Chills in ‘Cabaret’ X 2, fun in ‘frou-frou’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Blueberries,’ ‘Unreconciled,’ ‘Bacon,’ ‘Hamlet (Solus)’ and more. Ron Sossi, R.I.P. Read more…
Commentary
Can LA theater match the drama in DC?
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Cambodian Rock Band, Fake It Until You Make It, Four Women in Red, Noises Off, Desperate Measures, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Stephen Sondheim’s Close Friends, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,. Barbara Beckley, R.I.P. Read more…
Twisting through an LA house ‘Listing’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Plus ‘here comes the night,’ ‘Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,’ four more plays. Read more…
The Ten Best Theater Productions of 2024
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA It’s late December, when the events of the year are summed up and judged by the media, and why should I withhold praise? Every year has amazing theater in Los Angeles – sometimes a bit more, sometimes less – but there’s always terrific stuff. 2024 was no different. We had magnificent … Read more
The top tier of 2024. Martin Benson, R.I.P.
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage 20 favorites from 2024, ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ and ‘Emma,’ ‘Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band,’ ‘Oy!,’ ‘Bob’s Holiday Office Party’. Read more…
Musical metamorphoses: ‘Fiddler,’ ‘Pacific,’ ‘Cage,’ ‘Back to the Future’
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Plus ‘Waiting for Godot,’ ‘A Doll’s House Part 2,’ ‘Antíkoni,’ ‘The Goddamn Couple…’ Read more…
Americans Akimbo
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage American Idiot,’ ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ ‘A Girl Grows Wings,’ ‘Heading Into Night,’ two classics, notes on eight new plays. Read more…
Give Me Some ‘Skin,’ A Noise Within
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Skin of Our Teeth plus comments on Civility of Albert Cashier, TH IR DS, Memnon, Cyrano de Berqerac, Duel Reality, Dragon Lady, God Will Do the Rest, Clarkston, Kill Move Paradise. Read more…
Comparing ‘Company’ and ‘Clue’. Alfresco adventures in LA theaters.
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Tartuffe: Born Again, Wendy’s Peter Pan, Winter’s Tale’ ‘As You Like it’ are the alfresco shows also includes ‘Keely and Du.’ ‘Dido in Idaho.’ Tom Jacobson’s ‘Crevasse’ and ‘Bauhaus Project’. Felder’s ‘Rachmaninoff and the Tsar’. Plus a brief mention of ’39 Steps’. Read more…
New thoughts on Clue at the Ahmanson, and updated thoughts on Company at the Pantages.
Katie Buenneke – Theater Digest Company on tour at the Pantages [LA]. I had seen this production in London in 2018 and really loved it then, but I wasn’t sure how much more it would resonate seeing it 6 years later, as I am much closer to Bobbie’s age in this revival. The answer is—it … Read more