Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review The Staircase is a thoughtful and contemplative show that rewards the patient. Read more… Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color Having its world premiere at the South Coast Repertory, Noa Gardner‘s The Staircase is a deeply personal play that brings Hawaiian identity and folklore to the spotlight. … Read more
Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color Launching the 40th anniversary season of Latino Theater Company is ‘Just Like Us’, a rather timely play written by Karen Zacarías and directed by Fidel Gomez that is a vibrant piece filled with a wonderful ensemble cast and a strong start to this unstoppable theater company that keeps … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Opening with smoky jazz noir that leads to an eventual closing in gospel revival, Robey Theatre Company’s latest production aims for an artistic movement of historic, political significance. It is the last rites of the, LAST NIGHT AT MIKELL’S. Read more… Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color … 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
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw The most impressive element of Joel Daavid’s scenic design is the two giant clocks at the rear of the set, their hands (this is at the top of the play, before the dialogue begins, and a couple of other places as well) moving at an accelerated speed to the tick-tock … Read more
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Listen more… Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color John Anthony Loffredo’s Frou-Frou: A Menagerie of Sorts, which just had its world premiere at Boston Court Pasadena, is an extraordinary piece of theatre unlike any other where not … Read more
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania The play’s real star is Jamie Harrison and his eye-deceiving illusions. Even in the condensed version, actors flip upside down, get sucked through tiny boxes, change costumes (by Katrina Lindsay) in a snap, and shoot fire from their wands. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA The star has to be … Read more
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review One More Production’s End of the Rainbow boasts an explosive musical bender from lead actress Nicole Cassesso that does not let go until the curtain closes. This is why we go to the theater, ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Although I appreciated the dark humor of Audrey Cefaly’s script and am always ready to get lost in imaginative and skewed explorations into bending reality onstage, the promising magical aspects and quirkiness never gels with the subject of indescribable trauma and healing by finding someone who can (here literally) embrace … Read more
Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review Curtis Theatre and Southgate Productions put on a jukebox musical with a beating heart and performed it oh… so… beautifully. Boasting some of Orange County’s upcoming musical talent, this was undeniably one of the best musicals to come out of the Curtis in years. Read more…