LADCC Critics

Crevasse @ THE VICTORY THEATRE CENTER

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Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen more…   Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA Fans of history can’t help but wish they were there for private, unrecorded conversations between famed historical figures, to be the proverbial fly on the wall and gain insight into what … Read more

The Substance Of Fire @ RUSKIN GROUP THEATRE

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Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Jon Robin Baitz’s The Substance of Fire could be a sincere one-act about two people ruled by rage who make themselves vulnerable to each other. Unfortunately in this production, the second act is shackled to a first act that feels like warmed-over Succession, which exists only to give context and ends … Read more

My (Unauthorized) Hallmark Movie Musical @ IRVINE THEATER COMPANY

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Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Ever since MY UNAUTHORIZED HALLMARK MOVIE MUSICAL’s unconventional beginning, with audiences, it’s been a gushy hit! For the actors, it’s all about the chemistry. Read more… Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review It’s less of a play and more like a movie with built-in distractions. My (Unauthorized … Read more

Independent Shakespeare Company presents: As You Like It @ THE OLD ZOO IN GRIFFITH PARK

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F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw The current playing area — a compact dell at the top of the Old Zoo in Griffith Park — suffices as a stopgap measure for this in-the-round staging until the company’s new stage near the park’s old bear caves is completed. While the dell is a pleasant location in … Read more

Open Fist Theatre Company presents: The Bauhaus Project @ ATWATER VILLAGE THEATRE

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Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Tom Jacobson’s plays have always taken on enormous artistic challenges, particularly in his ability to present narrative obstacles requiring the most experienced of veteran artists to untangle. The history at the heart of this two-part, four-hour-plus production could not be more epic, meant not only in physical scope but in … Read more

Three Witches @ MOVING ARTS THEATRE COMPANY

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Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move THREE WITCHES is kind of like a traveling troupe of actors without the hitch and wagon. Only, stuck in a theater space. It’s the story of Macbeth, but told from the female perspective. Specifically, the three witches, June, May, and November, who are a trio of sisters, gifted … Read more

Design for Living @ ODYSEEY THEATRE ENSEMBLE

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Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA There’s no doubt director Bart DeLorenzo is one of our most gifted visionaries, brilliantly interpreting and often reinventing many of our most beloved classics over the years, but I’m not sure what he was thinking this time out—or why he didn’t make a drastic u-turn when he saw how this … Read more

SheLA Summer Theater Festival presents: World Premiere: Here Comes The Night @ ZEPHYR THEATRE

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Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen here… Deborah Klugman  – Stage Raw Grissom enfolds a story involving abortion and women’s choices into a bigger story about friendship, how the currents of our lives may sweep us in different, unexpected directions, and how difficult … Read more