The Other Reviewers’ Choices

Other Calendar reviewers picked the following as their best shows of the year:

Sylvie Drake: “The Crucible”--South Coast Repertory; “Coriolanus”-- Old Globe Theatre; “The Fool Show”--Geoff Hoyle at the La Jolla Playhouse; “Voice of the Prairie”--Old Globe Theatre; “Fences”--Doolittle Theatre.

Lynne Heffley: “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”--Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson; “The Kathy and Mo Show”--Los Angeles Theatre Center; “A Lie of the Mind”--Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum; “The Crucible”--South Coast Repertory; “Mountains and Molehills”--South Coast Repertory’s Educational Touring Production.

Robert Koehler: “The Crucible”--South Coast Repertory; “The Mission”--KitchenCollective at MOCA; “The Inspector General”--Los Angeles Theatre Center; “Kingfish”--Los Angeles Theatre Center; “Some Golden States”--Tim Miller at the Cast Theatre.

Ray Loynd: “Don’t Go Back to Rockville”--Pacific Theatre Ensemble and Victory Theatre; “A Gift From Heaven”--Chamber Theatre; “Distant Fires”--International City Theatre at Long Beach City College; “Fences”--Doolittle Theatre; “Sing for Your Supper”--Richmond Shepard Theatre.

Don Shirley: “Carnal Knowledge”--Pasadena Playhouse; “Distant Fires”--International City Theatre at Long Beach City College; “House of Correction”--Los Angeles Theatre Center; “The Inspector General”--Los Angeles Theatre Center; “South Central Rain” (Tamarind Theatre).