IT GOES LIKE THIS by JACK BETTS. Pauline Adamek – LA Weekly Written and directed by veteran actor Jack Betts, It Goes Like This is a personal story, clumsily told. Leaden-footed, as if cast in concrete, the melodramatic saga manages to be both utterly predictable…
SLIPPING by Daniel Talbott. Pauline Adamek – ArtsBeatLA Dealing with the emotional highs and lows of adolescence is tough enough, but in Daniel Talbott’scoming-of-age drama, Slipping, the lead character Eli also has to contend with the sudden death of his father, grapple with his…
Orange Flower Water by Craig Wright. Pauline Adamek – LA Weekly In Craig Wright’s 80-minute domestic drama, a pair of mid-western married couples face the dissolution of their respective marriages. David and Cathy Calhoun (Jeff Denton andLeslie Liberman) and Brad and Beth Youngquist (Mick Thyer and Sarah…
Billy & Ray by Mike Bencivenga. Pauline Adamek – ArtsBeatLA Boasting a superb clowny performance by Kevin Blake as Hollywood filmmaker Billy Wilder, Billy & Ray is a light comedy about the making of the groundbreaking motion picture Double Indemnity. Mike Bencivenga’s enjoyable new play is currently running at…
Neverwhere by Robert Kauzlaric, adapted from the novel written by Neil Gaiman. Pauline Adamek – LA Weekly After assisting a distraught and injured woman named Door (Paula Rhodes), a milquetoast office worker named Richard (Bryan Bellomo) embarks on a journey that draws him…