KCRW's Opening the Curtain

How do you make the familiar come to life as if for the first time? Anthony Byrnes on the blessing and the curse of Samuel Beckett's classic "Waiting for Godot."

Anthony Byrnes on Mike Schlitt's Jesus Ride, which he says plays "like a great dinner party story that just happens to have video all cued up."

Wouldn't it be exciting if LA theater reflected that diversity and spoke the same languages as its people?

The Theater Movement Bazaar and the evolution of two artists who have committed to making ensemble theater in Los Angeles...

We go on a journey through time with El pasado es un animal grotesco ("The past is a grotesque animal"), which is up at REDCAT for four performances this weekend.

Anthony Byrnes on the LATC production of Miguel Piñero's Short Eyes, his love of language and unapologetic view of life behind bars.

Anthony Byrnes weighs in on two landmark plays, inspired by the same Chicago home, but written 50 years apart.

"It's all about the eggs," says Anthony Byrnes, about A Raisin in the Sun, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, and Our Town, at the Broad Stage.

Anthony Byrnes talks with actress Helen Hunt and David Cromer about their production of Our Town, now at the Broad Stage.

Anthony Byrnes muses on Neil LaBute's Filthy Talk for Troubled Times.

Anthony Byrnes in anticipation of the year's upcoming shows...

KCRW theatre critic Anthony Byrnes on this year's ten outstanding productions in LA theatre.