Martín Hernández – Stage Raw (Playwright/director Michael J.) Harney’s working “improvisationally for months” with his actors has resulted in longwinded poetical dialogue, protracted scenes, inflated and stereotyped characters, and a tedious three-hour-long production. Read more… Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen here…
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania The biggest rumble in LA Opera’s West Side Story is not between the Sharks and the Jets but between two musical styles. As Romeo and Juliet, the lead opera stars clash with the rest of the cast, who emphasize a Broadway style singing and acting—and that clash keeps audiences from experiencing … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This is a glowing representation of a magnificent work of art, beautifully designed, brilliantly acted, and directed with an obvious passion for honoring the words and poetry of Tennessee Williams. Read more… Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Production elements serve up an attractive framework for the story, its sweltering tropical … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA It’s hard to imagine Jonathan Spector’s hilarious and uncannily newsworthy Tony-winning play wasn’t written in the past few months since our current disastrous and inefficient regime took over our government and started on its mission to kill us all. Read more… Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix At once pointed … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Director Allen Barton, who is also credited as dramaturge, delivers a competent staging. However, a dramaturge’s mandate is to help synthesize existing material, and in this, Barton fails. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Preview night stood on no ceremony whatsoever as Ortega delivered her Magnum Opus performance, AM I ROXIE? – an autobiographical, comedic lullaby to her Peruvian mother who lived her last years and died with Alzheimers. Very Highly Recommended. Read more… Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania The Geffen Playhouse is … Read more
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix While some of us can multitask, others — like Francis Henshall (Kasey Mahaffy) in “One Man, Two Guvnors” — find it inexplicably and hilariously challenging. Richard Bean’s 2011 take on Carlo Goldoni’s 1746 Italian “The Servant of Two Masters” re-sets the story to 1960s Brighton, England, complete with skiffle … Read more
Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color I do think there is an incredible play to be had here, once it goes through some more edits and revisions to help sharpen its potential. As it is currently though, it is a play worth watching even if it feels like it overstays its welcome before it … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw In a finely tuned staging, director Guillermo Cienfuegos elicits optimum performances from his cast, particularly his young performers, who ferret out the common core of humanity in their roles. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA With proper attribution for the title as a passage from my generation’s inimitable … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Just when you think the Troubies can’t get any better, they go ahead and OEDIPUS THE KING, MAMA! Yes, that title is in fact – a verb. Because after this comic intertwining of Greek tragedy and Elvis impersonation you too will be, “All Shook Up! Hm, ooh, yeah-yeah, … Read more