Theater Reviews
LA Weekly
The Oscar-Nominated Writer of Beasts of the Southern WildGoes Back Down South
Courtney Love Is in a Musical in Culver City, But It's Stupid and Sounds Terrible
Carrie: The Musical Is a Bloody Feminist Revenge Tale, but Surprisingly Sweet
With Parodies the Rage in L.A., Did The O.C. Musical Work Onstage?
The Paul Overstreet Musical Sneaky Ole Time Is Pathetically Sexist
The New Matthew Sweet Musical Girlfriend Would Be Better as a Play
The Newsies Musical Is No Masterpiece, But It's a Lot of Fun
Laura Linney Isn't So Amazing as Patricia Highsmith, But You Should Still See Her New Play (GO!)
Disney's Staging of The Hunchback of Notre Dame Is Like Every Other Musical You've Seen
Pippin at the Pantages is an Amazing, Terrifying Metaphor for L.A. (GO!)
Queen's Music is Awesome. We Will Rock You is Definitely Not Awesome
Wayne Brady Leads a (Mostly) Charming Kiss Me, Kate (GO!)
Staging American Idiot in a Warehouse Makes It Even Less of a Real Musical
Ghost the Musical Arrives in L.A. and It's Totally...Not Atrocious
When Romeo and Juliet Would Be Better as a Comedy
Paste Magazine
Straight White Men at Studio Theatre
CurtainUp
Vicuña at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Icebergs at the Geffen Plahouse
A Younger Theatre
School of Rock at the Winter Garden Theatre
The King and I at Lincoln Center Theater
King Charles III at the Music Box Theatre
These Paper Bullets at the Geffen Playhouse
Fiddler on the Roof at the Broadway Theatre
Honeymoon in Vegas on Broadway
Spring Awakening at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Little Dancer at the Kennedy Center
Murder Ballad at Studio Theatre
Neon Tommy
"The Bridges Of Madison County" on Broadway
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" on the West End
"American Idiot" National Tour at the Ahmanson
"Burn the Floor" National Tour at the Pantages
"Slipping" by Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre
"Red" at the Mark Taper Forum
"Good People" at the Geffen Playhouse
"Spring Awakening" by Over the Moon Productions
"Yentl" at Asolo Repertory Theatre
LA Currents
"Cymbeline" at the Broad Stage
"A Coney Island Christmas" at the Geffen Playhouse
The Oscar-Nominated Writer of Beasts of the Southern WildGoes Back Down South
Courtney Love Is in a Musical in Culver City, But It's Stupid and Sounds Terrible
Carrie: The Musical Is a Bloody Feminist Revenge Tale, but Surprisingly Sweet
With Parodies the Rage in L.A., Did The O.C. Musical Work Onstage?
The Paul Overstreet Musical Sneaky Ole Time Is Pathetically Sexist
The New Matthew Sweet Musical Girlfriend Would Be Better as a Play
The Newsies Musical Is No Masterpiece, But It's a Lot of Fun
Laura Linney Isn't So Amazing as Patricia Highsmith, But You Should Still See Her New Play (GO!)
Disney's Staging of The Hunchback of Notre Dame Is Like Every Other Musical You've Seen
Pippin at the Pantages is an Amazing, Terrifying Metaphor for L.A. (GO!)
Queen's Music is Awesome. We Will Rock You is Definitely Not Awesome
Wayne Brady Leads a (Mostly) Charming Kiss Me, Kate (GO!)
Staging American Idiot in a Warehouse Makes It Even Less of a Real Musical
Ghost the Musical Arrives in L.A. and It's Totally...Not Atrocious
When Romeo and Juliet Would Be Better as a Comedy
Paste Magazine
Straight White Men at Studio Theatre
CurtainUp
Vicuña at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Icebergs at the Geffen Plahouse
A Younger Theatre
School of Rock at the Winter Garden Theatre
The King and I at Lincoln Center Theater
King Charles III at the Music Box Theatre
These Paper Bullets at the Geffen Playhouse
Fiddler on the Roof at the Broadway Theatre
Honeymoon in Vegas on Broadway
Spring Awakening at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Little Dancer at the Kennedy Center
Murder Ballad at Studio Theatre
Neon Tommy
"The Bridges Of Madison County" on Broadway
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" on the West End
"American Idiot" National Tour at the Ahmanson
"Burn the Floor" National Tour at the Pantages
"Slipping" by Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre
"Red" at the Mark Taper Forum
"Good People" at the Geffen Playhouse
"Spring Awakening" by Over the Moon Productions
"Yentl" at Asolo Repertory Theatre
LA Currents
"Cymbeline" at the Broad Stage
"A Coney Island Christmas" at the Geffen Playhouse
Features
Los Angeles Magazine
A New L.A. Revival of Carrie: The Musical Tries to Reverse the Curse
LA Weekly
Why Doesn't L.A. Get the Cool New Plays Like Those Cities Back East?
