Mickey Elliot
Dany Margolies – The Daily News
Currently playing at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre, Larry Shue’s 1983 comedy “The Foreigner” bobs gently along, a tale about how the shyest and most self-effacing among us can still bring out the best in others.
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Now running through July 15
Mickey Elliot
Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
On the surface, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s “Provenance” will seem an unlikely story, even by theatrical standards — it’s too convenient, too cute. In its production at Little Fish in San Pedro through May 24, it could seem overacted. Give it awhile. Read more…
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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
Little Fish Theater’s annual short-play festival “Pick of the Vine” this year features nine plays touching on the theme “Secrets We Keep.”
Bringing meaning and polish to the plays are a uniformly firm feel even though various directors are involved, crisp designs and solid acting.
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Now running through February 17
Photo by Mickey Elliott
Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
It’s Dec. 16 in the New Jersey home of Lou and Carol. Their daughter Pia has grown into a foul-mouthed, somewhat Goth adult, his younger sister Mona gets on his nerves, and Carol is just too amenable.
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Now running through December 11
Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
Nostalgia for the future and a droll chiding of the past drive the storytelling in Eric Overmyer’s “On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning,” at Little Fish Theatre through Oct. 19.
It’s a smart play. Sorry if that damns it for you, but if you’re thinking of seeing it, you need to know: It’s two and a half hours of smart.
Now running through October 19
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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
Nine short plays by nine playwrights fit together snugly to make a brisk evening of theater in Little Fish Theatre’s 15th annual “Pick of the Vine” play festival. Read more…
Now running through February 11
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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
If as of late you find yourself longing to laugh but not quite able to, Little Fish Theatre might coax you into smiling, snickering, chortling and more than a few times doubling over in hilarity. Read more…
Now running through December 17
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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
As the 20th century sped along and barreled into the 21st, people found more and more opportunities available to them. But choices have consequences, and we might not like all of them. Read more…
Now running through September 3
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Dany Margolies - Press-Telegram
Healing and forgiveness are the stuff of solid old-time storytelling. But playwright Sarah Ruhl guides her characters down fresh, quirky paths to those results in “The Clean House.” Read more…
Now running through July 17
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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
Ultra-prolific English playwright Alan Ayckbourn has a silly side. But his characters very much seem like real-life people, even while their circumstances are comically heightened or even outrageous. Read more…
Now running through May 21
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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
As we reminisce over the decades, uptight manners seem to have been the hallmark of the 1950s. They’re parodied quite a bit in the theater, for example in playwright Rich Orloff’s look back from the 1990s, “Domestic Tranquility.” Read more…
Now running through April 2
Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze
Since it premiered in 1992, Frank McGuinness’ “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” hasn’t lost its plausibility. It takes place in a windowless cell in Lebanon, where three men of differing nationalities are held hostage. Read more…
Now running through Sept. 2.