Interview with Kill Shelter Director Shaina Rosenthal
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast I interviewed Shaina Rosenthal, the director of the New Play Kill Shelter, which premiered at the Theatre of Note on Aug 24, 2023. Listen more…
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POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive @ GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive contains all the elements of farce: slamming doors, overheard conversations, accidents, and Chekhovian guns — both literal and figurative. While some moments…
La Cocina @ LOFT ENSEMBLE
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw As in Elizabeth Irwin’s compelling My Manana Comes, produced at the Fountain Theatre in 2016, La Cocina focuses on the lives of overworked and underpaid restaurant employees who struggle to make a living while clinging…
Kate @ PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Everything she tries to accomplish is echoed beautifully by Burnham and their design team, making one wonder how much comes from their collaborative efforts and how much is them letting Berlant’s Robin Williams flag unfurl…
The 6th Act Presents: Sukkot @ SKYLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw On the page, Sukkot starts out a tough sell……But it only takes a minute or two of relishing Robinson’s earnest, distracted and irresistibly likable older gentleman for misgivings about the production to fall away. Read…
Mercury @ THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw Playwright Steve Yockey has one of the most original and distinctive voices in modern theater. His work is often suffused with dark humor and weird or supernatural elements, but he’s equally adept with serious issues…
L.A. Theater Briefs: A few last notes for 2023
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Finishing out the year with a few last notes…2023 has been a jubilee comeback of Los Angeles Theater. Read more…
MJ: The Musical @ PANTAGES THEATRE
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania MJ: The Musical, which is now on tour and is playing the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles through January 28 — highlights what made Michael Jackson a legend, even if the book bites off more…
Ensemble Theatre Company presents: Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash @ NEW VIC THEATRE
Philip Brandes – Stage Raw That darkness remains far too subtextual, however, to convincingly plumb the depths of Cash’s artistic soul, let alone his biographical one. Read more
LA Theater’s 2023 roller coaster. A Top 15 list.
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Plus four unusual holiday shows, including the Troubies’ ‘White (Album) Christmas’ Read more…