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 la…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:56PMTHE 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 play…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:54PMFALLING: 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 d…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:52PMCREDITORS (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, th…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:49PMTHE 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 magnifi…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:46PMParson’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 The…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:19PMRUMINATION: 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. Jus…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:58PMTRACERS (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…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:34PMTIME 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 P…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:00PMLOVECRAFT: 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 mentione…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:46PMShem 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 06:49PMThe “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 gruesom…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:39PMAndrew 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 05:56PMParson’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…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:09PMSHERMAN OAKS, Calif. (Revised Sept. 28, 2013) – Using its signature, award-winning combination of signed and voiced theater to bring new perspective to a modern American cl…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:23PMTHE 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 lov…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:51PMSMOKEY 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 …
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:37PMLITTLE 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…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:35PMGALLERY 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 br…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:32PMSTEEL MAGNOLIAS (EAST WEST PLAYERS): 100% – SWEET SWEET Sprightly banter, ensemble chemistry and comic timing are the heart and soul of this piece, and the cast ably acquit themselves, gui…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:30PMI LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (CROWN CITY): 100% – SWEET SWEET As musical revues go, this show has a simple message of love and for the most part is enjoyable fare. The Crown pr…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:20PMAWAKE AND SING (GROUP REP): 100% – SWEET SWEET Larry Eisenberg directs a remarkable cast who do justice to Odet’s characters. Michelle Bernath is a stand-out as the shrewish Bessie, and …
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:17PMHUMOR ABUSE: 97% – SWEET SWEET Pisoni’s movements are fluid and effortlessly precise and his prodigious skills are a joy to watch, even as his buffoonery is tinged with sadness. Co-creat…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:07PMThe Normal Heart chronicles one man’s slow response to the AIDS epidemic as he struggles to create support for himself — and his illness.
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:45PMShow Dates: 9/25/2013 – 10/9/2013 The famous tragedy written early in playwright William Shakespeare’s career, about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:22PMSimon Levy By Graham Sibley The mid-afternoon September sun is scorching as a portable air conditioner blows cool(ish) air into a tight room above The Fountain Theatre. Simon Levy, one of …
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:49PMWhat’s it all about? I’ve got to get this out, I’ve been holding onto it for years, and the situation seems to be getting worse. What am I talking about? Audiences! For years, I have w…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:47PMSteel Magnolias By Robert Harling Directed by Laurie Woolery Now Playing through Sunday, October 6, 2013 Actor/East West Players Founder James Hong, Actor/Director Amy Hill, and Actor Jeanne…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:14PMTHE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER (LA GAY AND LESBIAN CENTER): 100% – SWEET SWEET “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later” receives a stunning Los Angeles premiere at the LA Gay &…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:37PMAH, WILDERNESS! (ACTORS CO-OP): 100% – SWEET SWEET Director Thom Babbes has done a masterful job of harmonizing that requisite appeal with those moments when O’Neill’s tale takes a few…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:35PMPERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE (A NOISE WITHIN): 100% – SWEET SWEET However, A Noise Within’s first-rate production presents the story with excellent cohesion, remarkably strong pace, and a te…
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