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MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES at the Getty Villa

Dany Margolies – The Daily News Each year for the past decade, the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades has commissioned a Los Angeles theater company to adapt an Ancient Greek play for the Getty’s outdoor amphitheater. This year, the Pasadena-based…

PAINTING IN RED at Greenway Arts Alliance

Steven Leigh Morris – LA Weekly A common habit by drama critics is to compare and contrast a new adaptation of an old work with or against that old work, which would seem a reasonable approach. But not in the…

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The Piano Lesson @ A NOISE WITHINNovember 6, 2024
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix It’s a lot to cover, but under Daniel’s direction, the action is engagingly fluid… Read more: The Piano Lesson @ A NOISE WITHIN
The Orphans’ Revenge @ THE LONNY CHAPMAN THEATRENovember 6, 2024
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw A tongue-in-cheek musical melodrama replete with a vile villain, a temptress or two, and a… Read more: The Orphans’ Revenge @ THE LONNY CHAPMAN THEATRE
A Streetcar Named Desire @ THE STREETCAR PROJECTNovember 6, 2024
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Westrate and Owen’s concept of A Streetcar Named Desire is ripe with possibilities, and they skillfully… Read more: A Streetcar Named Desire @ THE STREETCAR PROJECT
Americans AkimboNovember 6, 2024
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage American Idiot,’ ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ ‘A Girl Grows Wings,’ ‘Heading Into Night,’ two classics, notes on… Read more: Americans Akimbo
I’ll Be With You Shortly @ LOFT ENSEMBLE THEATRENovember 6, 2024
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Becker efficiently orchestrates over a dozen actors, most of whom play multiple roles. It’s… Read more: I’ll Be With You Shortly @ LOFT ENSEMBLE THEATRE
The Civil Twilight @ THE BROADWATERNovember 6, 2024
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Shem Bitterman’s eerie new thriller is a totally unexpected eleventh-hour diamond in the rough that… Read more: The Civil Twilight @ THE BROADWATER
Murder on the Links @ INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRENovember 1, 2024
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Under the direction of Todd Nielsen, the actors are meticulous both in their… Read more: Murder on the Links @ INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE
The Second Death of a Mad Wife @ OPHELIA’S JUMPOctober 22, 2024
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Playwright Kelly McBurnette Andronicos’s muddled world premiere work critiques a patriarchal and class-based society that… Read more: The Second Death of a Mad Wife @ OPHELIA’S JUMP
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors @ ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANYOctober 22, 2024
Philip Brandes – Stage Raw A rowdy, bawdy, over-the-top production of the Off-Broadway hit spoofing Bram Stoker’s seminal 1897 gothic… Read more: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors @ ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY
Kimberly Akimbo @ THE PANTAGESOctober 22, 2024
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Anyone who’s been privy to my usual grumblings concerning the dated nature of traditional musical… Read more: Kimberly Akimbo @ THE PANTAGES