Unraveling the Complex Layers of Love By Eric Marchese The plays of Neil LaBute are stylistically and thematically akin to those of David...

Discovering We Are More Than The Labels Society Puts On Us By Shannon Cudd Christopher Francis Boone, the central character of the play...

David Henry Hwang’s Politics of Laughter by Joel Beers Three distinct time periods occupy the world of “Yellow Face,” David Henry Hwang’s...

Finding the heartbeat in Martin McDonagh’s 1996 dark comedy By Joel Beers What the audience sees in Irish-playwright-turned-Hollywood-sup...

Bringing SpongeBob to life on stage in Laguna Beach By Eric Marchese Live theater, as we all know, can wondrously transport us to a world...

Wayward Artist taking patrons on a trip to ‘Avenue Q’ By Eric Marchese When Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty created “Avenue Q,”...

ACTC’s patrons will circle the globe in ’80 Days’ By Eric Marchese If you’ve seen “The Amazing Race” but are unfamiliar with “Around the...

The Revolution Has (Finally) Been Feminized By Joel Beers Uproarious comedy isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when thinking of...

“The Killer Angels: Revisiting a past that feels closer than ever By Joel Beers Those familiar with the Maverick Theater in Fullerton can...

Chance’s new one-woman play tells a true story of teenage courage and resilience By Libby Nicolay Up next in Chance Theater’s exciting...

The Stage Play it Always Should Have Been By Dana Hammer If you’re reading an article on a theater website, I will assume that you are...

Come for the Romance, Stay for the Feminism By Dana Hammer “Sense and Sensibility” is a classic romance, and it’s a classic for good...

The California premiere of this Musical Comedy that really goes off the rails By Dana Hammer Roller coasters have long been used as a...

This Lovable Serial Killer Will Win Your Heart By Dana Hammer Serial killers. They fascinate us. Men like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, John...

13 years after it exploded in theaters Clybourne park is as funny, cautionary and relevant as ever by Joel Beers Where most people see...

(The Play, Not the Emotion) By Dana Hammer I first read Misery, the novel, when I was ten years old, which is objectively too young, but...

A “He Said, She Said” for Modern Times by Dana Hammer I recently cleaned out my garage. It was a daunting task, and a thankless one, and...

OC premiere of ‘…Chad Deity’ gives us an ‘Entrance’ into the world of professional wrestling entertainment By Eric Marchese You might not...

Laguna Playhouse welcomes the Canadian Netflix hit to the local stage By Libby Nicolay When Director Jon Lawrence Rivera signed onto this...

Move over Moby, there’s a new addition to literary tales involving whales by Joel Beers ​​Like many actors, Peter Hilton has a list of...