LONE STAR at the Zephyr Theatre
Neal Weaver – Stage Raw In James McClure’s one-act comedy, three men hang out in the parking lot at Angel’s Bar in Maynard Texas in 1981. Roy (Christopher Jordan) is a Vietnam vet. Before he went off to war, he…
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PURE CONFIDENCE – Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble at Sacred Fools Theater
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw African-Americans figured prominently in American horseracing in the mid 19th century. Many trainers were slaves who worked on farms in the South, taking care of the horses for their owners. Some slaves also became jockeys, earning…
WEST SIDE STORY at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen Are there any opening notes in musical theater more iconic and instantly recognizable than those of West Side Story? No matter the iteration, the story and music are classic enough to have endured…
FARRAGUT NORTH at the Odyssey Theatre
Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze What’s it like being a high-level presidential campaigner? You know, one of the folks who tell candidates what to say and how to say it. They ain’t no lilies of the field. The long…
GOONIE at Atwater Village Theatre
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Writer/performer Terry Maratos’s solo show about an angry addled man and his struggles with his family is chockful of the broad caricature and shtick-laden narrative that I normally find grating. But Goonie is a rare…
MARTHA at the Whitefire Theatre
Neal Weaver – Stage Raw Modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham has become an almost mythical figure. She was remarkably prolific, creating 181 dances over the course of her career and dancing into her 70s (though sometimes she lurched a…
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at the Geffen Playhouse
Jonas Schwartz – TheaterMania It is one of the age-old theater questions: Can a performance rise the level of a so-so script, adding depth missing from the dialogue and characterizations? Broadway actor Matt McGrath proves the answer can be yes…
A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 at South Coast Repertory
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw One of the most intriguing uses of art is a conversation between an acknowledged masterpiece from the past and a current artist commenting upon it or adding to it in some way. Of course, this doesn’t always work,…
THE ORIGINALIST at the Pasadena Playhouse
Deborah Klugman – Capital & Main In John Strand’s play, The Originalist, the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (Edward Gero) is presented as a lovable curmudgeon — rather like the tough, gruff but charismatic professor you might have had…
INTO THE WOODS at the Ahmanson Theatre
Frances Baum Nicholson – The Daily News Every once in a while there comes an opportunity to experience an extraordinarily rich theatrical performance. Such is the case with the Fiasco Theater production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the…