OTHER TIMES REVIEWERS’ TOP PICKS OF THE YEAR
Here are some of the other Times reviewers’ favorite productions from the past year, listed in alphabetical order. Because of the enormous number of professional productions in the area, no reviewer saw all the contenders.
DON SHIRLEY
“Design for Living,†A Noise Within
“Golden Child,†South Coast Repertory
“Good as New,†South Coast Repertory
“How the Other Half Loves,†South Coast Repertory
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,†Farthest Steppe Productions at Stella Adler Theatre
“Mrs. Warren’s Profession,†Pacific Resident Theatre
“Mules,†Mark Taper Forum
“Ragtime,†Shubert Theatre
“So It Is! If So It Seems to You,†A Noise Within
“The Winter’s Tale,†A Noise Within
PHILIP BRANDES
“All Grown Up . . . and no place to go,†Rick Reynolds at Tiffany Theater
“The Cave Dwellers,†24th Street Theatre
“The Chairs,†Stages Theatre
“Company,†West Coast Ensemble
“Mrs. Warren’s Profession,†Pacific Resident Theatre
“Murdered Sleep,†Empire Red Lip at Glaxa Studios
“The Quick Change Room,†Pacific Resident Theatre
“Ragtime,†Shubert Theatre
“Rent,†Ahmanson Theatre
“Speed-the-Plow,†Odyssey Theatre
F. KATHLEEN FOLEY
“The Crackwalker,†Met Theatre
“Fighting Over Beverley,†Fountain Theatre
“Happytime Xmas,†Cast Theater
“He Who Gets Slapped,†Singular Productions at Ivy Substation
“The Importance of Being Earnest,†Fabulous Monsters at Glaxa Studios
“Juno and the Paycock,†Interact Theatre
“No Miracle: a Consolation,†Playwrights’ Arena
“The Quick-Change Room,†Pacific Resident Theatre
“Ragtime,†Shubert Theatre
“Up the Mountain,†Ivory Coast Productions at Theatre Geo
JANA J. MONJI
“Arcadia,†Mark Taper Forum
“Denial,†Actors Alley
“Hedda Gabler,†Hudson Guild at Hudson Theatre
“Lullaby of Broadway,†Corky Hale Productions at Tiffany Theater
“Man in the Box,†Actors’ Gang
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,†Farthest Steppe Productions at Stella Adler Theatre
“Moscow-Petushki,†Theatre of Kana at Odyssey Theatre
“Mr. Sadness of Sex,†Barry Yourgrau at LunaPark
“Rent,†Ahmanson Theatre
“Terra Nova,†Actors Co-op at Crossley Theatre
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