Monday, September 9, 2013
JULES WILLCOX By Graham Sibley The Los Angeles actor is often branded with laziness, vanity and hunting for fast fame as their defining characteristics. Well, Jules Willcox has none of tho…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:41PMArtist and Audiences There are two unique groups that are required to have a thriving theatre community: the artists, and the audience. These groups are not mutually exclusive, but eac…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:34PMFriday, August 23, 2013
SPUMONI (COMPLEX): 100% – SWEET SWEET Lizzie Czerner is psychotic. And she has my respect for baring it all in to a room of strangers. With spot on timing, clever wit and infectious insani…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:07PMTHE 39 STEPS (GLENDALE CENTRE THEATRE): 100% – SWEET SWEET Guest director Todd Nielsen and the fine cast at GCT make it work as good as it can get anywhere, anytime. Don Grigware – B…
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THE SOUND OF MOTOWN: 100% – SWEET SWEET The hits of the Motor City reign Supreme in beautiful downtown Claremont as a dozen Wonder-fully talented young performers bring The Sound Of Motown…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:40PMBLISTERED HANDS AND BLOODY MOUTHS: 100% – SWEET SWEET Stage horror can be many things. In the hands of a master, it can tap the unspoken nightmares of an audience to power an allegory abou…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:36PMEAT THE RUNT (THEATRE OF NOTE): 100% – SWEET SWEET I positively ate up Eat The Runt all three times I saw it in 2011, and it is every bit as tasty in 2013. Enjoy the meal. And trust me. Yo…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:34PMTHE GHOSTS OF MARY LINCOLN: 92% – SWEET SWEET As a workshop production, this was an entertaining piece of theater, and though the fog machine may have upstaged too much during the first fe…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:31PMROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (OLD GLOBE): 100% – SWEET SWEET Also, that Tom Stoppard’s 1965 play about the two Shakespearean flunkies is alive and well, thank you very much …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:05PMLADY WINDERMERE’S FAN (CHALK REP): 100% – SWEET SWEET Such care was taken to ensure that each actor stood out, not only in performance, but in costume as well, and this was an integral p…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:00PMSHREK THE MUSICAL (3D THEATRICALS): 100% – SWEET SWEET 3-D Theatricals follows its phenomenal revival of Jason Robert Brown’s deep, dark, fact-based Parade with its polar opposite, the b…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:58PMREBECCA’S GAMBLE: 100% – SWEET SWEET The compelling thing about this thoughtfully written script is that it explores in detail some topical scientific, ethical and legal subjects that ar…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:56PMWRAP YOUR HEART AROUND IT: 100% – SWEET SWEET Michael Kearns’ direction and Paul Carrol Binkley’s musical direction are good, but it’s Rink who transforms the show into a true wonder…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:53PMSUBURBAN SHOWGIRL (NOHO ARTS CENTER): 90% – SWEET SWEET She is truly a standout performer, perfectly conveying the trials and tribulations of love, loss, longing for the perfect, if even p…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:50PMTuesday, August 20, 2013
Impro Theatre will be kicking off the Falcon Theatre 2013-2014 Season with their unique Twilight Zone UnScripted! Impro creates completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:31PMFriday, August 16, 2013
The World Premiere of the hilarious comedy by Samuel Brett Williams opens at the Lillian Theatre July 19th. http://elephanttheatre.org/
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:49PMTuesday, August 13, 2013
Getting Real I never fail to be excited about going to see a show. It doesn’t matter if I know the play, or if it’s a piece that’s brand new to me. My guess is that it’s my anticipat…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:09PMDakin Matthews Dakin Matthews deeply understands the actor, although his journey has been anything but traditional. “I never intended on being an actor. I fell into it by way of teachi…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:04PMSaturday, August 10, 2013
Every summer, like a relative with too much luggage, it arrives on our doorstep: the New York International Fringe Festival, the ungainly cousin to the Edinburgh original. By the time Fringe…
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Unbound Productions Co-Artistic Director Jeff G. Rack tells us about his vision for the staging of “The Tell-Tale Heart,” adapted by Paul Millet from the original story by Edgar …
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:41PMTuesday, July 30, 2013
REVELATION: 90% – SWEET SWEET It’s all errant nonsense, of course, but there’s a Science Fiction component to all Religion, so why not on stage? And at 85 minutes on that large lovely …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:14PMWHORE’S BATH: 100% – SWEET SWEET This cast revealed some powerful acting chops and made Whore’s Bath as fascinating, revolting and beautiful as the best of our sweetest nightmares. Imp…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:00PMEL GRANDE DE COCA-COLA (RUSKIN GROUP): 94% – SWEET SWEET This tireless cast of five performs every act to the hilt with quick changes and accents and seldom is heard a true English word an…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:56PMThursday, July 25, 2013
http://hbowl.com/Chicago – The Hollywood Bowl’s annual staged musical that one-of-a-kind, brilliantly sexy tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz – that’s right, …
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:25PMTHE ROYAL FAMILY (THEATRICUM BOTANICUM): 95% – SWEET SWEET Well directed by Susan Angelo, this enduring production will keep you laughing and the beautiful setting will lull you into f…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:59PMSTEEL MAGNOLIAS (LITTLE FISH THEATRE): 100% – SWEET SWEET Although the main storyline involves Shelby, her mother, and Shelby’s medical battles, the underlying group-friendship among…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:18PMTHE BABY: 100% – SWEET SWEET No one would call this cheeseball material anything more than trivial, but Spurgeon’s often hilarious production boasts crisp comic timing and a delicious ca…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:10PMTuesday, July 23, 2013
The mayor of New Orleans proposed celebrating Hurricane Katrina’s first anniversary with a fireworks display and comedy hour which were canceled due to public outrage. Could he have meant …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:50PMSWEET KARMA: 94% – SWEET SWEET This is a beautifully written play about an interesting subject, social injustice and an interesting yet flawed human being. Robert Machray – Stagehappenin…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:12PMTuesday, July 16, 2013
REVOLVER: 92% – SWEET SWEET The always-consistent Celebration Theatre successfully mounts the world premiere of Chris Phillips’ “revolver,” a stunning collection of intense vignettes…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:27PMMonday, July 15, 2013
Minerva, the Roman goddess and queen of the muses, inspires songwriters and lyrics to write songs that help America evolve into a great country. This live musical pays homages to the creat…
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