Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! Read more… Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Through their meetings — which they assume are under constant surveillance by cameras — we learn about the strain the wife’s imprisonment is taking on their relationship, especially how each feels “overlooked,” a translated … Read more
Terry Morgan – Arts Beat LA Heartbreak House is certainly still timely, but this new presentation is much more than that – it’s witty, brilliantly acted and artfully entertaining. Read more… Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! Listen more…
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Working in tandem, director Cameron Watson, the ensemble, and the tech designers deliver an enticing production that mines (Kelly) Younger’s humor and pathos with equal assurance. Read more… Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Who knew inkblots could say so much? Hermann Rorschach, for one, who in the early 1920s … Read more
Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Excellent and memorable scenic design is provided by Mark Mendelson, who almost miraculously transforms the stage into one farmhouse – and then another – and even to a barn on a rainy evening – while shuffling sets on the darkened stage with the clever hand of a magician. Read more…
Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Compassionately and gently helmed by Devine, WINTER’S BENCH takes the viewer on a journey of the mind, an adventure navigated by Gladys as events long past cascade into her thoughts and create feelings that are new and rich. Read more…
Terry Morgan – Arts Beat LA Saint Megan is a brave, powerful and entertaining production. Rogue Machine has done it again, bringing us great theatre. Read more… Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive “Saint Megan” is a (presumably loosely) fact-based drama about the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church misled by Rev. Fred Phelps (an insidious offstage … Read more
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ ‘The Outsiders,’ ‘Water for Elephants,’ ‘Catch Me If You Can,’ ‘The Feel Good Story…,’ ‘The Peterson Show,’ ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession,’ ‘Antigone in the Language of Kings,’ ‘The Dance and the Railroad,’ ‘A Case for the Existence of God,’ ‘Kaiju,’ ‘Texas Sodomy’ Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw While I have seen the show before, this staging by director Julia Rodriguez-Elliott’s staging at A Noise Within made me feel that I was seeing it for the first time. Rodriguez-Elliott, who also choreographs, marshals her able actors — all of whom play multiple roles — with military … Read more
Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines WIVES builds on a fascinating concept: Looking at important men of different periods through the eyes of their wives. The concept is particularly adept in the Hemingway segment, where his four wives hilariously chat about Hemingway’s style – and foibles. It would likely have been interesting to follow that pattern … Read more
Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines CLUB 27 is a flashy, splashy musical filled with enthusiastic and very talented singers and dancers giving their heart and soul to the production. To keep the stage rocking, they are backed by a jazzy band of four (James Lent (music director/conductor/keys), Josh Bartley on guitar, Eric McCann on bass, … Read more