AN ENEMY OF THE PUEBLO at Casa 0101

Deborah Klugman – Capital & Main In An Enemy of the Pueblo, playwright Josefina López appropriates the basic construct of Henrik Ibsen’s classic, tosses in a few large dollops of magical realism, and transforms the lead character from a 19th-century Norwegian doctor into a 21st-century Mexican curandera. The result is a stirring adaptation that features a … Read more

THE RED DRESS – Argyle Road Productions at the Odyssey Theatre

Neal Weaver  – Stage Raw Playwright Tania Wisbar is the daughter of a German father and a Jewish mother, both of whom were prominent members of the German film world in the 1930s. But when she was just six months old, her parents divorced, and she and her mother fled German to escape the growing … Read more

BRIGHT STAR at the Ahmanson Theatre

Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze “Bright Star” is a fairly new musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. It had a life on Broadway last year and has arrived at L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre.Read more… Jonas Schwartz –  TheaterMania Bright Star has so many winning attributes that one can easily forget its shortcomings and simply enjoy … Read more

UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL at the Geffen Playhouse

Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze It seems Arye Gross hasn’t aged well. As the actor emerges onstage at the Geffen’s Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater, he puffs and sweats and walks creakily.Read more… Jonas Schwartz –  TheaterMania The biggest mystery of Underneath the Lintel is how the unspectacular quest for the late fees of a 113-year-old past … Read more