LADCC Critics 
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Pearson Jenks’s Fatal Loins at the Hollywood Fringe Festival is a fun romp through the vagaries of small theatre groups, especially those that do Shakespeare. A harried stage manager has to deal with a battling duo of actors, each itching for an Act Off to rid the stage of … Read more
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Angel Rights at the Hollywood Fringe Festival bills itself as “an original lighthearted musical ensemble comedy that takes place in the celestial realm of heaven”. The production I saw was definitely earthbound if not hellbound. Read more…
Center Theatre Group is continuing its mission to uplift, celebrate, and support early- and mid-career staff members at Los Angeles’ largest theatre company by selecting its newest cohort of employees who identify as BIPOC, as well as individuals from intersectional and marginalized identities. The latest cohort, which started in December 2022 and will run through … Read more
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way The proverbial phrase “revenge is a dish best served cold” is the mantra for Jiggs Burgess’s new play Wounded at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. It may be hot on the back patio of Carrol’s (Craig Taggart) Texas home, but he has arranged an extravagant afternoon tea for his old … Read more
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Violet (Katherine Lee) on viola, Ayodele (Tonoccus McClain) on cello, and Roger (Michael Lamb) on violin enter and take their places in front of their music stands. Roger places a flower on the vacant chair to his right for their recently deceased founder and first violinist, Leonard, Roger’s husband. … Read more
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way In 1971, singer Frank Sinatra was seriously considering retirement. He had survived Elvis and the rock and roll 1950s. He had survived the Beatles and the British Invasion of the 1960s. But the Hard Rock of the early 1970s have him stymied. He has gathered a group of his … Read more
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Each year there are dozens of solo performance shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Most are the type where the writer/actor bemoans the trials and tribulations of their life thus far. I prefer a solo show that looks at a historical figure, either at a crisis point in … Read more
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way The flyer for Josiah Blunt’s one-person play at the Hollywood Fringe Festival describes the title Flayed as a verb: to have your skin peeled from your corpse or carcass. In the play, young Joshua Marsh, a recent graduate from a pastor’s college in conservative Virginia, is about to give … Read more
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Behind the Six @ Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood – 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! Read more…
Tracey Paleo – BroadwayWorld Don’t get me wrong. The production values are absolutely stellar. Lighting and sound are magnificent. The stage appropriately dressed. So well in fact, that the two-tiered set of upper walkway and then lower floor barracks that turned into various offices, not only amplified the story, but in a way, the hierarchy … Read more