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BOLLYWOOD KITCHEN at Geffen Playhouse

Kyle Rosenberg
January 25, 2021Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen Since the pandemic forced the temporary end of in-person theater, Geffen Playhouse audiences have performed magic tricks, solved puzzles, and investigated a cold case, all from the comfort and safety of their own homes. The latest Geffen Stayhouse offering brings new meaning to the phrase “dinner and a
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BREATHE at The Broadwater

Mike Struna
December 22, 2020Ellen Dostal – Broadway World Like most solo productions, Philicia Saunders’ BREATHE comes from her own experiences. Unique to her telling however is the method by which she relates that story. Necessitated by a global pandemic that has forced audiences to view theatrical productions from behind a computer screen, Saunders has employed a variety of
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THE FUTURE at Geffen Playhouse

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December 14, 2020Ellen Dostal – Broadway World Geffen Playhouse has found its own unique key to navigating the dark days of 2020 — and still maintain that art is alive and well — with its highly successful Stayhouse series of interactive performances. These virtual offerings allow for several productions to run concurrently, rather than being limited to
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STILL at Pasadena Playhouse

Jeff Lorch
November 14, 2020Margaret Gray – LA Times The historic Pasadena Playhouse is empty. No ticket holders gossiping and rubbing elbows in the Spanish Revival-style courtyard. No line at the bar. Read more… Closed

MARCH at The Garage at the LGBT Center

Kelly Stuart
October 28, 2020Dana Martin– Stage Raw LA’s LGBT Center and Playwrights’ Area have gone (COVID compliantly) rogue by staging high stakes drama in the LGBT Center parking garage. (The audience watches the action from within their cars, sound broadcast through a pre-set FM radio station.) March, conceived and directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera and written by MJ Brown, Amir
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INSIDE THE BOX at Geffen Playhouse

David Kwong
October 28, 2020 Jonas Schwartz – Broadway World The Geffen is hosting a game night and it’s a goofy, geeky, glorious distraction from the gloom and doom of 2020. Created and led by puzzle enthusiast David Kwong, this latest version of the Geffen Stayhouse series, Inside The Box, is a perfect way to connect with others in these isolating times.
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NATHAN C. JONES: A LOVE STORY? – an online performance from The Blank Theatre

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June 6, 2020Ellen Dostal – Broadway World “May you live in interesting times,” has taken on new meaning in 2020 amid the current world health crisis. No one could have imagined a scenario like this where theater doors would be forced to close indefinitely. And yet, they have. But you can’t dampen the heart of an artist
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RORSCHACH FEST, INKBLOT C at Atwater Village Theatre

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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
Darrett Sanders

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Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw

In a Rorschach test, an individual is presented with a series of abstract images and asked what they see. Their answers are used by the administering psychiatrist or psychologist to gain insight into that person’s state of mind.

Open Fist Theater Company’s current production is titled Rorschach Fest. Presented as three separate programs, it’s a series of short plays by John O’Keefe, Harold Pinter, Daniel MacIvor and Caryl Churchill — four playwrights widely recognized for the distinctive style and/or content of their work.
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Now running through April 5

 

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ALL NIGHT LONG at Atwater Village Theatre

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Saturday, September 22nd, 2018
Darrett Sanders

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Terry Morgan  -  Stage Raw

Not every work of art is designed with the mass audience in mind. Some are experiments or explorations, or maybe just a diverting goof. All these terms might apply to John O’Keefe’s All Night Long, a kaleidoscopic fever dream of a play that revels in erudition and silly humor but doesn’t hew to a traditional dramatic structure or feature a standard resolution.
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Now running through October 7

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UNDER MILK WOOD – Open Fist Theatre Company at the Atwater Village Theatre

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Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
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Terry Morgan  -  Stage Raw

If one were to attempt to find a work comparable to Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, it would likely be Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Both plays deal with the mundane and the sacred, and both delve into the complexities of small communities.
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Now running through August 25

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DON’T YOU EVER CALL ME ANYTHING BUT MOTHER at Atwater Village Theatre

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Friday, May 26th, 2017
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Paul Birchall  – Stage Raw

The second in a set of two one-person plays, John O’Keefe’s Don’t Ever Call Me Anything But Mother may be that unique monologue that is literally unlike anything you’ve witnessed before — though whether it will beguile or appall you really depends on your mood and ability to deal with creepy darkness. Read more…

Now running through May 30

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