Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Listen here… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA There’s no tap dancing, no flashy special effects, no Merman-style belt numbers; it’s just a quiet and immensely relatable story with a haunting, gossamer score celebrating the wondrous endurance of true love and its ability … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA With all the ongoing challenges facing the LA theatre community, I’ve still gotta say it’s been a smash of a year—especially for playwrights and directors, it seems, as I see how my 34th annual TicketHolder Awards have unfolded. Read more… Second page
Patrick Chavis – LA Theatre Bites Podcast 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! Listen here… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This is a brave and decidedly rule-breaking work that, thanks to the stark vision of director Daniel Aukin, often reminded me of being smackdab in the middle of a living Ingrid Bergman movie. His purposefully … Read more
Anita W. Harris – Long Beach Post Enter “Mrs. Christmas,” a delightful new musical play by Tom Jacobson having its world premiere at the Aurora Theater this month that balances a nostalgic look at the past with meaning in the present — all with a twinkle in the eye. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – … Read more
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw SUFFS, the Broadway musical that closed in January of this year, touched down at the Pantages last week as part of a national tour — and it arrives with its urgency intact. Read more… Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania Not since Hamilton has a show focused on education and rebellion … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This is a glowing representation of a magnificent work of art, beautifully designed, brilliantly acted, and directed with an obvious passion for honoring the words and poetry of Tennessee Williams. Read more… Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Production elements serve up an attractive framework for the story, its sweltering tropical … Read more
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