Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw Ah, they don’t write them like that anymore, and if jazz composer and pianist Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller had not passed away in 1943 at the all too early age of thirty-nine, there would be more than the four hundred copyrighted songs in his repertoire for us to savor. Read … Read more
Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw Updated from its original mid-1980s timeframe, playwright William Mastrosimone’s portrait of a militant environmental activist harbors anachronisms given the modern state of the movement. Streamlined from two acts to one, the truncated version attempts to cram Mastrosimone’s provocative message into a shortened format. The result is a thoughtful but scattershot … Read more
Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw In the 1990s, playwright Justin Tanner was the wunderkind of small venue L.A. theatre. Tanner churned out hit after hit, like Pot Mom, Zombie Attack, and Teen Girl, for the now defunct Cast Theatre, where he was resident playwright. The Cast was also where artistic director Diana Gibson reigned supreme, raking in the bucks … Read more
Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw Ranging from the hypnotic to the hilarious, the sublime to the silly, director Russell S. Beattie’s loving burlesque lampoon of the Star Wars movie canon offers up a bevy of ecdysiasts displaying a different way of The Force. Depicting various classic characters, the show highlights the balletic and gymnastic talent of these … Read more