Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw
The distinguishing theatrical device in Archway Theatre’s is that all the performers appear in their undergarments — or rather, they appear costumed (by Sara Davenport) in undergarments suitable to the Victorian era roles they are assuming. Read more…
Photo by Craig Schwartz
David C. Nichols – LA Times
The unparalleled sardonic wit of Oscar Wilde sustains “The Importance of Being Earnest” at A Noise Within, where it will doubtless be a crowd-pleasing hit, despite (or because of) its distinct idiosyncrasies, and therein hangs a conundrum. Read more…
Now running through Nov.22.
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Les Spindle – Frontiers L.A.
A new theatre company called Queer Classics lives up to its name with its unabashedly gay adaptation of the classic Oscar Wilde farce The Importance of Being Earnest, premiering at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. As with most of Wilde’s plays, there is something intrinsically queer about the sensibility of the original 1895 script, even though the characters were heterosexual. Read more…