Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA It’s late December, when the events of the year are summed up and judged by the media, and why should I withhold praise? Every year has amazing theater in Los Angeles – sometimes a bit more,…
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage 20 favorites from 2024, ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ and ‘Emma,’ ‘Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band,’ ‘Oy!,’ ‘Bob’s Holiday Office Party’. Read more…
Amanda Callas – Discover Hollywood Magazine First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood’s A Christmas Carol is more than simply a play, it is a complete event, transportive and delightful, that offers that most promised but actually most elusive of seasonal commodities…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA “The theatre is the only institution that’s been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.” — John Steinbeck. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Although the creators of all things theatrical are still desperately trying to lure audiences back since the pandemic, the quality of what’s being presented on LA stages could not be more impressive—especially this year. I…
Jonas Schwartz – BroadwayWorld The show is a trifle, light and airy, where only special ingredients can make it take flight. Luckily, at the Ahmanson, this stellar cast has created a tasty morsel, led by the deliriously funny Sutton Foster.…
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix The story is Austen at her most scheming but here set to transporting music with very talented singing and acting, especially Foster as Emma and fellow leads Lowe and Alexander. Read more… Patrick Chavis …
Amanda Callas – BroadwayWorld This is a lavish, romantic, nostalgic, family-friendly night of dance that is not to be missed. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA I don’t think any December I was in town since 2002 has gone by that these zany guys didn’t lift my spirits and ward off my usual sense of holiday humbuggery. Matt Walker and his…
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania When one thinks of the brash musical La Cage Aux Folles, gritty does not usually come to mind. The bare-bones production at Pasadena Playhouse lacks the gaudy, bawdy luster promised in the title song, and instead…