Octopus’s Garden @ BOSTON COURT PASADENA

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F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw And when it comes to dynamic performances, the most winning of the evening is Sylvia herself, a huge red octopus puppet designed and directed by Emory Royston and manipulated by three nimble puppeteers, Zachary Bones, Perry Daniel, and Danielle McPhaul. Read more… Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color … Read more

All My Sons @ THE ANTAEUS COMPANY

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Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Arthur Miller often tackles the universal themes of morality vs. what his great classic’s everyman anti-hero Joe Keller calls “practicality,” but this time out the author leaves just a tad room for his audience to discover things for ourselves without incessant preaching about how dastardly our world operates. Read more… … Read more

LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES 2025 SEASON AWARD FINALISTS FOR THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE

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The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC), Southern California’s preeminent organization of professional theatre critics and journalists, is pleased to announce the Finalists for its 2025 Season Awards honoring significant achievements in each of the Circle’s season award categories. This list of Season Award Finalists follows LADCC’s previously announced list of 2025 Special Achievement Award Honorees.

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Red Harlem @ COMPANY OF ANGELS

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Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive Red Harlem uncovers and dramatizes a cinematic slice of film history… According to Kimba Henderson’s play, the Communist Party USA recruited African Americans in Harlem to travel to the Soviet Union circa 1932 in order to act in a movie produced by the CPUSA and financed by Moscow about racism … Read more

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change @ INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE

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Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post The first play of International City Theatre’s new season — “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” by Joe DiPietro with music by Jimmy Roberts — is an unexpected blast. Funny, sometimes poignant and filled with lively singing by a talented cast of four accompanied by on-stage piano … Read more

The Recipe @ LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE

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Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Julia Child’s charismatic personality is explored in Claudia Shear’s new play The Recipe, a comedy with too few laughs and too few fresh insights into the life of the iconic chef. Lisa Peterson helms a breezy production that keeps the action moving, but her direction of its lead ultimately sinks it. … Read more

Hedda Gabler @ THE OLD GLOBE

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Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Is the Old Globe’s new production of Hedda Gabler intended as a comedy? This isn’t a glib question, but a legitimate concern after leaving Erin Cressida Wilson’s slimmed-down adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic, headed by movie star Katie Holmes. This very watchable production feels like a spoof of daytime soap operas. … Read more