LET’S MISBEHAVE (ICT): 100% – SWEET SWEET There is a fine line between reality and a show, but the performers manage to convince you that they lived their lives drinking a whole l…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:42PMTHE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD: 100% – SWEET SWEET Strong acting, design, and writing enliven NoHo Arts’ Center’s entertaining…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:16PMSTOREFRONT CHURCH: 90% – SWEET SWEET The cast is diverse and complex in every way, exposing riveting and heartfelt performances which i immensely enjoyed. These seasoned actors held the pr…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:27PMBob’s Holiday Office Party (Pico Playhouse): 100% – Sweet SWEET Whatever the agenda the writers may have had, this is one fun, loud Christmas party that stands as a great alterna…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:20PMKURT WEILL AT THE CUTTLEFISH HOTEL (WEST END THEATRE): 90% – SWEET SWEET Whether it’s the sensuously cruel turn offered by Shay Astar, who sings “The Ballad of Mack the Knife” with a…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:13PMHANDBALL: 100% – SWEET SWEET Handball is a tremendous work of art that employs a vast array of unique characters living very divergent lives around a handball court in New York City. Joe S…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:35PMDYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS: 90% – SWEET SWEET Paul Storiale’s farce Dysfunctional Family Christmas shows what might happen to a typical off-beat family if their world got turned insi…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:33PMA CHRISTMAS CAROL (A NOISE WITHIN): 100% – SWEET SWEET A virtual Who’s Who of veteran A Noise Within resident artists join forces with a sensational design team under the inspired direct…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:30PMSTOREFRONT CHURCH: 90% – SWEET BITTERSWEET At times, their changes of heart are improbably abrupt, but for the most part Ronnie Marmo’s smoothly paced staging evokes sympathetic, clearly…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:28PMEBONY REPERTORY THEATRE TO PRESENT TWO-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNER KEITH DAVID IN DRAMA DESK AWARD-WINNER PHILLIP HAYES DEAN’S “PAUL ROBESON” DEAN IS SET TO MAKE HIS LOS ANGELES DIRECTORIAL…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:17PMTHEY’RE BACK! Neil LaBute directs Jenna Fischer, Thomas Sadoski, Gia Crovatin and Josh Stamberg in “Reasons to Be Happy” L.A. Theatre Works follows up its Sept. recording of “Reasons…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:17PMThe best present . . . Each year, as I prepare to usher out the old and welcome in the new, (this is symbolic, not realistic on my part – ask my wife), I recount the past year and try to b…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:02PMMIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET: 100% – SWEET SWEET This cute play is full of humor and surprises and will keep you thoroughly amused until the final curtain. Just when you thought you’…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:40PMBREAKING AND ENTERING (ZOMBIE JOE’S UNDERGROUND): 94% – SWEET SWEET The evening’s tale begins like something reminiscently reverse of the hit film “Misery” and eventually collapses…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:36PMA PERFECT LIKENESS: 100% – SWEET SWEET Anyone who is a fan of the finest intimate theater will enjoy this show and for those who have a fondness for Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll will …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:32PMBARRYMORE (GOOD PEOPLE THEATER): 92% – SWEET SWEET It’s a fusty, dusty tribute to a man and to an art form that once trafficked in fame, and now have been largely relegated to anecdotes …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:27PMTHE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL) (CHROMOLUME THEATRE): 100% – SWEET SWEET Though produced on a considerably smaller budget than its Los Angeles Premiere at the Colony back in 2006, Th…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:23PMExtended to Dec 15th! Rave Reviews! Critic’s Pick! Ovation Award Recommended! The acclaimed LA revival of the landmark play by Larry Kramer. A riveting social drama, a powerful love st…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:11PMNeel Keller By Graham Sibley Neel Keller talks fast and you can tell he’s thinking even faster. After sitting down with him for a little over an hour I feel like I learned more about the…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:33PMGIDION’S KNOT a play by Johnna Adams directed by Darin Anthony starring Vonessa Martin and Paula Cale Lisbe produced by Furious Theatre Company music by The Insider
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:24PMRecently I sat on a panel for the Producing School, a project spearheaded by Mike Abramson of DOMA Productions and Schoen Smith of Venture Hill Entertainment. There were about 25 people …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:35PMThere’s a commonly held opinion, not just in LA, but around the country, that Los Angeles is not a theatre town. Before we get a bunch of folks screaming at me for repeating this slander…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:41PMWILD IN WICHITA (LATC): 92% – SWEET SWEET Carolina Ortiz’s minimalist backdrop, combined with John A. Garofalo’s lighting, evokes the windswept, wide open spaces of the Midwest, and Bl…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:49PMTOTEM (CIRQUE DU SOLEIL): 100% – SWEET SWEET Carl Fillion’s versatile set and Pedro Pires’ projections integrate beautifully, evoking landscapes both terrestrial and celestial. Occasio…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:44PMINVISIBLE CITIES: 100% – SWEET SWEET The happening itself, however, is far from irrelevant or inconsequential. Regardless of the material, this joint production from The Industry and L.A. …
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:08PMWHAT: The Columnist — Richard Schiff, David Krumholtz, JoBeth Williams and Tara Lynne Barr star in the West Coast premiere of the sensitive and humorous new drama by Pulitzer Priz…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:55PMSHERMAN OAKS, Calif. (Oct. 21, 2013) – Deaf West Theatre is extending its unique signed/voiced production of Flowers for Algernon for two additional weeks through Nov. 17. Performances wil…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:57PMWAIT UNTIL DARK (GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE): 90% – SWEET SWEET While television has mined most of its inspirations for innumerable episodics, Wait Until Dark remains unquestionably a sturdy constru…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:46PMIn this toxic triangle, Adolph anxiously awaits the return of his wife Tekla to their seaside resort, comforted by his world-wise advisor Gustav. But Adolf soon finds himself in the center o…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:41PMFALLEN ANGELS (LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE): 100% – SWEET SWEET “Fallen Angels” may not rank overly high in the Coward chronology, but Manke’s over-the-top interpretation will keep audiences la…
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