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
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Never more so than in this production of Terrance McNally’s, MASTERCLASS, does one realize just how misunderstood Maria Callas was in life and in “play”. At least that is how lead, Joan Almedilla, seems to have decided to enact the role. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move OLD FRIENDS, a musical review of Stephen Sondheim’s greatest hits starring Bernadette Peters opened last night at the Ahmanson Theatre. And what a treat! Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA There simply could not be a more fitting living tribute to the brilliance of Sondheim, the most … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move I’ll be honest. I’d never seen the show before. And, I was seriously doubting I was going to be able to sit through another hour and a half of a farce about a play rehearsal going badly awry. But the second curtain in this three-act was such a … 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
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move So many self-actualizing solo shows seem to fit a similar pattern. They are often a collection of the writer/performer’s amalgamated life highlights and emotions, pivots and realizations, failures and triumphs. This one fits it like a Lego. And it is beautifully told. RECOMMENDED. Read more…
Martín Hernández – Stage Raw Skimpy on plot but packed with vocal talent, this musical comedy follows an alienated young woman on her bumpy journey of self-discovery. Read more… Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move ADVENTURES IN THE GREAT BEYOND is a wacky, anti-rebel-girl, musical, relationship romp in utopian new age spirituality. Honestly, though, … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move SHPIDER! is without a doubt, the meta-absurdist, hi-camp hilarity, small theater stand-out success of the season. This B-movie creature feature world premiere play is full-frontal, writer/director Matt Ritchey at his best. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Each summer for the past 18 years, the Getty Villa Museum has presented a classic production, previously offering recreations of works written by fellows with names such as Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus. This time out, however, in a coproduction with the Classical Theatre of Harlem, the Getty offers the world … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move HAPPY FALL: A Queer Stunt Spectacular is definitely all about “the fall”. Based on true-life stories and direct testimonies, it illuminates issues of racial and cultural identity in the Hollywood film industry. Read more…