AY, CARMELA! at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre

Margaret Gray – LA Times Frank Gehry’s set for “Ay, Carmela!” at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre may not make any lists of the architect’s most impressive designs. Read more… Now running through December 13.

Margaret Gray – LA Times Frank Gehry’s set for “Ay, Carmela!” at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre may not make any lists of the architect’s most impressive designs. Read more… Now running through December 13.

Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Eleanor (Joanna Miles) the agoraphobic senior citizen in Tom Baum’s family drama, is a paranoid lady. Not only is she afraid to leave her house: she’s also terrified that home invaders might come to do…

Pauline Adamek – Stage Raw Steve B. Green’s black comedy Timeshare is set in the cutthroat world of high-pressure sales, and while some thematic similarities to Glengarry Glen Ross can be seen, don’t expect any David Mamet-style pyrotechnics. Read more… David C. Nichols – LA…

Paul Birchall – Stage Raw Sometimes you can just sit down in a theater and, as soon as the lights dim, you know you’re seeing a show whose origins are Eastern European. Read more… Now running through December 13.

Neal Weaver – Arts In LA Carlo Collodi’s 19th Century children’s book, The Adventures of Pinocchio, has been largely over-shadowed for modern audiences by Disney’s movie adaptation, which turned it into a sentimental moral tale. But Collodi’s original was made of sterner…