The Nether by Jennifer Haley. Pauline Adamek – ArtsBeatLA A creepy, futuristic mystery drama, Jennifer Haley’s The Nether starts off in a grey interrogation room starkly lit by neon lighting, but soon gets very complicated indeed. It transpires that a man named Sims (Robert Joy) is being held for questioning regarding a virtual crime. That is to say, crimes that … Read more
Tribes by Nina Raine. Pauline Adamek – ArtsBeatLA Intense and heartbreaking, Nina Raine’s drama Tribes is about a turbulent family and the one member who feels left out. A Bohemian British family consisting of a loud, domineering and profane writer father, a hippy mother, and three grown children — two sons and a daughter, who have all moved home — all … Read more
End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. Pauline Adamek – ArtsBeatLA If you didn’t get to see legendary actress and singer Judy Garland perform live, then a new play with music about the last days of her turbulent life may offer you the next best thing – that is, if you’re okay with a cringe-worthy and exaggerated depiction of … Read more
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Pauline Adamek – LA Weekly Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s melancholy and slightly surreal drama is a whimsical and updated take on the classic Greek myth of Orpheus, the divinely inspired musician who defied nature and descended into Hades to retrieve his slain wife. This exciting modern interpretation grants the tale of enduring love a more recent … Read more
The Trouble with Words by Gregory Nabours.. Pauline Adamek – LA Weekly This scintillating 90-minute, two-act show is packed with eighteen appealing and pretty songs. Musical Director and composer Gregory Nabours’ engaging musical (restaged and newly completed with five additional new songs) is smart, sexy, funny and heartbreaking. Presented as the opening number, the title tune is catchy enough … Read more
French Stewart, TV star (“3rd Rock From the Sun”) and local theatre mainstay (“Stoneface”: “Voice Lessons”) will host the 44th Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC)Awards on Monday, March 18, 2013 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St. Downtown. Tickets for the show and opening reception, which will start at 6:30 pm, can be reserved by e-mailing crixawards2013@gmail.com. All … Read more
The Bird House by Diane Glancy. Pauline Adamek – LA Weekly Cherokee playwright Diane Glancy offers a sad slice of contemporary country life in a small, dusty town in West Texas. Struggling with a dwindling congregation in his (almost) ghost town, evangelical preacher Jonathan (aka Reverend Hawk, played by Choctaw actor Randy Reinholz) and his dependent sisters face eviction from … Read more
It was a convivial group of actors, directors and theater artists of all kinds who mingled with the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) members last night at the lovely theater space of Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) in Downtown LA. Gathering were the nominees for this year’s LADCCawards ceremony. The LATC is generously providing their venue for the awards night, to … Read more
Company by Stephen Sondheim. Pauline Adamek – LA Weekly Stephen Sondheim composed the lyrics and score to his innovative “concept musical” in 1970, with book by George Furth. For a comedy musical about love, it proves resolutely unromantic and honest. And, surprisingly, its acerbic wit and laser-like scrutiny of marriage, dating and relationships does not feel at all dated. … Read more
Walking the Tightrope by Mike Kenny. David C. Nichols – L.A. Times Delicately poised between children’s fable and adult reverie at once, only to become another transcendent thing altogether, “Walking the Tightrope” at 24th Street Theatre delivers the evocative, cathartic goods. Read more… Pauline Adamek – ArtsBeatLA A highly theatrical, stylized production for all ages that utilizes poetic language, circus arts, live … Read more