Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color
There are many incredible ingredients at work with the Los Angeles premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Fairview, now playing at Rogue Machine Theatre: a crackling ensemble cast, an intriguing and twisty premise, and a thrilling direction by Oz Scott. But despite these elements present, the play fall short of its clever ambitions as it settles into an abstract moral message play written primarily for white people. Read more…
Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive
This two-act play is a sly, searing skewering of race relations that quite cleverly uses innovative stage techniques that in all my decades of experiencing Broadway, Off-Broadway, Hawaii and L.A. theater I’ve never seen before on the boards. Read more…
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw
If you’ve read the play, this voiceover dialogue makes for sharp, satiric commentary on the unconscious racism that pervades American culture. Read more…