Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw “…any story about abortion is inherently political but I wanted to take a more nuanced approach. What interests me are the personal stories behind the topic — the points of view we don’t hear about in the news. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move This June Echo Theater Co.’s THTR TRUK gave a pop-up performance at Ladera Park that featured a family-friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move These high school students are developing and implementing real solutions on the critical intersectional issues of mental health, academics and creativity through their Theater Impact Project. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move As an African and African-American experience, Both And (A Play About Laughing While Black) is one of the heavier, yet also weightless adventures I think I’ve ever taken. Meaning? Well, the material is beautifully written. Deep and extremely serious. Yet, there is levity that keeps the harsher, potentially … 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…
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…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Aaron Posner dusts off a venerable classic; Nicole Travolta is DOING ALRIGHT; A Noise Within’s “balancing act” season: clowns, chaos, and conflict on a high wire; Slipping on 1000 banana peels at The Elysian; BEFOK comeback at The Odyssey Theatre..and more happenings in Los Angeles. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move KILL SHELTER heartbreak at Theatre of Note; Life and play mimic in MEASURE STILL FOR MEASURE at Boston Court Pasadena; the violent teen haze of OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD at the Kirk Douglas lives on. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move A play within a play seems to be a running theme lately at the theater. And that’s, OK. Because telling a story about the story you’re trying to tell is nothing but hysterically funny, when you come right down to it. Self-effacing, shameful and embarrassing, every “bit” in … Read more
Katie Buenneke – Theater Digest Heroes of the Fourth Turning at Rogue Machine [LA]. I first saw this play on Zoom in October 2020, when Trump was still president, and before Roe v. Wade was overturned. Though the world is quite different on those two fronts now, it still packs a tremendous punch, and I’m … Read more