LADCC Critics 
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA The scenes recalling pivotal moments in Neil Diamond’s life rise above the usual musical theatre romanticized fluff versions of actual events; nothing is glamorized in telling the story of a man who, besides fame, fortune, and the admiration of millions, never was able to shake off a lonely childhood and … Read more
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! Listen here… Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post All the songs are crisply executed by the accomplished actor-musicians in this show, including Chase Ramsey as additional Cricket Tommy Alsopp and Elizabeth Curtin as Vi Petty, the record producer’s wife, on keyboards. … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Philip Kan Gotanda’s groundbreaking play, now in an electrically charged revival at East West Players chosen to honor the company’s prestigious 60th anniversary, was first performed at Berkeley Rep in 1988 before being brought to LATC and journeying on to a much-acclaimed run off-Broadway. The fact that all these years … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Sister Act, which premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in 2006 and went on to a healthy run on Broadway, is one of those cash-grab enterprises that exploited fool-proof source material —namely, the popular 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg — to make bank. Read more…
Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post In the final weekend of its run at Long Beach Playhouse, “Ada and the Engine” may offer a quiet respite from all the July 4 pyrotechnics. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Actor Andrew Hart’s journey in ST. NICHOLAS (by Conor McPherson) is an utter, moral compromise rabbit hole. It is definitely one of the more interesting spine-tinglers at Fringe this season. Read more…
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Parade, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Strife, Reservoir, Nice Girl, Sorry, Wedding Singer, Network, Greenwood 1964, The Angel Next Door. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This world premiere heralds the auspicious professional playwrighting debut of Jake Brasch, someone with a unique ability to reveal more autobiographical shit about himself than even Jonathan Safran Foer could call forth—and who with this play instantly emerges as a major dramatist with a career to watch as it rockets … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move There is much talk about eggs, in EGGS. That isn’t the point of this 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival Scholarship Winner however. Still, it takes some time to figure that out. Read more…
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Sorry, written by Melissa R. Randel and co-directed by Randel and Larry Biederman, opens on a bizarre, rather unsettling image: three women, not young, dressed in varying undergarments (costumes by Rosalida Medina), stand on their respective chairs, their necks encircled by a yellow ribbon whose other end suspends from the … Read more