WAR AND PEACE. REBECCA METZ, ON ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION AND ITS PLAN FOR L.A.

Steven Leigh Morris – @ This Stage magazine Steven Leigh Morris: Things have gone very quiet in the past couple of months. You’d almost think that nothing is happening. Rebecca Metz: There’s a lot of anger, in the older generation particularly. Personally, I can’t function holding that much anger. My goal is to get the … Read more

ASTRO BOY AND THE GOD OF COMICS at Sacred Fools Theatre Company

Terry Morgan  –  Stage Raw One of the beauties of Natsu Onoda Power’s play is that it’s just as enjoyable for neophytes to “manga” (Japanese comics) as it would be for cognoscenti. The main reason to see this new show at Sacred Fools, however, is the spectacular production. Jaime Robledo’s direction is brilliantly creative, pushing … Read more

OFF THE KING’S ROAD at the Odyssey Theatre

Dany Margolies  –  Arts In LA An inspired supporting cast and a superb set salvage the heavily flawed script here. Neil Koenigsberg’s play is nobly modeled on the Bergman film Wild Strawberries, centering on an older man trying to come to grips with his regrets. But the writing is repetitious, it is on-the-nose, and it is … Read more

One-Person Shows Are Too Stuck in Reality. Sometimes They Should Make Things Up

Steven Leigh Morris  – LA Weekly A solo show’s a little show where people talk about their life, “Like battling the bottle. Or slicing themselves with a knife, “They tell their tale with wigs or props, with easels to communicate, “Like being gay or being bi or being trans or being straight! Read more…

PICNIC at Antaeus Theatre Company

Les Spindle –  Edge on the Net In its shimmering revival of William Inge’s steamy 1953 classic, “Picnic,” the classics-focused Antaeus Theatre Company serves up a theatrical feast. Read more… David C. Nichols – LA Times The intimacy of small-town life and its stifling limitations permeate “Picnic,” which the thoughtfully representative staging at Antaeus Theater Company underscores without … Read more