Can a New Hollywood Venue Make Dinner Theater Cool for Millennials?
Mad Men, Cruel Intentions, The O.C. ... What Is the L.A. Stage Turning Into?
PopUp Theatre Wants to Bring Plays to Your Living Room
This Decade-Long Reimagining of Pinocchio Is Not Like the Disney Film
A Writer Who Moonlights for Michelle Obama's Office
Writer of Wet Hot American Summer Play Has "No Idea If This Is Going to Work"
Bringing New Musical Theater to L.A., One Song at a Time
A Baseball Game Without a Baseball
Neon Tommy
Interview with Jesse Eisenberg
Interview with Joe Iconis
Feature on Seth Numrich
Feature on Jake Epstein
Feature on Matty Simmons
Interview with Richard Fleeshman
A Younger Theatre
Feature on Paloma Young
A New L.A. Revival of Carrie: The Musical Tries to Reverse the Curse
LA Weekly
Why Doesn't L.A. Get the Cool New Plays Like Those Cities Back East?
Can a New Hollywood Venue Make Dinner Theater Cool for Millennials?
Mad Men, Cruel Intentions, The O.C. ... What Is the L.A. Stage Turning Into?
PopUp Theatre Wants to Bring Plays to Your Living Room
This Decade-Long Reimagining of Pinocchio Is Not Like the Disney Film
A Writer Who Moonlights for Michelle Obama's Office
Writer of Wet Hot American Summer Play Has "No Idea If This Is Going to Work"
Bringing New Musical Theater to L.A., One Song at a Time
A Baseball Game Without a Baseball
Neon Tommy
Interview with Jesse Eisenberg
Interview with Joe Iconis
Feature on Seth Numrich
Feature on Jake Epstein
Feature on Matty Simmons
Interview with Richard Fleeshman
A Younger Theatre
Feature on Paloma Young
Theater Commentary
LA Weekly
I'm a Spring Awakening Superfan, but I Don't Think the L.A. Production Should Be on Broadway
5 Good Reasons to See L.A. Theater in 2016
Why Are Teens So in Love With a Musical About Marriage?
Fact-Checking Idina Menzel: Do Singers Only Need to Hit 75 Percent of Notes?
Hair at the Hollywood Bowl: Our Dream Cast, Including Zac Efron
Will Video Recordings of Broadway and London Shows Solve L.A.'s Theater Envy?
5 Reasons to Be Excited That the Spring Awakening Movie Is Finally Happening
Bitter Lemons
“Shipshod” Journalism Is Killing Los Angeles Theater Criticism
A Younger Theatre
10 Great Moments in American Theatre in 2014
Neon Tommy
Broadway Gets Biblical
Meet the Cast of "Into the Woods"
Dream-Casting "Frozen" on Broadway
"Arrested Development" Sings Sondheim
The Genius of "The Last Five Years"
Find more Neon Tommy articles by Katie here, and find more of her LA Weekly articles here.
I'm a Spring Awakening Superfan, but I Don't Think the L.A. Production Should Be on Broadway
5 Good Reasons to See L.A. Theater in 2016
Why Are Teens So in Love With a Musical About Marriage?
Fact-Checking Idina Menzel: Do Singers Only Need to Hit 75 Percent of Notes?
Hair at the Hollywood Bowl: Our Dream Cast, Including Zac Efron
Will Video Recordings of Broadway and London Shows Solve L.A.'s Theater Envy?
5 Reasons to Be Excited That the Spring Awakening Movie Is Finally Happening
Bitter Lemons
“Shipshod” Journalism Is Killing Los Angeles Theater Criticism
A Younger Theatre
10 Great Moments in American Theatre in 2014
Neon Tommy
Broadway Gets Biblical
Meet the Cast of "Into the Woods"
Dream-Casting "Frozen" on Broadway
"Arrested Development" Sings Sondheim
The Genius of "The Last Five Years"
Find more Neon Tommy articles by Katie here, and find more of her LA Weekly articles here.
