Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA It’s hard to imagine Jonathan Spector’s hilarious and uncannily newsworthy Tony-winning play wasn’t written in the past few months since our current disastrous and inefficient regime took over our government and started on its mission to kill us all. Read more… Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix At once pointed … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Under the sharply tuned direction of New York theatre producer extraordinaire Eric Krebs, Dan Lauria’s bittersweet dramedy,, in which he costars with former “Bad Seed” Patty McCormack, is often clever and well written. It is occasionally bittersweet, often quite funny, and at times quite poetic. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This hit Broadway musical has the feel of “Oklahoma!” meets “Hee-Haw”—with a little blatant “Music Man” ripoffs thrown in, but I was surprised to find I loved it, even if it is about as sophisticated as an expanded Minnie Pearl routine. Read more…
Edward Hong – The Nerds Of Color & Juliet, now performing in Los Angeles at the Center Theatre Group Ahmanson Theatre on their national tour, is a bombastic jukebox musical combo of Shakespeare and 90’s & 2000’s pop music that will leave a gigantic smile on your face when you leave the theatre. Read more… … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA There’s obviously been no expense spared in the creation of this quintessential musical reinvention yet, unlike so many other productions taking on a project of this size and scope, none of it gets in the way of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s enchanting score and the truly excellent storytelling. Read … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw The Los Angeles premiere of Reel to Reel at Rogue Machine may be one of the most unusual—and quietly moving— productions you are likely to see this season. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA What John Kolvenbach has created could so easily slip into gimmickry but never does … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA The scenes recalling pivotal moments in Neil Diamond’s life rise above the usual musical theatre romanticized fluff versions of actual events; nothing is glamorized in telling the story of a man who, besides fame, fortune, and the admiration of millions, never was able to shake off a lonely childhood and … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Philip Kan Gotanda’s groundbreaking play, now in an electrically charged revival at East West Players chosen to honor the company’s prestigious 60th anniversary, was first performed at Berkeley Rep in 1988 before being brought to LATC and journeying on to a much-acclaimed run off-Broadway. The fact that all these years … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This world premiere heralds the auspicious professional playwrighting debut of Jake Brasch, someone with a unique ability to reveal more autobiographical shit about himself than even Jonathan Safran Foer could call forth—and who with this play instantly emerges as a major dramatist with a career to watch as it rockets … Read more
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Listen Here… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This thrilling new materialization–and the sheer brilliance and import of the classic musical Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown gifted the world 27 years ago–has renewed my own sense of purpose in a fresh and … Read more