June 12, 2018Ellen Dostal – Broadway World Halfway through Act I of Eugene O’Neill’s LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT at the Wallis, I was looking at Rob Howell’s see-through set design when it dawned on me. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. If only the Tyrones had gotten the memo. Read more… Neal Weaver 
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June 12, 2018Ellen Dostal – Broadway World John Farmanesh-Bocca directs the world premiere of a bracing new version of Eduardo Machado‘s LYSISTRATA UNBOUND, starring Brenda Strong (Supergirl, 13 Reasons Why) as Lysistrata, in a collaboration between Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Not Man Apart – Physical Theatre Ensemble. Read more… Now running through August 4

June 11, 2018Deborah Klugman – LA Weekly Tom Hanks as Falstaff, Joe Morton as King Henry IV and a solid supporting ensemble add up to half a dozen good reasons to see director Dan Sullivan’s staging of Henry IV,….Read more… Ellen Dostal – Broadway World Director Daniel Sullivan‘s adaptation of HENRY IV, Parts 1 & 2 may
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June 10, 2018Jonas Schwartz -  TheaterMania Twenty years ago, Culture Clash presented Bordertown Now, which took a look at the percolating tension between the US government and undocumented Mexican immigrants crossing the border. Read more… Now running through June 24

June 8, 2018Deborah Klugman – Capital and Main On November 4, 1979, several hundred Iranians, mostly students, stormed the American embassy in Tehran and took 60-odd hostages — 52 of whom were held captive for 444 days. It was a humiliating event for the U.S. government and, in general, a wake-up call for Americans….. Read more… Now
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June 7, 2018Neal Weaver  – Stage Raw This play by Nigerian-American playwright Mfoniso Udofia is part of a projected cycle of nine plays about the lives of the Ufot family in Nigeria and America. Read more… Now running through June 30

June 7, 2018Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze People apparently must hate another group they barely know, no matter the race, religion or financial bracket. The Judeo-Christian Bible reflects back to us myriad examples of this untethered hatred. Eastern and Western history serializes it. And it fills today’s media. Read more… Now running through June 10