Tuesday, February 4, 2014
THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF HUGH: 100% " SWEET Tom Musgrave, Coronado Romero and Zachary Mooren in "The Different Shades of Hugh" at the Road Theatre. Photo courtesy of the Road Theatre Company.…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:51PM[SHARE]Â ON THE MONEY (VICTORY THEATRE): 100% " SWEET Maria Tomas, Vincent Guastaferro, David Fraioli and Jonathan Kells Phillips in "On The Money" at the Victory Theatre. Photo courtesy of Tim S…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:40PM[SHARE]Â AN IDEAL HUSBAND (SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE): 100% " SWEET Ann Noble and Michael Matthys in "An Ideal Husband" at the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Photo courtesy of Geoffrey Wade. SWEET It's alw…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:28PM[SHARE]PASSION PLAY (ODYSSEY/EVIDENCE ROOM): 88% " SWEET The cast of "Passion Play" an Odyssey Theatre & Evidence Room production. SWEET This is an epic play, filled with a good deal …
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:14PM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2014
VERONICA BRADY By Graham Sibley Veronica Brady is relaxed. Â Or so it seems. Â "We found another great actor," Brady says as she falls into an tattered-old couch backstage at The Malibu …
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:06PM[SHARE]Growing up in Philadelphia, Caryn Desai (lower case of her own choosing) knew she was an artist. Â Even in her early stages, Caryn remembers her family watching television while she was se…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:01PM[SHARE]Following a trend seen across the country, The LA Weekly recently downsized its space for theatre criticism. Economic factors were noted up as the cause, but I think there's more to it t…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:58PM[SHARE]Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Evidence Room present the Los Angeles premiere of "Passion Play" directed by Bart DeLorenzo Sarah Ruhl's lively excursion through centuries of religious pomp and…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 29, 2014
A WORD OR TWO: 95% " SWEET Christopher Plummer in "A Word or Two" at the Ahmanson Theatre. Photo: Craig Schwartz. SWEET For 90 glorious minutes, Plummer offers far more than a word or two. F…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:25PM[SHARE]THE DEAD (GREENWAY COURT): 100% " SWEET Open Fist Theater Company presents Rob Nagle, left, Martha Demson and the cast of "The Dead" at the Greenway Court Theatre. Photo: Eric Neil Guttierez…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:19PM[SHARE]BECKY'S NEW CAR (KENTWOOD PLAYERS): 100% " SWEET Cherry Norris in "Becky's New Car" at the Westchester Playhouse. Photo: Shari Barrett. – See more at: http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.c…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:09PM[SHARE]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 lot, …
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:42PM[SHARE]Friday, January 24, 2014
THE 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, thou…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:16PM[SHARE]Friday, January 10, 2014
STOREFRONT 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 prod…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:27PM[SHARE]Bob’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 04:20PM[SHARE]KURT 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 cool, l…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:13PM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2013
HANDBALL: 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 Str…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:35PM[SHARE]DYSFUNCTIONAL 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 inside o…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:33PM[SHARE]A 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 direction …
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:30PM[SHARE]STOREFRONT 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 def…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:28PM[SHARE]Friday, December 6, 2013
EBONY 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 DEBUT…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:17PM[SHARE]Monday, November 25, 2013
THEY'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 to Be P…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:17PM[SHARE]Monday, November 18, 2013
The 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 be …
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:02PM[SHARE]MIRACLE 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've h…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:40PM[SHARE]BREAKING 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 in on its…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:36PM[SHARE]A 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 re…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:32PM[SHARE]BARRYMORE (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 of a…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:27PM[SHARE]THE 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, The …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:23PM[SHARE]Extended 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 04:11PM[SHARE]Friday, November 15, 2013
Neel Keller By Graham Sibley Neel Keller talks fast and you can tell he's thinking even faster. Â After sitting down with him for a little over an hour I feel like I learned more about the…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:33PM[SHARE]GIDION’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
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