Twisting through an LA house ‘Listing’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Plus ‘here comes the night,’ ‘Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,’ four more plays. Read more…
LADCC Critics
Richard III @ LONG BEACH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix History can be enjoyable in the form of a well-structured play like “Richard III,” even if the playwright may not have been entirely accurate about the man. And Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s lively and engaging staging definitely does it justice, making this production a must-see. Read more…
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing @ ROGUE MACHINE THEATRE
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA I kept thinking during the performance what it must have been like for Guillermo Cienfuegos to read Will Arbery’s densely absurd yet hauntingly topical script for the first time. It would be hard to imagine the idea of directing such an idiosyncratic piece of theatrical indulgence could have been anything … Read more
The Play That Goes Wrong @ LA MIRADA THEATRE
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Corny, cheesy, metatheatrical – “The Play That Goes Wrong” is all this and more. And more laughs could not be had at the theatre as a result. Catch it now before the Cornley Drama Society starts getting better at staging their mystery and ruins all the fun. Read more… … Read more
Sleeping Giant @ ROAD THEATRE COMPANY
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This is one of the supernaturally-inclined Steve Yockey’s creepiest plays and certainly one of the most unsettling in another near-perfect partnership with director Ann Hearn Toblowsky, who so obviously “gets” him bigtime, and the unstoppably brave folks at the Road Theatre who never flinch attempting something risky. Read me… Tracey … Read more
Reproductive Rights Hanging in the Balance: Lisa Kenner Grissom’s “here comes the night”
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw “…any story about abortion is inherently political but I wanted to take a more nuanced approach. What interests me are the personal stories behind the topic — the points of view we don’t hear about in the news. Read more…
Topanga Actors Company presents: Farm Hall @ PROMENDADE PLAYHOUSE
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Though the current production, directed by Judith Hendra, comes to a meaningful climax, much else that comes before registers as a blueprint for the compelling drama this might have been. Read more…
Union Station: A Musical Journey @ THE BROADWATER
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! Listen more…
Death of a Salesman @ COLONY THEATRE
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA It pains me greatly not to have better things to say about what I thought was sure to be a definitive mounting of Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1949 classic but unfortunately, it truly is a production that almost made me angry to have to sit through. Read more…
Listing @ THEATRE 40
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Listing, playwright Russell Brown’s world-premiere play at Theatre 40, starts with a strong foundation, but its intriguing premise is undone by a convoluted plot that hangs on too many disparate stories. Read more…