A powerful ‘Parade,’ a hapless ‘Hamlet’
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…
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The Reservoir @ THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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…
#HFF25: EGGS! @ THE MADNANI THEATER
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…
Sorry @ MOVING ARTS THEATRE
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…
Parade @ AHMANSON
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Listen Here… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This thrilling new materialization–and the sheer brilliance and import of the classic musical Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown gifted…
Greenwood 1964 @ GREENWAY COURT THEATRE
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw more a stilted history lesson than a captivating theatrical interpretation. Read more…
#HFF25: GOING HOME @ STEPHANIE FEURY STUDIO
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move The late start of GOING HOME, had me deep reminiscing about the visuals in the Black Box space. Like, I could almost see the wood paneling on the walls. Smell sawdust on the…
#HFF25: EDWARD III @ THE BROADWATER
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move It’s “war on” at the onset of this adaptation of Edward III, as English armies invade France. And the Porter’s of Hellsgate are full throttle from the start. RECOMMENDED. Read more…
#HFF25: Sweet Air @ THE BROADWATER
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA I would love to see a more fleshed-out and less hurried version that would be given more time to find its rhythms and make better sense. Matt Morillo has created a well-written and potentially fascinating…
#HFF25: FROM MY BUNKER TO YOURS @ LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move I’m not sure if you’d actually call, FROM MY BUNKER TO YOURS, a “children’s show”. But it’s definitely one of the best I’ve experienced at Fringe this season. Never, in my wildest dreams,…