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L.A. Theatre Works  has commissioned a  new  audio theater adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie “whodunit”  The Murder on the Links. The all-star cast includes  Alfred Molina (as Christie’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot), Simon Helberg,  Adhir Kalyan,  Joanne Whalley,  Kevin Daniels,  Edita Brychta,  Darren Richardson,  Jocelyn Towne  and  Matthew Wolf. Written by the BBC’s  Kate McAll, who previously adapted the novels  Frankenstein, Daniel Deronda  and  A Room with a View for…

HIGH FIVE Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years  is contextually brilliant: it is a two-character musical that starts at the end of a five year relationship for the woman, but at the beginning for the man. Her songs go backward in time and his forward. In the middle of the 85 minute, intermissionless show, they…

I WANT TO SEE MORE DEAD PEOPLE Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? Jared Mezzocchi  (Russian Troll Farm, my favorite theater stream of the COVID era) brings an Amityville Horror-esque, true-life tale right to your living room, courtesy of The Geffen Playhouse, which is streaming Someone Else’s House with a limited number of participants (40…

WHAT A WONDER [Editor’s Note: Just after we published Marc Wheeler’s glowing review of A Noise Within’s production of Alice in Wonderland, the theater had to go dark due to COVID. Fortunately, the amazing cast and crew reunited recently to professionally film the production specifically for high-definition streaming, which begins May 27, 2021. We are…

URSULA Written, Directed & Performed by  Frida Espinosa-Mí¼ller Watch On-demand for FREE starting May 20 at 6:30 PM PST / 8:30 PM CT ends on June 6, 2021 Ursula tells the story of seven-year-old Nadia, who becomes separated from her mother after seeking asylum at the border. As Nadia waits for her asylum to be processed,…

Beverly Hills’ The Wallis and Black Rebirth Collective are presenting a co-production of UNMASKED: A Theatrical Celebration of Black Women’s Liberation — filmed in The Wallis’s Lovelace Studio Theater — premiering on Saturday, June 19, 2021 (Juneteenth) and available for on demand streaming through Friday, July 2. Tickets for the evening of four plays (total…

WHAT THE HULDUFí“LK? Playwright Steve Yockey is at it again. His latest play contains the same ingredients as his previous ones: The supernatural; a mystical eerie hotel; shapeshifters; actors playing more than one seemingly unrelated character; murder; a vacationer; superbly chilling moments; paranormal regions; a spectral visitation; family members reunited after tragedy; gay sex; blood;…

Circle X Theatre Co. in association will present two free Zoom readings of Louis Slotin Sonata by Paul Mullin, directed by John Langs. The commemorative readings will take place on Friday May 21, which is the 75th anniversary of Louis Slotin’s criticality accident at Los Alamos. The readings will take place at 7pm EST (with…

L.A. Theatre Works presents the  world premiere  of a new play based on an extraordinary true story. Produced as a  state-of-the-art audio theater recording, A Good Day at Auschwitz  by noted actor  Stephen Tobolowsky  (Groundhog Day, Deadwood, Silicon Valley, The Goldbergs) stars  Alan Mandell, a veteran of stage and film for over 75 years, as Abe, a man the playwright met at…

TAKE A SHOT Beginning Saturday, April 24 at 5pm (PDT) Robin Gerber’s THE SHOT, a story that reveals the well-kept secrets of American icon Katharine Graham who, before becoming the publisher of The Washington Post, endured the physical and emotional abuse of Phil Graham, the husband she loved and admired. Starring Sharon Lawrence, and directed…