Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 6.9 out of 10! Below Average! Listen more… F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw The production is handsomely mounted in every particular. As for director Andy Weyman and his superlative cast, they go boldly over the top in pursuit of laughs, yet keep the action moored in essential … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, now at the Skylight Theatre, commences at Christmastime in the court of King Leontes, monarch of Sicilia. Those gathered for the festivities drink, party, and dance to the blaring strains of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Read more…
Amanda Callas – BroadwayWorld Corktown ’39 is a new play that feels like a classic, the kind of intelligent, thought-provoking drama that you can imagine a playwright like Aaron Sorkin or Henrik Ibsen might have written. Read more… Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Not since reading or seeing on stage, works by Eugene … Read more
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Whether or not you are a fan of Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel Jane Eyre, you will be smitten by Elizabeth Williamson’s stage adaptation as produced by A Noise Within (ANW) — a stellar rendition in every aspect. Read more… Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA As a Literature major in … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Everything about this presentation is emotionally devastating and so very timely, especially the “What would you have done?” nature of the tale. How Moises Kaufman has brought all the elements together and has orchestrated the mechanics of the projected images and the characters’ interactions with them makes this a mesmerizing, … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw It’s hard to believe that Frankie Valli, at age 90, is currently on a “farewell tour” scheduled to end this April. Perhaps he’s aging better than Jersey Boys, which despite all the flash and frills, seems timeworn — a tribute to a once stellar act now fading into obscurity. Read … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move OLD FRIENDS, a musical review of Stephen Sondheim’s greatest hits starring Bernadette Peters opened last night at the Ahmanson Theatre. And what a treat! Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA There simply could not be a more fitting living tribute to the brilliance of Sondheim, the most … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Clocking in at 80 minutes, this two-hander may be compact in length, but it is dramatically dense in its densely dramatic portrayal of adolescent angst, sexual ambiguity, parental abuse, poverty, and the overwhelming peer pressure that can derail a young life. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA What … Read more
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen here… F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw First produced last July for two nights only as part of the She Arts LA Festival, playwright Lisa Kenner Grissom’s two-hander, Here Comes the Night, has been restaged by Moving Arts with a … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw There are apparent weaknesses in the play’s structure: The revelation of the shocking “secret” behind Isaac’s recent retirement is anticlimactic, while the family’s eleventh-hour emotional transition is a shade too pat. However, Danziger’s richly believable characters and crackling dialogue make up for those shortcomings. Read more…