiring talents. More »

Still Standing
Shyla Marlin's new play sets forth a compelling premise in portraying the intersecting quests of two women to solidify their self-identities and familial roots. More »

Parasite Drag
The heart-wrenching work—in its West Coast premiere, under the expert direction of David Fofi—offers profound ruminations on family dysfunction in contemporary Middle America. More »

Free Man of Color
All too often, when playwrights take on the subject of race, they wind up preaching at us and telling us things we already know. Writer Charles Smith knows better and gives us a historical drama that's full of surprises. More »

The Madness Of George III
How difficult it must be for a monarch to remain stately amid straitjackets and talks of blisters and stools. Then again, George III of England was no ordinary ruler. More »

Engagement
Writer-director Allen Barton takes clever, snarky aim at our electronically connected society, as well as our sexual folkways, seen through the prism of two oddly matched couples. More »

Becoming Norman
Being able to bare one's soul and detail a 45-year-long struggle to exorcise personal demons while avoiding the pitfalls of becoming hopelessly maudlin is a pleasant surprise. More »

The Hobbit
Now in its 73rd year, J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel has inspired numerous adaptations for many a medium—including stage, radio, video game, and animated film. More »

Topdog/Underdog
Suzan-Lori Parks' play is a two-hander of epic proportions, the story of two brothers with prophetic names who, maybe, are victims of the worst kind of joke. More »

The Taming of the Shrew
That's quite a high-wire act Jonno Roberts and Emily Swallow are taking on, playing Petruchio and Katherine—arguably Shakespeare's most incendiary couple. More »