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Experimental 'Here We Are' Says Substantive Things

Judith Malina’s “Here We Are,” the Living Theater’s final show at its current home, is a hugely engaging combination of participatory avant-garde political theater and summer camp.

Inventive 'The Dance and the Railroad' Makes for Memorable Theater

Signature’s elegant revival of David Henry Hwang’s 1981 “The Dance and the Railroad,” which mixes Chinese opera with building America’s transcontinental railroad, is memorable.

Jeff Hiller Brings Hit Musical “Silence!” to L.A.

Original cast member Jeff Hiller brings the Off-Broadway hit “Silence! The Musical” to Los Angeles.

Strange Tales of Liaozhai

Employing Chinese brocades as puppets and featuring films of disappearing ink paintings, “Strange Tales of Liaozhai,” at Here, is visually exquisite but theatrically somnolent.

The 2nd Annual Brown and Out Theater Festival

In an admirable effort to help reduce the stigma of being different, Casa 0101’s 2nd Annual Brown and Out Festival features 11 original short plays celebrating L.A.’s Latino LGBTQ population, but with mixed results.

O'Neill's 'Hughie' Proves a Potent if Imperfect Two-Hander

Open Fist Theatre Company’s account of Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie,” a one-act dating to the early 1940s that was first staged after the playwright’s death, is spare but compelling.

'Restoration Comedy' Satirizes a Satirical Genre

As a modern update of a venerable genre, Amy Freed’s “Restoration Comedy,” at the Flea, succeeds only partially, but as a freewheeling Tribeca party night the evening is aces.

National Tour of ‘Anything Goes’ Is Definitely the Top

Erich Bergen and Rachel York display triple-threat musical comedy skills in the national tour of Roundabout Theatre’s Tony Award–winning revival of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes.”

‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Hasn’t Been Rethought in Theatrical Terms

Under director Sean Mathias’ eye playwright Richard Greenberg has adapted Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” for Broadway with remarkable fidelity—and that’s the problem.

'Tomorrow' Is a Treat

Donald Freed’s outstanding “Tomorrow,” from Skylight Theatre Company, Rogue Machine, and Britain’s York Theatre Royal, explores the mentor-mentee relationship among three actors.