Ben Hur @ LONG BEACH PLAYHOUSE
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix As directed by Gregory Cohen, pacing is a bit slow at first, but gets more fluid as the story unfolds. However, time between scenes can feel a beat too long while the small troupe…
LADCC Critics
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Noise nabs 15 noms, searches within ‘Sweeney’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage The importance of A Noise Within, as reflected in the LADCC nominations. Plus ‘Fatherland,’ ‘Black Cypress Bayou,’ ‘Winter’s Tale,’ ‘Marilyn, Mom &’ more. Read more…
LA Opera presents: Highway 1, USA and The Dwarf @ DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Perhaps one of the most impressive things about the already impressive Los Angeles Opera is the company’s ambitious and groundbreaking Recovered Voices Initiative, which champions the seldom-acknowledged work of lesser-known composers whose achievements were suppressed…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ A NOISE WITHIN
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd is my favorite musical. Its combination of a beautiful score, clever lyrics and unusually gruesome subject matter is sui generis. When it’s firing on all cylinders, there’s little in…
LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE IN 2023
The Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle (LADCC) is proud to announce its 2023 nominees for Theatrical Excellence. This year, because of extenuating COVID concerns, instead of a live event, the Circle awards recipients will once again be announced online…
Buried Child @ COSTA MESA PLAYHOUSE
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review The Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child, playing now at Costa Mesa Playhouse, brings back this brilliant play with a staging that does the material justice and shows us why it…
Twelve Angry Jurors @ THE GROUP REP
Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw Seventy years after its first iteration as a television play, Reginald Rose’s work – originally titled Twelve Angry Men – remains a pungent critique of racism and xenophobia. Sherman L. Sergel adapted the teleplay for…
The Winter’s Tale @ ANTAEUS THEATRE COMPANY
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA But the thing I will remember most from this show is Ann Noble’s fierce, breathtaking performance as Hermione’s friend/champion Paulina. I’ve admired Noble’s work for many years, as both a superb actress and playwright, but her…
Musical Theatre West Presents: 42nd Street @ CARPENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix While the story and attitudes of “42nd Street” may feel more aligned to an older generation, this production’s dazzling staging, costuming, singing and dancing—with a message of staying true to yourself and your dream—still…
World Premiere Playwrights’ Arena and Los Angeles LGBT Center presents: Three @ LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER
Socks Whitmore – Stage Raw With violence on the rise, corruption in the spotlight, and extremist ideologies more polarized than ever, the need for radical change is as palpable as the need for conversation about it. For playwright Nick Salamone…