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
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:24PM[SHARE]Friday, November 8, 2013
Recently 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 peo…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:35PM[SHARE]Monday, November 4, 2013
There'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 05:41PM[SHARE]Monday, October 28, 2013
WILD 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 Blasor's…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:49PM[SHARE]TOTEM (CIRQUE DU SOLEIL): 100% " SWEET SWEET Carl Fillion's versatile set and Pedro Pires' projections integrate beautifully, evoking landscapes both terrestrial and celestial. Occasionally …
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:44PM[SHARE]INVISIBLE 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. Da…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:08PM[SHARE]WHAT: 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 …
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:55PM[SHARE]Monday, October 21, 2013
SHERMAN 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 will …
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:57PM[SHARE]WAIT 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 construct…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:46PM[SHARE]Friday, October 18, 2013
In 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 02:41PM[SHARE]FALLEN 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 laughing o…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:56PM[SHARE]THE HOMOSEXUALS: 100% " SWEET SWEET Each of the six scenes is interesting and entertaining, but there's little real action and the narrative arc is weak " a fact emphasized by the playing of…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:54PM[SHARE]FALLING: 100% " SWEET SWEET The Martins' heartrending physical and spiritual battle with their fate is dramatized skillfully and vibrantly by the playwright and her remarkable cast and direc…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:52PM[SHARE]CREDITORS (ODYSSEY THEATRE): 100% " SWEET SWEET All three cast members are phenomenal and work so well together you would think they have been doing this play for years. As one expects, the …
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:49PM[SHARE]THE LIAR (ANTAEUS): 100% " SWEET SWEET Like all French farce, it's a satire on class, especially the upper class, with a fast and furious pace which director Casey Stangl handles magnificent…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:46PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Parson’s Nose Theater presents their first full production of the 2013-14 Season The Middle Class Nobleman by Molière Friday, November 8th to Sunday, November 24th Parson's Nose Theat…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:19PM[SHARE]Monday, October 14, 2013
RUMINATION: 100% " SWEET SWEET If you have never seen 'performance art' before, and the serenity of Indian music and dance, "Rumination" is definitely something you should see. Just under an…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:58PM[SHARE]Friday, October 11, 2013
TRACERS (ROGUE MACHINE/USVAA): 100% " SWEET The ensemble of "Tracers" at the AMVETS Post II Buidling. Photo: Emil Petrinic. SWEET Thirty years on, war is still hell " and DiFusco and a new e…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:34PM[SHARE]TIME STANDS STILL (CHANCE THEATER): 100% " SWEET Jennifer Ruckman and Brandon Sean Pearson in "Time Stands Still" at the Chance Theater. Photo: Doug Catiller/True Image Studio. SWEET Pulitze…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:00PM[SHARE]LOVECRAFT: NIGHTMARE SUITE (VISCERAL COMPANY): 92% " SWEET SWEET The result is eighty minutes of shadows we increasingly realize are anything but empty. Not only the actors I've mentioned bu…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:46PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Shem Bitterman’s compelling world premiere play, OPEN HOUSE, tells the story of a hotshot real estate salesman who has an overpriced house he needs to unload and a seductive, mysteriou…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:49PM[SHARE]The "brilliantly twisted" (Guardian UK) British band The Tiger Lillies serves up its sinister blend of corrosive lyrics, astonishing vocals and Brechtian cabaret in a wonderfully gruesome co…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:39PM[SHARE]Monday, October 7, 2013
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lauded new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ is an enchanting adaptation of the perennial MGM classic, totally reimagined for the stage. Following highly successful …
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:56PM[SHARE]Parson's Nose Theater presents "Classics that go Bump in the Night" This weekend, October 12th and 13th With works by Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Vincent Benet, and Shirley Jackson Parson's Nos…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:09PM[SHARE]SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. (Revised Sept. 28, 2013) " Using its signature, award-winning combination of signed and voiced        theater to bring new perspective to a mode…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:23PM[SHARE]THE LION IN WINTER (SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE): 100% " SWEET SWEET Like the movie I saw long ago, this theatrical production is memorable. This The Lion in the Winter's roars, providing lovers …
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:51PM[SHARE]SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE (PASADENA PLAYHOUSE): 92% " SWEET SWEET "Smokey Joe's" doesn't try to fit its 39 songs into a plot, or dilute them with dialogue, and to my surprise I didn't wish for a mor…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:37PM[SHARE]LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (KENTWOOD PLAYERS): 100% " SWEET SWEET Kentwood Players provides rich soil for this musical, turning over the direction to Michael-Anthony Nozzi, who certainly shows a…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:35PM[SHARE]GALLERY SECRETS (CHALK REP): 100% " SWEET SWEET Overall, this is delightfully entertaining, being in a museum afterhours and escorted from one era to another. Whoever is responsible for brin…
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