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Top Rated Plays List - The Highest Rated Shows In LA

The "Theatre In LA Top Rated Plays List" is a list of the top rated plays now running in the LA area based on what the current reviews are saying. To see all of the play reviews go to Review Round-Up.

Freud on Cocaine

Trust me, I’m a doctor.” Jonathan Slavin (Santa Clarita Diet, Dr. Ken, Better Off Ted) stars in Freud on Cocaine, an outrageous new comedy based on the documented letters, notes, dreams, and recollections of neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud that attest to his decade-long use of cocaine, both in his practice and personal life.

LA Splash- Highly Recommended
On Stage Los Angeles- Highly Recommended
Night Tinted Glasses- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Highly Recommended
Glamgical- Highly Recommended
The Hollywood Times- Recommended
2UrbanGirls- Recommended
Freud on Cocaine
Fatherland

The Fountain Theatre presents the world premiere of Fatherland, a riveting true story. A 19-year-old faces the hardest day in his life when he testifies in federal court after informing the FBI of his father's involvement in the Jan 6 attack on Capitol. Fast-moving, powerful, and theatrical, Fatherland erupts verbatim from official court transcripts, case evidence, and public statements.

Los Angeles Times- Recommended
Broadway World- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
LA Splash- Highly Recommended
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
On Stage Los Angeles- Highly Recommended
Night Tinted Glasses- Somewhat Recommended
Showmag- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Highly Recommended
Ticket Holders LA- Highly Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended
The Hollywood Times- Highly Recommended
2UrbanGirls- Highly Recommended
Fatherland
Alex Edelman's Just for Us

Expertly crafted by one of comedy's most distinctive voices, this singular theatrical experience is an exploration of identity and our collective capacity for empathy-and it's also "belly-laugh funny!" (The New York Times). In the wake of a string of anti-Semitic rhetoric pointed in his direction online, standup comic Edelman decides to go straight to the source; specifically, Queens, where he covertly attends a meeting of White Nationalists and comes face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards. What happens next forms the backbone of the shockingly relevant, utterly hilarious, and only moderately perspirant stories that comprise Just for Us.

Los Angeles Times- Highly Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
Ticket Holders LA- Recommended
Its Not About Me- Highly Recommended
Alex Edelman's Just for Us
Faithless

FAITHLESS is about an aging atheist named Gus, recovering from cancer, who is forced to deal with two grown stepchildren: a Presbyterian minister who is suffering from a crisis of faith, and a young woman who seems to have had a glimpse of the afterlife after a head injury. He is also dismayed by his adopted child, a teenager who suddenly decides she'd like to be a nun.

Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
NoHoArtsDistrict- Highly Recommended
Showmag- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Recommended
Ticket Holders LA- Highly Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Recommended
Faithless
One Of The Good Ones

The ultimate family showdown is on in the world premiere of this new comedy commissioned by Pasadena Playhouse. When the "perfect" Latina daughter brings her boyfriend home to meet the parents, her family's biases and preconceptions are put on full display. As tensions run high and hilarity ensues, everyone must navigate the ins and outs of family dynamics and the boundaries of acceptance - all while tackling the age-old question: what does it truly mean to be an American? Meet your new favorite family in this laugh-out-loud, heartfelt story from Gloria Calderón Kellett, the co-creator and showrunner of Netflix's One Day at a Time.

Los Angeles Times- Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
LA Splash- Highly Recommended
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Recommended
Its Not About Me- Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended
One Of The Good Ones
A Froggy Becomes

Open Fist Theatre at Atwater Village Theatre

Middle School is Hell. Especially for a seventh-grade girl somewhere in the 1980s whose 'friends' tease her relentlessly, whose father is an ogre, who desperately wants her mother to run away with their priest, and whose stupid science project is due, and she can find NO ONE to help her with it! A Froggy Becomes is a tale for grownups, written from the perspective of Bumpy Diggs (Sandra Kate Burck), a scrappy little weirdo struggling to survive the troubles at home and the horrors of seventh grade. It is a memory play steeped in magical realism. Replete with an ogre (Peter Breitmayer), flying priests, Satan worshippers, beer, Dorito's bags, and of course, Madonna.

Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
On Stage Los Angeles- Highly Recommended
Stage Raw- Recommended
Ticket Holders LA- Highly Recommended
Larchmont Buzz- Highly Recommended
Glamgical- Recommended
The Hollywood Times- Recommended
2UrbanGirls- Recommended
A Froggy Becomes
The Birthday Party: A Theatrical Catastrophe

Rogue Machine at The Matrix

In 2014 the Geffen Playhouse decided to produce Harold Pinter's first great play The Birthday Party. They assembled a star studded cast and an Oscar winning director. Ticket sales were through the roof. Expectation for the production was high. What ended up happening is unbelievable, outrageous - and totally true. You may think you know the whole story...but you don't. Hear all the backstage secrets from an actor who was part of that cast - and a witness to the entire theatrical disaster.

Los Angeles Times- Recommended
Stage and Cinema- Highly Recommended
LA Splash- Highly Recommended
ArtsBeatLA- Recommended
Stage Raw- Somewhat Recommended
The Birthday Party: A Theatrical Catastrophe

To see the LA Theatre Reviews of all plays go to the Theatre In LA Review Round-Up.