Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This is a reverent return to everything the classic play unleashed when it first seized the attention of the world in 1944 and catapulted Tennessee Williams from obscurity to international acclaim at age 33. What Antaeus and director Carolyn Ratteray have accomplished with this glorious return is nothing short of … Read more
Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix Under Max Webster’s direction, this very physical — sometimes violent — production is also perfectly paced, and all the actors deliver their lines in exceptionally clear and nuanced ways. The story thus comes to life and washes over the audience without much effort, allowing us to suspend our disbelief … Read more
Harker Jones – BroadwayWorld The West Coast premiere of Erik Gernand’s THE TOTALITY OF ALL THINGS is a searing look at morals, ethics, and the gray areas that can be found in even the most honest truths. Read more… Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw ……the play’s denouement provokes the same kind of frustration one encounters … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA The major problem with this play is that the characters have nowhere to go; they’re as tortured and miserable when they first hit the stage as they are in the final lamentable moments. It takes a certain amount of courage to decide to present this piece and for that I … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA This rule-defying non-verbal solo play is certainly a kind of risky and defiant theatre we usually don’t see presented and it’s breathtaking how much we can learn from the experience and how this one man’s grief affects us personally. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA As Stephen Laughton’s play flips in a dizzying timewarp back and forth from the year the lovers meet to the year their relationship crumbles due to the increasingly more frightening cultural winds of recent times, we are whisked along on their difficult ride. Read more… Edward Hong – The Nerds … Read more
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA Everything about this presentation is emotionally devastating and so very timely, especially the “What would you have done?” nature of the tale. How Moises Kaufman has brought all the elements together and has orchestrated the mechanics of the projected images and the characters’ interactions with them makes this a mesmerizing, … Read more
Tracey Paleo – Gia On The Move Open Fist Theatre Company has a winner on its hands in, BAT BOY THE MUSICAL, starring (recent NYU graduate) Ben Raanan in the title role, and an all-around stupendously talented cast for this homegrown revival that made it’s debut, once upon a time, right here in Los Angeles. … Read more
Jonas Schwartz – Theatermania The play’s real star is Jamie Harrison and his eye-deceiving illusions. Even in the condensed version, actors flip upside down, get sucked through tiny boxes, change costumes (by Katrina Lindsay) in a snap, and shoot fire from their wands. Read more… Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA The star has to be … 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