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The show ends with an audience ritual, asking theatergoers to speak the names of lost loved ones.

After play readings last fall that launched the theater, cast members and theatergoers mingled and conversed on the patio outside the building.

Presenting a mix of new work and reimagined classics, the Odyssey found its niche with L.A.’s theatergoers.

If this sounds dry, I can’t remember when I experienced such intense focus on the part of theatergoers.

The epic scale of “King Lear” can engender reluctance in theatergoers.