KCRW's Opening the Curtain

The Persians is not an easy play and SITI is a complicated company, but if you're up for a work that challenges an audience rather than being dependent on it - it's a remarkable journey.

In light of Labor Day and Mayor Garcetti's floating a higher minimum wage, now's a great time to focus on some of the backstage 'labor' drama of LA theater?s 99-seat plan.

While you're busy planning the last beach hurrah - keep the calendar out long enough to pencil in these 6 shows you're not going to want to miss.

While you're busy planning the last beach hurrah - keep the calendar out long enough to pencil in these 6 shows you're not going to want to miss.

Like most recent Actors' Gang shows, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" comes down to a question of style. How you feel about the show, whether you find it creative and enchanting, or. . . otherwise depends on whether you buy into the Gang's style.

Like most recent Actors' Gang shows, "A Midsummer Night?s Dream" comes down to a question of style. How you feel about the show, whether you find it creative and enchanting, or. . . otherwise depends on whether you buy into the Gang's style.

In "Reasons to Be Pretty", the moral is surprisingly simple and noble. It's worth letting Neil LaBute push your buttons for two hours to get it.

In "Reasons to Be Pretty", the moral is surprisingly simple and noble. It's worth letting Neil LaBute push your buttons for two hours to get it.

If amidst our summer heat, you're looking for a chance to watch someone else sweat it out for a while and you're willing to go on some philosophical tangents - there's some powerful acting happening at the bottom of a pool at the Rogue Machine Theater.

While you might have a tough time traversing the play's worlds, the actors in "The Brothers Size" embody the characters so completely that you are with them every step of the way.

This week a conversation with Tim Wright, Artistic Director of Circle X, half of the co-production with Boston Court of "Stupid Fucking Bird" playing through August 10th in Pasadena.

Okay, stop what you're doing . . . and go get tickets for the production of "Stupid Fucking Bird" at the Theatre at Boston Court.

Okay, stop what you're doing . . . and go get tickets for the production of "Stupid Fucking Bird" at the Theatre at Boston Court.

This week Anthony wants to talk about the Tony Awards.

Anthony really wants to celebrate Stoneface: The Rise and Fall of Buster Keaton, but while it captures the details of Keaton's life, it does little to illuminate his soul.