Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Skillfully helmed by Michael Donovan, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a funny, charming, and often glittery musical gifted with an excellent cast – all of whom can sing up a storm. On top of that, the show is truly eye candy – splashy, glittery, and filled with clever … Read more
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw “. . . an epic fantasy that plays more like a movie – the finale even bodes potential for a sequel – than a theater piece.” Read more… Harker Jones – BroadwayWorld The historic El Portal Theater in North Hollywood is an underrated gem, offering up revivals and world … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA For a non-musical production at an intimate theatre in the San Fernando Valley, the world premiere of Dan Caffrey’s ambitious love letter to the Japanese Kaiju film monster genre, bravely presented by the Road Theatre Company in a historic first-time collaboration with the BroadStage, could define what is commonly … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Director Michael Rothhaar’s staging of the play, now at Pacific Resident Theater, started out as a workshop before being incorporated into the company’s regular season. From Taubert Nadalini’s rudimentary set to Michael Franco’s flat lighting, the production still seems a bit unfinished, but while the execution is uneven, … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move The People of Pompeii; Fallen Saints, Art of Heartbreak; Pericles; Before It’s Too Late. Reviewed.
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix While the play’s focus on teen trauma in a positive spirit is commendable, and its likable cast delivers invested, high-energy performances, the writing relies heavily on cliches, belabors points and leaves some plot elements hanging, reducing the overall emotional impact of the story, despite the cast’s stellar efforts. Read … Read more
Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Smoothly helmed by Noah Blake with an eye to creating a campy description of a Hollywood that never existed but was lionized in multiple films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, A KILLER NIGHT IN STUDIO CITY achieves its goal of entertaining and amusing the observer. Read more… Ed … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Existence provides ample opportunity for two gifted actors to shine. Veteran director John Perrin Flynn, the former artistic director of Rogue Machine, stages the proceeding with an emotional simplicity that makes the most of his material’s limitations. Read more… Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive This is an excellent character … Read more
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Pericles, Enemy of the People, Arsonists, Conscience, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, In the Tomb of Ten Thousand Calendars, Slava Ukraini!, Green Corridors Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA The ambition, vision, and drive behind this original gothic musical are undeniable. Justin and Melissa Meyer have built an extraordinary creative home to serve LA theatergoers for years to come and this dark fantasy spectacle stands as a grand testament to what dedicated, uncompromised theatrical vision can achieve. Read … Read more