Don Shirley – Angeles Stage
A Noise Within got a jump on other midsize companies by opening its fall season last Saturday — before Labor Day — with Lydia Diamond’s 2006 adaptation of Toni Morrison’s 1970 novel “The Bluest Eye”. I missed its first LA County production, in Santa Monica in 2011, so I was looking forward to Andi Chapman’s staging in Pasadena. But I found Diamond’s version somewhat convoluted. Read more…
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way
Director Andi Chapman has skillfully led her talented cast in this process, melding them into a finely tuned ensemble. The language is lyrical and poetic at times, even when relating the darkest details. Read more…