Los Angeles Theater Briefs Vol: 926
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move The People of Pompeii; Fallen Saints, Art of Heartbreak; Pericles; Before It’s Too Late. Reviewed.
Pericles
Emergencies! Plays on Precipices
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Pericles, Enemy of the People, Arsonists, Conscience, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, In the Tomb of Ten Thousand Calendars, Slava Ukraini!, Green Corridors Read more…
Pericles @ BOSTON COURT PASADENA
Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color Despite a mighty and delightful ensemble cast, the Play On Shakespeare‘s modern verse translation of William Shakespeare‘s Pericles at Boston Court Pasadena is a bit of a head-scratcher. By attempting to fuse modern dialogue with Shakespearean language, it creates an off-putting rhythm that isn’t helped by the direction’s contrived ‘play within a play’ … Read more
PERICLES – The Porters of Hellsgate at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw As a theatre critic, I’ve reviewed a lot of Shakespeare’s plays, but this is the first time I’ve seen anyone, in this case George Wilkins, credited as a collaborator in the writing. Read more… Now running through June 4