Splash Magazines

Outside Mullingar @ SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE

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Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Excellent and memorable scenic design is provided by Mark Mendelson, who almost miraculously transforms the stage into one farmhouse – and then another – and even to a barn on a rainy evening – while shuffling sets on the darkened stage with the clever hand of a magician. Read more…

Wives @ EAST WEST PLAYERS

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Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines WIVES builds on a fascinating concept: Looking at important men of different periods through the eyes of their wives. The concept is particularly adept in the Hemingway segment, where his four wives hilariously chat about Hemingway’s style – and foibles. It would likely have been interesting to follow that pattern … Read more

Club 27 @ JAXX THEATRICALS

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Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines CLUB 27 is a flashy, splashy musical filled with enthusiastic and very talented singers and dancers giving their heart and soul to the production. To keep the stage rocking, they are backed by a jazzy band of four (James Lent (music director/conductor/keys), Josh Bartley on guitar, Eric McCann on bass, … Read more

Kaiju @ THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY

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  Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA For a non-musical production at an intimate theatre in the San Fernando Valley, the world premiere of Dan Caffrey’s ambitious love letter to the Japanese Kaiju film monster genre, bravely presented by the Road Theatre Company in a historic first-time collaboration with the BroadStage, could define what is commonly … Read more

Mrs. Warren’s Profession @ PACIFIC RESIDENT THEATER

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F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Director Michael Rothhaar’s staging of the play, now at Pacific Resident Theater, started out as a workshop before being incorporated into the company’s regular season. From Taubert Nadalini’s rudimentary set to Michael Franco’s flat lighting, the production still seems a bit unfinished, but while the execution is uneven, it … Read more

A Killer Night In Studio City @ VITELLO’S RESTAURANT

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  Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Smoothly helmed by Noah Blake with an eye to creating a campy description of a Hollywood that never existed but was lionized in multiple films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, A KILLER NIGHT IN STUDIO CITY achieves its goal of entertaining and amusing the observer. Read more… Ed … Read more

A Case for the Existence of God @ ROGUE MACHINE THEATRE

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F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw Existence provides ample opportunity for two gifted actors to shine. Veteran director John Perrin Flynn, the former artistic director of Rogue Machine, stages the proceeding with an emotional simplicity that makes the most of his material’s limitations. Read more… Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive This is an excellent character … Read more