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The following productions were reviewed during 2007. At this time, as reviews are being moved from an earlier web program, reviews are available to read in pd form only. To receive a copy by email, send your request, by sending an email through the Contact Us button above.



13 / Mark Taper Forum

A Picasso /   Geffen Playhouse

The Adding Machine /  La Jolla Playhouse

And Neither Have I Wings to Fly /   Road Theatre Company

Art / Laguna Playhouse

Assassins /  Sight Unseen Theatre

Atlanta, the musical /   Geffen Playhouse

Attempts on her Life /    Unknown Theatre

Avenue Q /  Ahmanson Playhouse

Calling Aphrodite /  International City Theatre

Can-Can /  Pasadena Playhouse

Carmen /  La Jolla Playhouse

A Catered Affair /  The Old Globe

Cesar & Ruben /  NoHo Arts Center

The Constant Wife /  Pasadena Playhouse

Cry-Baby /   La Jolla Playhouse

Cuttin' Up / Pasadena Playhouse

Dawn's Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi
/  East West Players

Dear Brutus /  A Noise Within

The Deception /  La Jolla Playhouse

Defiance /   Pasadena Playhouse

Distracted /  Mark Taper Forum

Dogeaters /  Kirk Douglas Theatre

Don't Look Now /  Unknown Theater

Durango /  East West Players

Fat Pig /  Geffen Playhouse

The Four of Us /  Old Globe Theatre

Greater Tuna /  La Mirada Theatre

Hank Williams: Lost Highway /  Laguna Playhouse

Hay Fever /  Old Globe Theatre

The Idiot Box /  Open Fist Theatre

Jamaica, Farewell / Whitefire Theatre

The Jersey Boys /  Ahmanson Theatre

Kiss Me Kate   /  South Bay Civic Light Opera

A Little Night Music /  South Coast Repertory

Macbeth /  Open Fist Theatre

The Man of La Mancha /   A Noise Within

The Marvellous Wonderettes /  El Portal

The Master of the House /   Laguna Playhouse

Matter of Honor /  Pasadena Playhouse

My Wandering Boy /  South Coast Repertory

Oscar and the Pink Lady /  The Old Globe

Pacific Playwrights Festival /  South Coast Repertory




MOST PROMISING PREMIERE OF 2007

The Piano Teacher
Linda Gehringer and Kevin Carroll in The PIano Teacher

The Piano Teacher /  South Coast Repertory

Pig Farm /  South Coast Repertory

Pterodactyls /  Athena Theatre Company

The Pursuit of Happiness /   Laguna Playhouse

The Quality of Life /  Geffen Playhouse

Ray Charles Live! /  Pasadena Playhouse

Restoration Comedy /  Old Globe Theatre

Speed-the-Plow /  Geffen Playhouse

Swimming to the Moon /  arts/works Theatre

System Wonderland /  South Coast Repertory

Third /  Geffen Playhouse

Tonight at 8:30 / part one /  Antaeus Theatre Company

Tonight at 8:30 / part two /  Antaeus Theatre Company

Twelve Angry Men /  Ahmanson Theatre

The Verdi Girls /  Laguna Playhouse

Waiting for Godot /  A Noise Within

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? /  Ahmanson Theatre

The Winter's Tale /  A Noise Within

The Women of Lockerbie /  Actors’ Gang

Yellow Face /  Mark Taper Forum

'Rearview' Citations


Theatertimes' Annual Rearview Citations, announced each January, are based on one critic's attendance. They are given to artists and institutions that, upon reflection, continue to stand out as a landmark. This may be something of historic consequence for the American Theater. Or, it may celebrate a forward-leaping achievement by an individual artist – even if it happened in a forgettable production.


Quality of Life at the Geffen
Premiere | Playwright

The Quality of Life

by Jane Anderson | Geffen Playhouse


Dear Brutus at A Noise Within
Revival

Dear Brutus

by J.M. Barrie | A Noise Within


The cast of Cesar and Ruben
Musical

CESAR & RUBEN

by Ed Begley Jr. | NOHO Variety Arts Center


A scene from The Adding Machine
Director

DANIEL AUKIN

The Adding Machine | La Jolla Playhouse


Megan Gallagher
Female Lead

MEGAN GALLAGHER

The Constant Wife | Pasadena Playhouse


Hoon Li in Yellow Man
Male Lead

HOON LI

Yellow Face | Mark Taper Forum


Featured Female

MELODY BUTUI

Shipwrecked | South Coast Repertory / Geffen Playhouse


Featured Male

MITCHELL EDMONDS

Waiting for Godot | A Noise Within


Set Design

RALPH FUNICELLO

Restoration Comedy | Old Globe Theatre


Sound Design

ANDY MILTON

Assassins | Sight Unseen Theatre Company


Costume Design

KIM DeSHAZOK

Calling Aphrodite | International City Theatre


Lighting Design

CHRIS COVICS

Don't Look Now | Unknown Theatre


Ensemble

ANTAEUS THEATRE

Tonight at 8:30 / part I and II