Philip Brandes

Philip files for:

Stage Raw

LA Times

Santa Barbara Independent

Philip joined the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle in 2022.

Recent Posts

‘Just for Us’…and Elon Musk? Two sides of the 1920s in ‘Castle’ and ‘Inherit the Wind’.November 22, 2023
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Will Musk enter ‘Us’? ‘Castle’, ‘Inherit,’ ‘Spring,’ ‘Freight,’ ‘Radical’. Read more…
Spring Awakening @ East West PlayersNovember 22, 2023
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania East West Players, the oldest Asian American Theatre in the US, has often taken Broadway musicals… Read more: Spring Awakening @ East West Players
Inherit the Wind @ PASADENA PLAYHOUSENovember 22, 2023
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Pasadena Playhouse’s production of Inherit the Wind, unfortunately, disappoints despite the electric chemistry of its two… Read more: Inherit the Wind @ PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
LEWIS AND TOLKIEN @ ACTORS CO-OP THEATRE COMPANYNovember 22, 2023
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw Although there are problems with this play, it must also be said that it’s intelligent… Read more: LEWIS AND TOLKIEN @ ACTORS CO-OP THEATRE COMPANY
Rotterdam @ WAYWARD ARTISTNovember 15, 2023
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review Rotterdam is a timely story full of metaphors, broken hearts, narrative standbys, a… Read more: Rotterdam @ WAYWARD ARTIST
The Electric Company Theatre presents: Once @ MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL CENTERNovember 15, 2023
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review I think Director Brian Johnson understands this story from the core. It’s an… Read more: The Electric Company Theatre presents: Once @ MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL CENTER
Collaborative Artists Bloc & Support Black Theatre presents: Lines in the Dust @ THE MATRIX THEATRENovember 15, 2023
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Lines in the Dust is very much an expository play, its conflict turning on the… Read more: Collaborative Artists Bloc & Support Black Theatre presents: Lines in the Dust @ THE MATRIX THEATRE
Los Angeles Theater Briefs October 2023November 15, 2023
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Aaron Posner dusts off a venerable classic; Nicole Travolta is DOING ALRIGHT; A… Read more: Los Angeles Theater Briefs October 2023
Reset @ MOVING ARTSNovember 15, 2023
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw At an hour and 40 minutes and with no intermission, the script could benefit from… Read more: Reset @ MOVING ARTS
Deathtrap @ INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRENovember 15, 2023
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way For the final production of its 2023 season, Long Beach’s International City Theatre has… Read more: Deathtrap @ INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE