Julius Caesar @ Independent Shakespeare Company

Don Shirley – Angeles Stage The free-admission but donation-reliant ISC returns to its Old Zoo space within Griffith Park with “Julius Caesar,” after two seasons in a much smaller dell just to the west, deeper within the park (following the COVID-caused cancellation of ISC’s outdoor activity in 2020). The temporary location was used primarily because … Read more

#HFF23 – THE BOX @ Zephyr Theatre

Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move On the night that Stephen plans to propose to his girlfriend Alice, her father Cal shows up ahead of her to talk him out of it.  You might be thinking: one of the uglier scenarios in relationship hell.  And you would be right.  Because it doesn’t stop there … Read more

CABARET @ Altadena Music Theatre

Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites CABARET @ ALTADENA MUSIC THEATRE – 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Read more… Socks Whitmore –  Stage Raw Whether you’re a passionate fan of post-Golden Age musicals or you binged Season 5 of Schitt’s Creek during the pandemic, there’s a good chance you’ve heard … Read more

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Pasadena Playhouse

Harker Jones – BroadwayWorld. Despite the sex comedy aspects of the show, a vein of melancholy runs throughout it, much of it being told through the lens of regret. This isn’t encapsulated any better than in Desirée’s lament “Send in the Clowns,” which is hopeless and hopeful and remorseful and accepting and existential all bound … Read more

UNRIVALED at Boston Court Pasadena

Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites. Boston Court and Playwrights’ Arena Present: Unrivaled @ Boston Court Pasadena – 7.5 out of 10 – Above Average! More… Katie Buenneke – Theater Digest Sei Shōnagon (Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz) wrote The Pillow Book, an assemblage of musings that entertained not just her fellow ladies-in-waiting in the court of Empress … Read more

DID YOU SEE WHAT WALTER PAISLEY DID TODAY? at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

Jonas Schwartz-Owen – Theatermania. So many shows have issues post-intermission after sparkling in Act 1 that the term “Second Act Trouble” is a cliché. The musical Did You See What Walter Paisley Did Today?, which is having its world premiere at La Mirada Theatre, has the opposite problem. Act 1 lacks flavor and stakes, while … Read more