LADCC Critics 
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw One of the main pleasures of history-based plays is reexamining subjects from a new perspective. The life of Mozart was forever altered in people’s perceptions after Amadeus opened. The term “witch hunt” to describe something other than the Salem trials likely was influenced by The Crucible. John Ross Bowie’s sharply … Read more
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…
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 of this 2022 comedy, now at the Geffen Playhouse, are inspired, they quite often fizzle … Read more
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 to their dreams….. But while Irwin’s play presents fully fleshed-out characters and a pronounced moral … Read more
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 along the way and simply support her in the most professional way possible as they … Read more
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 more… Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move In SUKKOT, playwright Matthew Leavitt reminds us … Read more
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 and relationship drama. He’s quite prolific (Reykjavik, Very Still and Hard to See, and The … Read more
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…
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 than it can chew. Read more Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move “MJ The … Read more
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