Amanda Callas – Broadwayworld A decadent, kitchen-sink-sized chocolate sundae with a sparkly sprinkling of campiness on top, Moulin Rouge! has the allure of something that you know is excessive but you simply cannot resist another bite. Read more… Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review The love story with attitude, French flair, and a soundtrack … Read more
Harker Jones – BroadwayWorld In the end, if you love GREASE, you may not mind the grumbles and grouses that plagued the production for me. All the songs you love are there, and sometimes that’s enough. The 1950s throwback to a seemingly more innocent time is certainly a palliative to the horrors of today. Read … Read more
Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post Award-winning playwright Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” is actually three mini-plays all set in the same suite of New York City’s Plaza Hotel in 1968. The six actors who play three different couples are well directed by James Rice to deliver Simon’s sharp and witty lines in laugh-out-loud ways … Read more
Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post Knowing that “Jagged Little Pill” has themes like addiction and sexual assault, I was a little worried it might feel too intense. But Long Beach Landmark Theatre’s production of Alanis Morissette’s musical, based on her 1995 album of the same name, emphasizes its music, humor and humanity, making … Read more
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw These snippets whiz by with scant time for Kilpatrick to flesh out the coterie of offbeat characters she meets and to highlight her apparent talent at characterization, accents, and comic timing. Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Playwright Clara Rodriguez certainly doesn’t hold back in Pointy Scissors, now having its world premiere at Theatre West. Rapid-fire in pace and convoluted, the play is a farce in the truest sense of the word. Read more…
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw While the play is populated with stereotypical characters and falters in dramatic tension, the show compensates with robust jokes, engaging performances from an excellent cast, and a subtle critique of American culture and politics. Read more… Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! OCR … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Mark Guirguis’s clever scenic features a series of flats that pivots to reveal the castle’s various rooms. Leigh Allen’s lighting design is effectively murky, sometimes to a fault. However, it is Rubalsky’s magnificent sound design, all creaks and moans and things that go bump in the night, that is … Read more
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Directed by Darin Anthony, the performers do their best, but the format of the script hems them in. Its plethora of brief scenes creates a need for frequent set changes, which disrupts the drama. Read more…
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw As Karl, Remez-Cott falls in with the stylized over-the-top presentation suitable for so many other characters in this biting satiric story, expressing Karl’s trepidation and bewilderment with conspicuous hyperbole. But the production might be better served if, instead, he played it straight, fashioning a persona with which we in the … Read more