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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review A BROOKLYN LOVE STORY (Theatre 68 in Hollywood) by Tom Chaits

A BROOKLYN LOVE STORY – FUHGEDDABOUDIT! Originally produced as Emergency Used Candles for NYC’s Emerging Artists Theatre One Woman Standing Festival and then followed by a run at the…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:47PM

Friday, August 31, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: ELEPHANT ROOM (Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City) by Tom Chaits

MAGIC TRICKS OR TRAGIC MIX? Everyone once in a while a show comes along that defies classification. Elephant Room, making its West Coast Premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre is one such show…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:42PM

Los Angeles Theater Review: FISHING (The Archway Theatre) by Tom Chaits

FISHING FOR LAUGHS If you are now or were at some point a wannabe entertainment professional, chances are you’re no stranger to slinging hash in a greasy spoon to make ends meet. Pla…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:48PM

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE GRӦNHOLM METHOD (Falcon Theatre in Burbank) by Tom Chaits

CORPORATE FOUR-PLAY As the audience files into the Falcon Theater for their performance of The Grӧnholm Method, the sleek, stark and sterile meeting room of Fortune 500 company Burnham + …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:38PM

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED (Zephyr Theatre) by Tom Chaits

THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, BUT THE AUDIENCE WASN’T SO LUCKY Douglas Carter Beane’s 2007 Tony-nominated play The Little Dog Laughed is a comedy. Apparently director Jon Cortez did no…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:39PM

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: BLAME IT ON BECKETT (The Colony Theatre in Burbank) by Tom Chaits

THE PLAY’S THE THING IN BLAME IT ON BECKETT The Oxford Dictionary defines a dramaturge as “a literary editor on the staff of a theatre who liaises with authors and edits texts…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:55AM

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE BAT (Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills) by Tom Chaits

THE BAT: A SWING AND A MISS Nowadays, more times than not, new plays are a wham-bam, down-and-dirty, in-and-out in 80 minutes “theater-lite” affair. Not that I’m complainin…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:23PM

Friday, August 3, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: FARM BOY (Matrix Theatre) by Tom Chaits

WHO NEEDS HORSES? FARM BOY GALLOPS ALL ON ITS OWN War Horse is the theatrical juggernaut that took London by storm, crossed the pond, swept the Tony Awards and hit the road, recently complet…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:28PM

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: ALL YOUR HARD WORK (Lillian Theatre in Hollywood) by Tom Chaits

ALL YOUR HARD WORK NEEDS MORE HARD WORK It’s safe to say that no writer sets out to pen an unexceptional play, but despite all of his hard work, the end result falls short. Such is the…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:39PM

Friday, July 20, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: MENTAL CREATURES (Lounge Theatre 2 in Hollywood) by Tom Chaits

ALL FOR ONE Commonalities of the human experience take center stage in Mental Creatures: An Original Play With Music currently making its world premiere at the Lounge Theatre 2 in Hollywood.…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:57PM

Monday, July 16, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: ON GOLDEN POND (The Glendale Centre Theatre) by Tom Chaits

AIMLESSLY ADRIFT ON GOLDEN POND After seeing the stage version of On Golden Pond, now playing at The Glendale Centre Theatre, it’s impossible not to think how much more rewarding it wo…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:54PM

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT (Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach) by Tom Chaits

GRIN AND SMILE AND LAUGH-ALOT Full disclosure: I am a big fan of Monty Python and have seen five productions of Monty Python’s Spamalot. On Broadway, in Vegas, two touring companies …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:01PM

Friday, June 29, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: FLUFFY BUNNIES IN A FIELD OF DAISIES (The Arena Stage in Hollywood) by Tom Chaits

FLUFF IS NOT ENOUGH Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies is precisely the type of title that peaks curiosity leading one to think that with such a clever and catchy name it has to be good. N…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:38PM

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