AJAX IN IRAQ at the Miles Memorial Playhouse
David C. Nichols – LA Times Sophocles and post-traumatic stress disorder commingle in “Ajax in Iraq” at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, to dazzling, disturbing effect. Read more… Now running through June 1.
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THE GUARDSMAN at the Noho Arts Center
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar’s The Guardsman has been viewed in this country mostly as a theatrical confection, an entertaining comedy about a jealous actor who undertakes an elaborate charade to establish his wife’s fidelity, or lack thereof.…
BLOOD RELATIONS at the Raven Playhouse
Pauline Adamek – Stage Raw Writer-director Sharon Pollock’s sluggish two-hour, two-act play attempts to dramatize the mystery of the Lizzie Borden murders with a puzzle-like plot, but her convoluted approach and inept staging simply make for a confusing and excruciating…
GAMES ON A BOMBED OUT BEACH at the Macha Theatre
Neal Weaver – Stage Raw Shirl Hendryx’s play is set in an inn on a small Mediterranean island off the coast of Greece, where a group of movie-makers have gathered to prepare for a location shoot. Socially conscious American movie…
THE LAST ROMANCE at the Torrance Theatre Company
Dany Margolies – Arts In LA Late in their lives, a man and woman meet cute at a New Jersey dog park. He’s an easygoing, teasing but overly friendly chap. She’s a dignified, pretty but fearful gal. “Oh, no,” one…