Terry Morgan – Stage Raw “I very much wanted to like Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, but even Pablo Escobar could tell that this package is suspiciously light.” Read more… Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Children shouldn’t play with dead things. But it’s a warning that four high school teens of a banished school club … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move A play within a play seems to be a running theme lately at the theater. And that’s, OK. Because telling a story about the story you’re trying to tell is nothing but hysterically funny, when you come right down to it. Self-effacing, shameful and embarrassing, every “bit” in … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Did anyone else feel like it was a speed through? Magnificent though it is, there’s something about the LES MISÉRABLES (North American Tour) re-do, currently at the Hollywood Pantages, that didn’t allow me to catch my breath. Read more… Socks Whitmore – Stage Raw More than 200 years … Read more
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage The free-admission but donation-reliant ISC returns to its Old Zoo space within Griffith Park with “Julius Caesar,” after two seasons in a much smaller dell just to the west, deeper within the park (following the COVID-caused cancellation of ISC’s outdoor activity in 2020). The temporary location was used primarily because … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move It really sucks when your dad is absent. Mom may be the driving force in young Jules’ life, but she really wants to connect with her dad and make him proud. He ignores her though. All the time! Read me…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move A last-minute, random solo show choice has turned out to be one of the most exciting powerhouse presentations of the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Writer/performer Brandon Raman gives a tour de force performance in his highly comedic yet very serious epic, I CAN’T INDIAN GOOD. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move SCHOOL FOR LOVE is a joyous jukebox musical, showcasing five excellent singer/actors. Put together by writer/performer Pam Eberhardt, the show tells a story of secret, unrequited, spurned and rediscovered love without a word of dialogue. Using songs from everywhere, from the Great American Songbook to Dear Evan Hansen, … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move On the night that Stephen plans to propose to his girlfriend Alice, her father Cal shows up ahead of her to talk him out of it. You might be thinking: one of the uglier scenarios in relationship hell. And you would be right. Because it doesn’t stop there … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Sometimes there is just too much to take in, in this everything-but-the-kitchen-sink solo show. Aria Gillespie is a black British immigrant, a singer, an OBIE award-winning actor and a psychic. Read more…
Tracey Paleo – BroadwayWorld Even if it wouldn’t have been great, it was already getting a pass. It’s Tina Turner. The music legend, the feminist heroine, the Warrior Goddess, and Queen of Rock & Roll. Read more… Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review (Segerstrom Center for the Arts) A biographical play is a dramatic … Read more