Terry Morgan – Arts Beat LA Heartbreak House is certainly still timely, but this new presentation is much more than that – it’s witty, brilliantly acted and artfully entertaining. Read more… Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! Listen more…
Terry Morgan – Arts Beat LA Saint Megan is a brave, powerful and entertaining production. Rogue Machine has done it again, bringing us great theatre. Read more… Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive “Saint Megan” is a (presumably loosely) fact-based drama about the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church misled by Rev. Fred Phelps (an insidious offstage … Read more
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
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA I appreciate that the Pasadena Playhouse has not only given a big production to a play that is almost never staged anymore, but also that they’ve done a terrific job with it. The Visit is thought-provoking and enjoyable theater. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Way back in 1956 … Read more
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA Erik Patterson’s play is witty if somewhat contrived but ultimately gets to something powerful, and the world premiere production by Echo Theater Company features a quartet of expert and moving performances. Read more… Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines Skillfully helmed by Chris Fields, this topsy-turvy, no-holds-barred story grabs and keeps … Read more
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA The world seems to be suffering an empathy shortage lately, or at the very least the lack of that quality in our current leaders. Worse, there is an impression in some parts of society that empathy is simply another word for weakness: they don’t have it, they don’t want it, … Read more
Terry Morgan – Arts Beat LA One never knows where inspiration will strike. Eboni Booth’s play, Primary Trust, is partly set in a tiki bar that is its protagonist’s favorite place on Earth. Although the story is set in New York, Booth mentioned in an interview that her inspiration for that bar was Damon’s, an … Read more
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA The phrase “for want of a horse” is most commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack from 1758, describing the cascading effect of how the absence of one small, necessary thing can affect many other, bigger things. The example of Richard III comes to mind, ready at the end to … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Although people say the long-running 2023 Pulitzer-winning play, just opening for a too brief run at the Wallis, is being presented at a bad time, it’s something with which I could not disagree more strongly. This stunning masterwork lifts us from the discouragement and ugliness of the moment as it … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Although I have to admit Julie Shavers’ rather predictable tale of a Fourth of July family reunion in the rural Tennessee backyard of the miserable Moon family womenfolk covers absolutely no new ground, she breaths glorious life into the familiar convoluted goings-on with her unique knack for creating lovable—though suitably … Read more