LADCC Critics 
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA What a joy it is to see Charles Mee’s work back on LA stages twice this season after an entirely too long absence. The ambitious fledgling Blue Pen Theatre Company is now presenting this LA premiere dubbed a “kaleidoscope of love stories” which, in classic Mee fashion, eschew conventional linear … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Some people prefer their musical theatre bright and sunny and filled with corn as high as an elephant’s eye and nuns worrying about the problem of Maria, but give me the strange, the seductive, and sinister and dangerous every time. Seeing Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton’s seldom performed … Read more
Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive Multi-talented playwright Bernardo Cubria’s topical The People of Pompeii is among the best original plays I’ve soon in quite a while. The action takes place in 2025 after the Palisades Fire almost wiped-out Topanga Canyon, just like Mount Vesuvius did to the eponymous, ancient Roman city of Pompeii, when that … Read more
Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive Like in many Greek dramas, this play’s deus ex machina literally drops from above – but no, it is not a chariot as in Euripides’ “Medea,” but rather it comes in the form of a completed screenplay. The two friends take time out from their palling around and woeful attempt … Read more
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage “How High the Moon,” “The People of Pompeii,” “F**king Strangers,” “Waiting in the Wings,” “Dead Man,” “Mexodus,” “Applause,” “Tunnel of Love,” “Lakefront”. Read more…
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix You don’t have to have grown up with “Sesame Street” or “The Muppet Show” to enjoy Brian Henson’s “Puppet Up!” — an improv show with puppets who do whatever the audience tells them with the help of their talented handlers. Read more…
Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive I enjoyed most of the music, as well as the dancing (choreo by Becca Sweitzer) and acting. Best of all was the show biz setting of the story because, don’tchaknow, there’s no business like show business like no business that I know. It was good fun going back to … Read more
Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive In his 1960 play “Waiting in the Wings,” Coward bravely took aim at the one foe no human can overcome: Death. In addition, the bold British bard dared tackle another thing avoided like the plague by our youth obsessed culture but which anyone who lives out his/her natural life … Read more
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA Erik Patterson’s play is witty if somewhat contrived but ultimately gets to something powerful, and the world premiere production by Echo Theater Company features a quartet of expert and moving performances. Read more… Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Skillfully helmed by Chris Fields, this topsy-turvy, no-holds-barred story grabs and keeps … Read more
Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post Musical Theatre West’s updated rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1968 musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is as flashy and colorful as its title suggests, thanks to glitzy costuming by Adam Ramirez and Geovanni Virella-Torres and dynamic lighting by Jared Sayeg. Read more…