Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast
8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen more…
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA
Fans of history can’t help but wish they were there for private, unrecorded conversations between famed historical figures, to be the proverbial fly on the wall and gain insight into what these people were really like. Playwright Tom Jacobson, one of the smartest and most ambitious writers in Los Angeles theater, has delivered just that with his impressive new play, Crevasse, about the meeting of German film director Leni Riefenstahl and Walt Disney in 1938. The world premiere co-production between Son of Semele and The Victory Theatre Center at the Victory Theatre is superb – entertaining, thought-provoking and exquisitely performed. Read here…
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw
Finessed by McCray, this premiere production ignites around a fire-crackling performance by Ann Noble as the sexy, ambitious and utterly self-absorbed Leni, a siren none too subtle in her efforts to convince Disney (a nuanced Leo Marks) to help her lock in a deal. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
LA theatrical royalty Ann Noble and Leo Marks send their already soaring individual recognition into the stratosphere conjuring a real-life 1938 meeting between Leni Riefenstahl and Walt Disney in the auspicious debut of one of Tom Jacobson’s best and most fascinating plays. Read more…
Hoyt Hilsman – Cultural Daily
Crevasse, playwright Tom Jacobson’s intriguing if somewhat disjointed imagining of the meeting between German director Leni Riefenstahl and Walt Disney has its world premiere at the Victory Theater in collaboration with Son of Semele, featuring stellar performances by Leo Marks and Ann Noble under inspired direction by Matthew McCray. Read more…