LADCC Critics 
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA There aren’t many actors brave enough to follow in the oversized footsteps of someone as iconic as the lategreat comic genius Robin Williams in one of his most familiar and celebrated roles, but Rob McClure does just that–and somehow, he manages to reinvent the role and make it his own. … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Is feeling like a B+ MOM innevitable? I know my mom complains about it all the time. Melissa Greenspan is certainly a hilarious, unwitting expert on the subject. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Read more…
Philip Brandes – Stage Raw In this new biographically-themed coming-of-age musical pitting modern romantic sensibilities against the rigid class structure and social conventions of Victorian-era England, the real-life Alice Liddell once again provides the inspiration for a work of quirky creative imagination. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – BroadwayWorld In 1726, a poor, illiterate woman named Mary Toft, hoodwinked the finest doctors, scientists and nobles into believing she could give birth to rabbits and thereafter became known as “The Rabbit Queen”. Read more…
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix The Troubadour Theater Company doesn’t miss a beat with its latest music-meets-classic story mashup, “Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra,” continuing at the Colony Theatre through June 16. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Although free of the Troubie’s usual fake snow and cardboard gingerbread accoutrements, Matt Walker & Company’s … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move This June Echo Theater Co.’s THTR TRUK gave a pop-up performance at Ladera Park that featured a family-friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. Read more…
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Directed by Stephen Brackett, “A Strange Loop” is also well paced – despite its circling, solipsistic structure – making it a wild ride through one young man’s mind and heart. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Playwright/composer Michael R. Jackson could be what might have hypothetically happened if … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move If you ask me, it’s a monster of a setup. And director Matt Ritchey has accomplished a mythical feat in wrangling this hydra of a play. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move DEAR AUNTIE B has the bite of Hedda Hopper and the flair of W’s Countess. But she’s got one thing more…a broken heart. Read more… Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw The play, strong in concept, struck me as a work-in-progress, chiefly because what we come to learn about … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw In the case of The Explorers Club, the season closer at Theatre 40, director Melanie MacQueen has the basics for a solid show yet fails to transmute the production from dross to gold. Read more…