Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Whether or not you are a fan of Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel Jane Eyre, you will be smitten by Elizabeth Williamson’s stage adaptation as produced by A Noise Within (ANW) — a stellar rendition in every aspect. Read more… Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA As a Literature major in … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Their current production of TWELFTH NIGHT is Antaeus Theatre Company at its best. And unlike many stagings of a script written by Shakespeare or otherwise, instead of installing cast members who have not “aged out” of the roles, director Armin Shimerman has made “aging in” the spectacular focal … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA I kept thinking during the performance what it must have been like for Guillermo Cienfuegos to read Will Arbery’s densely absurd yet hauntingly topical script for the first time. It would be hard to imagine the idea of directing such an idiosyncratic piece of theatrical indulgence could have been anything … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This is one of the supernaturally-inclined Steve Yockey’s creepiest plays and certainly one of the most unsettling in another near-perfect partnership with director Ann Hearn Toblowsky, who so obviously “gets” him bigtime, and the unstoppably brave folks at the Road Theatre who never flinch attempting something risky. Read me… Tracey … Read more
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA It’s late December, when the events of the year are summed up and judged by the media, and why should I withhold praise? Every year has amazing theater in Los Angeles – sometimes a bit more, sometimes less – but there’s always terrific stuff. 2024 was no different. We had magnificent … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA I don’t think any December I was in town since 2002 has gone by that these zany guys didn’t lift my spirits and ward off my usual sense of holiday humbuggery. Matt Walker and his willing disciples knock their performances into the stratosphere year after year, selling out every show … Read more
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA Although new plays can be exciting and are crucial to the continuing vitality of theatre, I’m especially fond of older works, the more obscure the better. It’s cheap time travel, immersing oneself in a long-past culture, and a reminder that in many ways we’re not that different than those artists in … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA In this mess of a world we try to navigate on a daily basis, there are two universal gifts offered us in our lives that can heal. One is art; the other is love. Samuel D. Hunter’s new play is proof both are what we need to make our tenuous … Read more
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA Thornton Wilder’s 1942 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Skin of Our Teeth, is an assuredly odd duck. It’s eighty-two years old but still seems postmodern with its frequent fourth-wall breaking, playfulness with time and use of characters as symbols. Its main subject is how mankind, represented here by the Antrobus (Greek for … Read more
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, first produced in 1938, has always been a popular play, from frequent star-studded revivals (featuring the likes of Paul Newman, Michael Shannon, Spalding Gray, Margaret Hamilton and Henry Fonda) to ubiquitous community theater and high school productions. It’s been adapted into radio, film, ballet and musical … Read more