Elaine Mura

Diavolo: Escape @ L’ESPACE DIAVOLO

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Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA While Jacques Heim’s internationally renowned company is famous for its gravity-defying feats, since it’s being performed in this eclectic private former warehouse studio, this production brings the audience literally within five feet of the action. With only 90 seats in the house, the massive yet somehow intimate black box setting … Read more

Fairview @ ROGUE MACHINE THEATRE

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Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color There are many incredible ingredients at work with the Los Angeles premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Fairview, now playing at Rogue Machine Theatre: a crackling ensemble cast, an intriguing and twisty premise, and a thrilling direction by Oz Scott. But despite these elements present, … Read more

Guilty Pleasures @ THE KENTWOOD PLAYERS

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Elaine Mura – Splash Magazine Kudos also to Mimi Hrivnak’s scenic design which incorporates turning the stage around (literally). Daniel Kruger’s costumes, Michael Thorpe’s lighting, and Emaline Johnson’s sound do their bit to develop an intimate setting for the comedy. 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

Amadeus @ PASADENA PLAYHOUSE

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Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania In Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, Antonio Salieri may proclaim himself the patron saint of mediocrity, but Jefferson Mays, who plays him in this new Pasadena Playhouse production, is a patron saint of distinction. His transcendent performance will be remembered for shaping the character into someone sharp, broken, and unexpectedly hilarious. Read more… … Read more