Opening the Curtain

Anthony Byrnes reviews 'Los Otros,' which plays at the Mark Taper Forum downtown through July 1.

Anthony Byrnes on the Evidence Room's quirky production of Ivanov at the Odyssey Theater.

Anthony Byrnes on Murray Mednick's play within a play, which embodies the wonderful alchemy possible when a lifetime of craft is mixed with a still youthful experimentation with form.

Anthony Byrnes on the production of Boston Court Theatre's production of Michael Elyanow's Medea, as told through the eyes of children...

The Cornerstone Theater's latest production is produced in partnership with Father Greg Boyle and the Home Girl Cafe, which trains former gang members to run a restaurant.

Anthony Byrnes recalls Anna Deveare Smith's one-woman show "Twilight: Los Angeles 1992" and the role of theater in the civic dialogue of the city.

Anthony Byrnes on Mikhail Baryshnikov in a chronicle of the painful and awkward moments that precede love.

Anthony Byrnes on the history of the Internet, privacy in the Age of Google, and the mystical thinking of philosopher Martin Buber in Matt McCray's "Eternal Thou."

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."