LADCC Critics 
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…
Katie Buenneke – Stage Raw This is a unique production, where the sum of the parts may be greater than the show itself. There’s a lot to like about most of the elements of Jelly’s Last Jam, especially for anyone who enjoys hearing and seeing jazz performed at a high level, but Jelly Roll Morton’s … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move These high school students are developing and implementing real solutions on the critical intersectional issues of mental health, academics and creativity through their Theater Impact Project. Read more…
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! Listen more… Martín Hernández – Stage Raw [P]laywright/performer Odalys Nanin’s portrait of the last week in Kahlo’s life is devoid of the passion that fueled the artist’s tortured soul and her radical politics. Read more…
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Reefer Madness, The Musical has risen from the grave in the city where it first slayed for over 18 record-breaking months. Director and choreographer Spencer Liff and a stellar cast make this revival at the Reefer Den in Hollywood a winner, delivering an intoxicating high as potent as the original. Read … Read more