South Coast Repertory

‘The Whale’ Gets Successful L.A. Premiere

Samuel D. Hunter’s acclaimed Off-Broadway drama “The Whale” receives a fine production at South Coast Rep, with Matthew Arkin doing tour de force work as its 600-pound protagonist.

Darkly Funny 'Chinglish' Is a Comedy of Blunders

David Henry Hwang’s 2011 play “Chinglish,” in a co-production by Berkeley Rep and South Coast Rep guided by original Broadway director Leigh Silverman, is a tragicomic masterpiece.

‘The Motherf**ker With the Hat’ Finds Its Laughs in Unlikely Places

Stephen Adly Guirgis’ ruthlessly funny “The Motherf**ker With the Hat,” about love, fidelity, and substance abuse, gets an expertly acted staging from South Coast Repertory.

Best of the Week Ahead: Jan. 3–9 (Slideshow)

The “Downton Abbey” Season 3 premiere, the West Coast debut of “The Motherf**ker With the Hat,” New York’s Under the Radar theater festival, “Sondheim Unplugged” at 54 Below, and the People’s Choice Awards are what we’re looking forward to this week.

'How to Write a New Book for the Bible' Never Adds Up

Playwright-priest Bill Cain’s autobiographical “How to Write a New Book for the Bible,” at South Coast Repertory, is overlong and too self-indulgently personal to make good theater.

The Personal Takes Precedence in Sarah Ruhl's 'Eurydice'

South Coast Repertory continues its love affair with playwright Sarah Ruhl by offering one of her earliest plays, a reworking of the Orpheus myth as seen through the eyes of Eurydice.

Absurd Person Singular

At South Coast Repertory, director David Emmes gives Alan Ayckbourn’s “Absurd Person Singular” an ideally cast staging, its finger on the pulse of this tragicomic masterwork.