The week ahead in L.A. theater, Feb. 18-25: ‘The School for Wives,’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and more

Capsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.), Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.).

Openings

Isaac Babel and the Black Sea Timothy McNeil’s new drama about the Soviet-era writer and artist. Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre,…