Charles McNulty’s best plays of 2013
David Mamet’s “American Buffalo” was revived at the Geffen with its concussive verbal force and fierce con games intact. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
John Douglas Thompson and Glynn Turman brought anguish and ecstasy to the searing Mark Taper Forum revival of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
At the Douglas, Jennifer Haley’s “The Nether” plunged us down the cyber hole, asking tough questions about virtual identity and morality. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A giant rotating steel wheel dominated the Getty Villa’s “Prometheus Bound,” but Ron Cephas Jones conveyed the anguish and defiance. (Craig Schwartz / Getty Villa)
In “Rodney King” at the Douglas, Roger Guenveur Smith created a spoken-word portrait balancing empathy and truth. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)