Richard III @ A NOISE WITHIN

Patrick Chavis  – LA Theatre Bites Podcast  9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen more…  Deborah Klugman  – Stage Raw Some of the most impressive moments are the fight scenes, eliciting kudos for both fight coordinator Jonathan Rider and a disciplined ensemble. Equally, the final showdown between Richard and his nemesis, … Read more

Kind Stranger… a memory play @ ZEPHYR THEATRE

Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA As someone who eagerly admits to being a true Tennessee Williams-o-phile, I was both excited and apprehensive to attend Rick and Steven Simone-Friedland’s new solo “Memory Play” culled word-for-word from Tenn’s proudly and humorously regret-filled 1975 autobiography. And I left still excited… yet somewhat disappointed. Read more…   Patrick Chavis  … Read more

Stereophonic @ HOLLYWOOD PANTAGES

Patrick Chavis  – LA Theatre Bites Podcast  9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! Listen here… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This is a brave and decidedly rule-breaking work that, thanks to the stark vision of director Daniel Aukin, often reminded me of being smackdab in the middle of a living Ingrid Bergman movie. His purposefully … Read more

littleboy/littleman @ GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

Patrick Chavis  – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen here…  Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix While the play is genuinely affecting about the lives of these intrepid brothers, emotional nuance sometimes doesn’t land, perhaps also because the play’s pastiche structure precludes a sense of story. … Read more

One Man, Two Guvnors @ A NOISE WITHIN

Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix While some of us can multitask, others — like Francis Henshall (Kasey Mahaffy) in “One Man, Two Guvnors” — find it inexplicably and hilariously challenging. Richard Bean’s 2011 take on Carlo Goldoni’s 1746 Italian “The Servant of Two Masters” re-sets the story to 1960s Brighton, England, complete with skiffle … Read more

Into the Woods @ WISTERIA THEATER

F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw It’s not all techno razzle-dazzle, though. Staging a musical this long and complicated is challenging, but Hade sturdily structures the mechanism with few creaking nuts and bolts. Read more… Patrick Chavis  – LA Theatre Bites Podcast  9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen here…

BETRAYAL @ THE LEE STRASBERG INSTITUTE

Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Harold Pinter’s, BETRAYAL is not a play I’ve ever seen done on stage before.  For a first experience, the presentation at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Los Angeles, was memorable.  But more than that, it had the glow-up of demonstrative perfection. Read more… Patrick Chavis  – … Read more

Berta, Berta @ ECHO THEATRE COMPANY

Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color There are many exciting elements at play with the west coast premiere of Angelica Chéri’s ‘Berta, Berta’ at the Echo Theater Company with a talented cast and director. But while there is no doubt that the commitment from the actors are sublime, the plot machinations involving supernatural elements … Read more

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story @ MUSICAL THEATRE WEST

Patrick Chavis  – LA Theatre Bites Podcast  7.8 out of 10! Above Average! Listen here… Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post All the songs are crisply executed by the accomplished actor-musicians in this show, including Chase Ramsey as additional Cricket Tommy Alsopp and Elizabeth Curtin as Vi Petty, the record producer’s wife, on keyboards. … Read more

Hide & Hide @ SKYLIGHT THEATRE

Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move There’s an overt hopelessness that’s playing out in HIDE & HIDE that is steering every bit of the drama. The un-empathetic among us will say, “people make choices.” But how many people do you (or they) actually know, are intentionally setting out to live a terrible life? Read … Read more