Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw The distinguishing theatrical device in Archway Theatre’s is that all the performers appear in their undergarments — or rather, they appear costumed (by Sara Davenport) in undergarments suitable to the Victorian era roles they are assuming. Read…
Don Shirley – LA Observed The end of summer approaches. Have you seen any alfresco theater this year? Fortunately, the 299-seat Theatricum Botanicum keeps its expansive stage busy from the first week of June through the first weekend of October,…
Neal Weaver – Stage Raw This Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical tackles a subject that many regarded as inimical to the musical format: mental illness and its effect on a family. Read more… Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze…
Lovell Estell III – Stage Raw So what do an ostentatious transsexual, a sassy Blaxploitation film star and a bitter washed up TV actress all have in common? Norma Desmond! Read more… Now running through September 25
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw What is to be done with the prodigals and the fuckups, those we love in spite of logic, those who will likely never change but instead haunt us for the rest of our lives? Everybody…
Margaret Gray – LA Times From the title of Jerry Lieblich’s play “D Deb Debbie Deborah,” I was ready for an exploration of the fluidity of identity, perhaps at different stages of a woman’s life. But in this West Coast premiere…
Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze Conventional wisdom says laughter is the best medicine. Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum fills prescriptions in generous supply with its production of Molière’s “The Imaginary Invalid,” adapted by Constance Congdon. But beware: In doing so,…
Paul Birchall – Stage Raw The Victorian Era operettas of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are almost unique in the theatrical canon in that sometimes talent is not as important to a production’s success as gusto and enthusiasm. Read more……
Neal Weaver – Stage Raw In the last few years, musician Hershey Felder has used his multiple talents — as writer, actor, singer, virtuoso pianist and general raconteur — to create a memorable series of portraits of major figures in…
Deborah Klugman – Capital & Main Most Americans have limited knowledge of the history and hardships of ethnic groups and nationalities outside their own (despite the best efforts of progressive educators in some of our urban schools to have it…