Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA Message plays are a pillar of western theater. Our entire theatrical ecosystem is unthinkable without works such as Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House or Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, to name but a few. It’s part of how theater uses its micro lens to examine the macro … Read more
Dana Martin – Stage Raw Guys and Dolls lands firmly in the entertainment and nostalgia categories and it a prime example of the golden age of American Musical. First produced on Broadway in 1950, the story and characters are full of wit and humor. The story itself is most definitely outdated and a relic of … Read more
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review Right in time for spookiest season of the year, South Coast Repertory’s Little Shop of Horrors brings back the smooth-talking Audrey 2, aka the houseplant with an agenda and puppetry that made this reviewer look like Audrey 2 more than a couple of times. What I’m trying to … Read more
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review Marya Mazor directed Gloria, which is now at the Chance Theater. It is a sharp and witty exploration of the dark side of the publishing industry with an even darker comedic edge. Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw As for the production itself, director/choreographer Jeremy Lucas and a vigorous cast remind us of why Rent remains an important theatrical milestone, even after the shadow of AIDS has been largely dispelled by life-saving medical advances. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA To discover that the Taper would … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Just in time for Halloween, this gothic rock “popera” has taken over the ground floor of the historic space adjacent to the Bourbon Room on Hollywood Boulevard and transformed it into a mad gothic nightclub. It’s the quintessential place to give revelers past the trick or treating and school carnival … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA What makes Sam Morrison’s adventures so haunting is his ability to dig incredibly deep and share both what’s intensely personal—something especially viable because he is one of the funniest people on the planet—and to possess the transformative capacity to swivel his audience from shocked to accepting of who he is … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Five years before he won his Pulitzer, James Ijames’ prophetically in-your-face earlier play cries out to us about the horrendous epidemic of brutality perpetrated against innocent and unarmed African-American men and women.This play made it clear the kind of urban poet Ijames was about to become but doesn’t have the … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Whether you are a Jane Austen devotee or not, Theatre 40’s current production of Jane Austen in 89 Minutes has considerable charm and entertainment value, even for the uninitiated. Read more…
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Listen more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Any actor who’s spent a large block of time perfecting their craft participating in scene study workshops, entering the intimate Davidson/Valentini Theatre at the Center and stepping into the world of Rajiv Joseph’s 2009 overlooked … Read more