Americans Akimbo

LADCC Critics
November 6, 2024
Commentary

Don Shirley – Angeles Stage

American Idiot,’ ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ ‘A Girl Grows Wings,’ ‘Heading Into Night,’ two classics, notes on eight new plays. Read more…

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