Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Preview night stood on no ceremony whatsoever as Ortega delivered her Magnum Opus performance, AM I ROXIE? – an autobiographical, comedic lullaby to her Peruvian mother who lived her last years and died with Alzheimers. Very Highly Recommended. Read more… Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania The Geffen Playhouse is … Read more
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
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Playwright Keiko Green’s dramedy is an inventive and head-tripping odyssey into environmental collapse, family trauma, and impending death. Read more… Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review Let’s talk about this set design from Adam Rigg, which was out of this world! When you don’t think there’s more going on, … Read more
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Horrors notwithstanding, it is a compelling tale commemorating the tenacity of those surviving under unfair and unbearable conditions not of their making. Read more…
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Director H. Adam Harris’ effective staging and an earnest ensemble offer a commendable production that does justice to Larson’s legacy. Read more…
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Director H. Adam Harris’ effective staging and an earnest ensemble offer a commendable production that does justice to Larson’s legacy. Read more…
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Turner makes for an intriguing character, much like the fictitious media baron of Citizen Kane, one not to be revered so much as to serve as a case study for capitalist megalomania. Read more…
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Skimpy on plot but packed with vocal talent, this musical comedy follows an alienated young woman on her bumpy journey of self-discovery. Read more… Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move ADVENTURES IN THE GREAT BEYOND is a wacky, anti-rebel-girl, musical, relationship romp in utopian new age spirituality. Honestly, though, … Read more
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw A tongue-in-cheek musical melodrama replete with a vile villain, a temptress or two, and a hearty hero and heroine, the show features a book by Suzanne Buhrer and Gene Casey, and music by Buhrer, Casey, and Jan Casey. It’s also directed with comic flair by Stan Mazin. The result is … Read more
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Playwright Kelly McBurnette Andronicos’s muddled world premiere work critiques a patriarchal and class-based society that punishes women for actions that men merely receive a mild reprimand for — or walk away from scot-free. Read more…