Don Shirley’s 2001 Highlights

No one sees more than a small fraction of the hundreds of shows in Los Angeles that are available in any given year. But these, listed alphabetically, were surely among the best:

“Big River” -- Deaf West Theatre

“The Birthday Party” -- Matrix Theatre

“Bitter Homes and Gardens” -- Playwrights’ Arena at Los Angeles Theatre Center

“The Circle” -- South Coast Repertory

“Flower Drum Song” -- Mark Taper Forum

“Good Thing” -- Taper, Too at Actors’ Gang

“Hay Fever” -- A Noise Within

“Kimberly Akimbo” -- South Coast Repertory

“Much Ado About Nothing” -- South Coast Repertory

“A New Brain” -- West Coast Ensemble