INDECENT at the Ahmanson Theatre
Erin Conley – On Stage and Screen Those of us who frequent the theater do not need to be convinced of this art form’s importance. But there are some stories that really drive this home, emphasizing the true power of…
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THE LAST FIVE YEARS – After Hours Theatre Company at The Other Space at The Actor’s Company
Erin Conley – On Stage and Screen After Hours Theatre Company made a name for themselves as innovators in Los Angeles theater with last year’s hit immersive production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, where audience members donned hospital…
HERLAND at Greenway Court Theatre
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw It’s not often we have a story that spotlights a friendship between an elderly woman and a much younger one. It’s a welcome notion, and the primary draw for playwright Grace McLeod’s Herland, a National New Play…
READY, STEADY, YETI, GO at Rogue Machine at the Electric Lodge
Margaret Gray – LA Times No folkloric Himalayan ape-men appear in David Jacobi’s play “Ready, Steady, Yeti, Go.” That may sound like a spoiler, but it’s a PSA: The friend who went with me to see Rogue Machine’s production was…
LADIES at Boston Court Pasadena
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Ladies is a fascinating look at a piece of nearly forgotten history. As the playwright says at one point, these women were feminists 100 years before the term came into being. The female foursome…
DANA H at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen When playwright Lucas Hnath (A Doll’s House, Part Two, The Christians) was in college, his mother, Dana Higginbotham, went through a traumatizing ordeal. Dana struggled to speak about this painful experience with her son,…
GATHER: SURPRISING STORIES AND OTHER MISCHIEF at the Pasadena Playhouse
Katie Buenneke – Stage Raw Gather: Surprising Stories and Other Mischief is an unwieldy title for a theatrical piece. Then again, Gather is an unwieldy theatrical piece. It’s not immediately clear what the piece is, and the answer doesn’t come readily upon further reflection.Read…
MAMMA MIA at East West Players
Katie Buenneke – Stage Raw There is something soothing about the music of ABBA, the 70s Swedish pop group that brought the world such songs as “Dancing Queen,” “Take a Chance on Me,” and, of course, “Mamma Mia!” No matter…
THE END OF BEAUTY – Playwrights’ Arena at Atwater Village Theatre
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw In its world premiere, Cory Hinkle’s The End of Beauty runs about two hours, but it’s not until the last 10 minutes that it grips one’s attention. That’s when Silas Weir Mitchell, playing one of the story’s…
LADY DAY AT THE EMERSON BAR AND GRILL at The Garry Marshall Theatre
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Deidrie Henry delivers a soulful performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill, Lanie Robertson’s 1986 one-act about the late great jazz singer who died prematurely at the age of 44.Read…