Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! Read more… Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Through their meetings — which they assume are under constant surveillance by cameras — we learn about the strain the wife’s imprisonment is taking on their relationship, especially how each feels “overlooked,” a translated … Read more
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Working in tandem, director Cameron Watson, the ensemble, and the tech designers deliver an enticing production that mines (Kelly) Younger’s humor and pathos with equal assurance. Read more… Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Who knew inkblots could say so much? Hermann Rorschach, for one, who in the early 1920s … Read more
Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines WIVES builds on a fascinating concept: Looking at important men of different periods through the eyes of their wives. The concept is particularly adept in the Hemingway segment, where his four wives hilariously chat about Hemingway’s style – and foibles. It would likely have been interesting to follow that pattern … Read more
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s 1986 classic “Into the Woods” endures not only because it retells fairytales for adults, but because of Sondheim’s ingenious, harmonic music and clever, evocative lyrics. Read more…
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix While the play’s focus on teen trauma in a positive spirit is commendable, and its likable cast delivers invested, high-energy performances, the writing relies heavily on cliches, belabors points and leaves some plot elements hanging, reducing the overall emotional impact of the story, despite the cast’s stellar efforts. Read … Read more
Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Luis Valenzuela helmed the production with authenticity and artistry as the story reached its tragic conclusion. Projected subtitles assisted in understanding English and Spanish – as well as Nahuatl – but it is likely that the audience would have followed the story even without translation, so powerful were the multiple … Read more
Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive In playwright Joe DiPietro’s Conscience the hero – or rather, heroine – is a real-life historical figure who truly did do something rather heroic: Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Sharon Gardner). Maine and senators have been much in the news lately, but in 1950 Smith was the only woman serving … Read more
Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive …in his unyielding crusade to warn his neighbors about the dangers of the “healing” H2O, Tom reveals himself to be quirky and self-righteous. In doing so, he undermines his cause, taking the spotlight off the urgent issue on hand, and putting the focus on his own erratic self instead. … Read more
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix You don’t have to have grown up with “Sesame Street” or “The Muppet Show” to enjoy Brian Henson’s “Puppet Up!” — an improv show with puppets who do whatever the audience tells them with the help of their talented handlers. Read more…
Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post Musical Theatre West’s updated rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1968 musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is as flashy and colorful as its title suggests, thanks to glitzy costuming by Adam Ramirez and Geovanni Virella-Torres and dynamic lighting by Jared Sayeg. Read more…