‘Just for Us’…and Elon Musk? Two sides of the 1920s in ‘Castle’ and ‘Inherit the Wind’.
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Will Musk enter ‘Us’? ‘Castle’, ‘Inherit,’ ‘Spring,’ ‘Freight,’ ‘Radical’. Read more…
LADCC Critics
Read More‘Just for Us’…and Elon Musk? Two sides of the 1920s in ‘Castle’ and ‘Inherit the Wind’.
Spring Awakening @ EAST WEST PLAYERS
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania East West Players, the oldest Asian American Theatre in the US, has often taken Broadway musicals and given them a fresh spin. This season, the theater company has taken on the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening, based…
Inherit the Wind @ PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Pasadena Playhouse’s production of Inherit the Wind, unfortunately, disappoints despite the electric chemistry of its two stars, Alfred Molina and John Douglas Thompson. Director Michael Michetti has chosen to give the play a contemporary feel —…
LEWIS AND TOLKIEN @ ACTORS CO-OP THEATRE COMPANY
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw Although there are problems with this play, it must also be said that it’s intelligent and attempts to deal with many issues — such as theology and literary criticism — that most modern works don’t…
Rotterdam @ WAYWARD ARTIST
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review Rotterdam is a timely story full of metaphors, broken hearts, narrative standbys, a set as active as its story, and the cast brilliantly brings this new modern classic to life. Read more…
The Electric Company Theatre presents: Once @ MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL CENTER
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review I think Director Brian Johnson understands this story from the core. It’s an intimate story, and he found a way to make it even more intimate at the Muck in Fullerton. Read more…
Collaborative Artists Bloc & Support Black Theatre presents: Lines in the Dust @ THE MATRIX THEATRE
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Lines in the Dust is very much an expository play, its conflict turning on the impassioned desperation of a parent prepared to do most anything to secure for her daughter the future that she herself…
Los Angeles Theater Briefs October 2023
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Aaron Posner dusts off a venerable classic; Nicole Travolta is DOING ALRIGHT; A Noise Within’s “balancing act” season: clowns, chaos, and conflict on a high wire; Slipping on 1000 banana peels at The…
Reset @ MOVING ARTS
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw At an hour and 40 minutes and with no intermission, the script could benefit from pruning — but Anthony does keep the pace moving and successfully supports the actors as they underscore the comic ironies…
Deathtrap @ INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way For the final production of its 2023 season, Long Beach’s International City Theatre has mounted a lively and fun revival. Although the play is very popular, it has rarely been done in the Los…