The Little King of Norwalk @ LATINO THEATER COMPANY

Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color The Little King of Norwalk’ is a love letter to the city of Norwalk wrapped up in a hysterically wacky film noir with a touch of magical realism and a nod to Nikolai Gogol’s The Inspector General. This play is theatre at its most vibrant with imagination and … Read more

Danny Boy @ THE OTHER SPACE

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…

The Night of the Iguana @ BOSTON COURT PASADENA

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

Eureka Day @ PASADENA PLAYHOUSE

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

AM I ROXIE? @ GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

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

One Man, Two Guvnors @ A NOISE WITHIN

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