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Theater review: In 'The Rivals,' zingers from 1775 hit their mark by Charles McNulty

The Actors' Gang's staging captures the silliness of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy. The problem remains the dizzying plot.Let's congratulate the Actors' Gang for at least bringing some novelty to our classical repertory. When American theater companies feel an itch to revive a work by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, they inevitably reach for "The School for Scandal," which has come to epitomize that post-Restoration …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM on October 17, 2012

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