Monday, February 23, 2015
SWEET Unlike much new musical theater, “Loch Ness” is a charming, pleasingly quirky, wholly original concept. Its fine staging at Chance shows that theaters taking a chance on a new, unp…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:39PMBITTER While the community members themselves probably appreciate these efforts, these dutiful digressions hardly enhance the overall experience for the general audience member. I’ve s…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 09:54PMSunday, February 22, 2015
SWEET One thing that impresses me about Rogers as a writer is he’s not afraid to write what screenwriter Philippa Boyens called dialogue that is “performer dependent.” With…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:24AMSWEET Director Matthews’ staging possesses an up close intimacy that leaves you almost feeling as though these guys are your own family. It’s almost a shame when the play ends, as the ef…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:55AMThursday, February 19, 2015
BITTERSWEET When I saw the play, under McPherson’s direction, at London’s Donmar Warehouse, a quality of undefined menace was unmistakably part of the drama. That same edge isn&#…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:03AMSWEET What gets served up is, of course, somewhat thinner than the symphonic orchestration we all grew up with on the original concept album, but it manages to evoke those classic sounds whi…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:40AMWednesday, February 18, 2015
SWEET The striking innovation here is in transposing the musical principles of fugue into narrative. Parallel elements of the three stories are underscored by impressively choreographed simu…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:33PMFIRE IN THE THEATRE/THEATER By David Jette Last night, I took my seat in the back row for RMT’s Rant and Rave, at first alone in a theater full of people. My wife was home with her mother …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:32PMWednesday, February 11, 2015
SWEET Except for some mis-staged lighting to allow Mr. Cavett to walk freely as is his obvious nature is as a renowned talk-show host, this play was surprisingly funny and yet really smart w…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:10PMTuesday, February 10, 2015
SWEET I tell you what. Here’s what really happened: Having come to Silver Lake, at the expense of sleep, gas, time, and peace of mind, I elected to be moved and disturbed, provoked even, m…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:30PMThursday, February 5, 2015
BITTERSWEET This literary gamesmanship is a lot more fun and funny than it sounds, particularly when the matter at hand is sex and relationships. Maher constructs a terrific setup, but in th…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:27PMSWEET Nevertheless, and in spite of the occasional sour note and shaky acting performance, Ghosts of the Underground racks up an impressive tally of theatrical coups, not the least of which …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:16PMTuesday, February 3, 2015
SWEET The show is worth seeing, especially if you are fans of the original movie, “Pulp Fiction” Daniel Faigin – Observations Along the Road SWEET I saw this production last time i…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:47PMBITTER With such an original premise and with so many raffish characters to draw on, you’d think that Neuss would be able to make Revival take flight; unfortunately, her play remains earth…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:10PMSWEET Playwright Lily Blau receives a strong mounting of her world premiere The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll at the Theatre @ Boston Court. Director Abigail Deser glides her able cast thro…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:06AMMonday, February 2, 2015
SWEET This splendid cast and band run the gamut of comic and tragic emotions as well as delivering some exuberantly fun song and dance moments. Tristan & Yseult is a very unique theatric…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:38PMSWEET Sometimes, it really is just about being entertained. Here, you will be. Frances Baum Nicholson – The Stage Struck Review SWEET February 3, 1959 may well have been, as Don McLean…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 09:15PMSunday, February 1, 2015
SWEET Ultimately it’s a tale about setting boundaries and what it really means to be a friend. It’s the human factor that wonderfully tops all in this show. People are people in our many…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:24PMSaturday, January 31, 2015
SWEET This witty new absurdist comedy by playwright Duncombe helps laugh at our ultimately silly and illogical view of love, life, and death. Sarah A. Spitz – Santa Monica Daily Press …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:59PMFriday, January 30, 2015
BITTERSWEET Almost the entire first half of the production, directed by Simon Phillips, is devoted to Edna’s exchanges with the audience. The spontaneity of Edna’s wit is dazzlin…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:28PMSWEET With the addition of eerie harmonies and then, in the evening’s finale, reconstructed Shaker dances, Early Shaker Spirituals soars beyond a canny ethnomusicological evocation to beco…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:43PMWednesday, January 28, 2015
SWEET In a riveting two-hour performance, the devastating effects of cult and thought-control groups is brought to life in Allen Barton’s production, “Disconnection.” Based on true eve…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:58PMSWEET Driven by a typically sublime Sondheim score, the production’s other strong assets are Cate Caplin’s vibrant and sassy choreography, Tom Buderwitz’ smart and function…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:11PMSWEET Director Simon Levy has assembled an extraordinary cast in his exquisitely well-realized production, which also features impressive design elements, particularly Jeff McLaughlin’…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:25PMTuesday, January 27, 2015
SWEET The new Odyssey production greatly benefits from the thoughtfulness behind director Kim Rubinstein’s often searing images. Physically, it’s a great watch. Wilson Chin’s zen-minim…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:11PMSWEET Overall, truly admired the creativity — this is a different type of theatre than what one sees when one goes for the known authors and known works, or even the new authors when their…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:27PMMonday, January 26, 2015
SWEET The overall show is seductive, rich in character and more than just worthy. It is further enhanced by having the multi-talented award winning Terri Hanauer on board as Director, Caitli…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:07PMFriday, January 23, 2015
BITTERSWEET Produced by lead performer Presciliana Esparolini and Christopher Amitrano in association with the Aquila Morong acting studio, the staging by Vicky Jenson successfully captures …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:23PMThursday, January 22, 2015
BITTERSWEET Playwright David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama about love, grief, and higher mathematics gets a solid, if not prime (in the Gaussian sense) staging in director John Mar…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:40PMSWEET I couldn’t stand the cloying 2012 touring production at the Pantages, yet I was at times quite moved by Kite’s staging of a very strong ensemble at La Mirada, and by Dana S…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:00PMWednesday, January 21, 2015
BITTERSWEET Running somewhere around two and three quarter hours (with intermission), this is an ambitious but uneven effort: perhaps worth a trip for the notable songs and some of the danci…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:33PM 
