Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Terence Anthony’s Burners is a two-hander set in the dystopian future. The plot revolves around two people pitted against each other in a precarious war-torn world where a rebellious faction is attempting to overthrow an authoritarian state. Read more… Now running through April 2
Paul Birchall – Stage Raw A cruise ship is a metaphor for the world in microcosm. All classes and strata of society live together within the boundaries of the little tin ship, which is surrounded by the nothingness of the great sea. Read more… Now running through April 19
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw Sharr White’s play, The Snow Geese, is clearly inspired by such classics as The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard and is trying to be an American equivalent, which is an admirable undertaking. Unfortunately, naming one’s play after waterfowl doesn’t make one Chekhov. Read more… Now running through April 19
Neal Weaver – Stage Raw Robert Schenkkan’s play, set in 2019, is a dystopian vision of what life in Trump-land might be like two years hence. In a prison meeting room, a black woman, Gloria (Judith Moreland) is interviewing Rick (Bo Foxworth), a white prisoner. She offers him a chance to tell his side of … Read more
Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze Imaginative direction, striking designs and two vivid performances bring the thrilling journey of Madeleine L’Engle’s science-fantasy novel “A Wrinkle in Time” to life onstage at Sierra Madre Playhouse. Read more… Now running through April 22
Frances Baum Nicholson – The Daily Breeze When one thinks of Eugene O’Neill, one thinks of wrenchingly serious plays, but “Ah, Wilderness” gives him a chance to explore the comparative innocence of a life he wished he could have lived. Read more… Jonas Schwartz – TheaterMania Ah, Wilderness! is a tender memory piece about a family … Read more
Congratulations to all the recipients of the 48th Annual LADCC Awards. They are as follows: Production McCulloh Award for Revival (plays written between 1920 and 1991) Lead Performance Featured Performance Ensemble Performance Solo Performance Direction Writing Musical Score Music Direction Choreography Set Design CGI/Video Design Lighting Design Costumes Sound Design Specialty: Fight Choreography Specialty: Wigs, … Read more
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Native rights activist Mary Kathryn Nagle is an attorney as well as a playwright. Her latest work, Fairly Traceable, now premiering at Native Voices at the Autry, is a legal drama that pits a group of environmentalist lawyers representing a Native American tribe against a conglomeration of oil companies whose activities … Read more
Deborah Klugman – LA Weekly Though it aspires to be profound, Alexander Dinelaris’s’ aptly titled Still Life can’t transcend its commonplace dialogue or the limitations of an inadequately conceived central character. Read more… Now running through April 23
Paul Birchall – Stage Raw You don’t need to brush up on your Milton to enjoy this splendid adaptation of his great epic Paradise Lost, which tells the story of Satan’s consignment to Hell and Adam and Eve’s fall from Eden. Jones (Welsh) Talmadge, creator of this gorgeous and dynamic shindig, has crafted the work into … Read more