F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Becker efficiently orchestrates over a dozen actors, most of whom play multiple roles. It’s a logistical feat — still, she can’t quite smooth over the shortcomings of an uneven cast, or the feeling that the sum of the play adds up to less than its clanking moving parts. Read … 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… Harker Jones – BroadwayWorld The Jaxx Theatre is an intimate location, … 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
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…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Barry’s two-hander consists of six distinct scenes detailing the relationship between Sarah (Meeghan Holaway) and Molly (Andrea Flowers). The gimmick here is, half an hour before each performance, audience members choose the sequence of the scenes — a playing order that varies from night to night. Read more…
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix “The Brothers Size” is ultimately the mesmerizing story of two very different brothers, each learning to make space for the other in a world that threatens to crowd in on their love, despite – or perhaps because of – their protective circle. Read more… F. Kathleen Foley – Stage … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Despite the limitations of the production, it’s still great fun to ferret out the undercurrents in this timely play — a reminder that Ionesco’s enduring reputation as a theatrical provocateur is well-warranted. Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw The current playing area — a compact dell at the top of the Old Zoo in Griffith Park — suffices as a stopgap measure for this in-the-round staging until the company’s new stage near the park’s old bear caves is completed. While the dell is a pleasant location in … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Andrew Carroll is a prominent author and historian whose painstaking scholarship is a matter of record. Inspired by a distant relative’s World War II letter, Carroll made it his mission to amass war correspondence from across the globe, extending from the Civil War to the present day. His search … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw In the case of The Explorers Club, the season closer at Theatre 40, director Melanie MacQueen has the basics for a solid show yet fails to transmute the production from dross to gold. Read more…