MY NAME IS ASHER LEV: 100% – SWEET Jason Karasev, Anna Khaja, and Joel Polis in “My Name is Asher Lev” at the Fountain Theatre. Photo by Ed Krieger SWEET Chaim Potok’s acclaimed 1972…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:09PMGOING TO ST. IVES (ACTORS CO-OP): 100% – SWEET Nan McNamara and Inger Tudor in “Going to St. Ives”. Photo: Lindsay Schnebly. SWEET Having attended Actors Co-op productions regularly fo…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:03PMDISASSEMBLY: 100% – SWEET The cast of “Disassembly” at Theatre of NOTE. Photo: Eric Neil Gutierrez. SWEET Credit director Tom Beyer and this talented ensemble (in this L.A. premiere at…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:42PMA STEADY RAIN: 100% – SWEET SWEET With Perry’s direction here at its best, the actors, sharply focused and painting in small strokes, create a world the audience can clearly feel. And wh…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:28PMBRIEF ENCOUNTER (THE WALLIS): 97% – SWEET Hannah Yelland and Jim Sturgeon in “Brief Encounter” at The Wallis. Photo: Jim Cox SWEET It was an amazing production, and I am still in awe o…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:59PMHENRY V (PORTERS OF HELLSGATE): 100% – SWEET Leon Russom in “Henry V” at The Whitmore-Lindley Theatre . Photo: Rob Cunliffe. SWEET Without a doubt, this is the Porters’ finest stage …
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:13PMOBAMA SPY DRAMA: 100% – SWEET “Obama Spy Drama” at Acme Comedy. Photo: Kate Hagerty. SWEET With the Winter Olympics upon us, and recent attempts to reign in NSA spying, the time is rip…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:08PM“Walk Me Home” CRE Outreach presents an original play created and performed by Theatre by the Blind WHAT: Walk Me Home — CRE Outreach presents an original play created and performed by…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:34PMInternational City Theatre presents “Flyin’ West” by Pearl Cleage A contemporary classic about the strength of black women and their role as pioneers in the settlement of the American …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:21PMLYSISTRATA JONES (CHANCE THEATER): 100% – SWEET Michael Dashefsky, Darian Archie, and Ricky Wagner in “Lysistrata Jones” at the Chance Theatre. Photo: Thamer Bajjali, True Image Stud…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:29PMTHE WHIPPING MAN (PICO PLAYHOUSE): 100% – SWEET L to R, Kirk Kelleykahn, Shawn Savage and Ricco Ross in ‘The Whipping Man,’ a West Coast Jewish Theatre production at the Pico Playhou…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:22PMINHERIT THE WIND (GROVE THEATRE CENTER): 100% – SWEET SWEET An outstanding production of Inherit the Wind is being presented by Wasatch Theatre Ventures, under the judicious directi…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:38PMVANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE: 95% – SWEET Kristine Nielsen, left, Mark Blum and Christine Ebersole in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” at the Mark Taper Forum. Photo: Craig…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:30PMTHE 39 STEPS (NORRIS CENTER): 100% – SWEET Jeffrey Canata, Louis Lotorto, Kenny Landmon and Karen Jean Olds in “The 39 Steps” at Norris Center. Photo: Ed Krieger. SWEET The many amus…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:36PMNOISES OFF (RUBICON THEATRE): 100% – SWEET Eric Curtis Johnson, Robynn Rodriguez and Andrew Borba in “Noises Off” at the Rubicon Theatre. Photo: Picasa. SWEET That said, none of…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:30PMNIGHT WATCH (THEATRE 40): 92% – SWEET Jennifer Laks, Lary Ohlson, and Christine Joelle in “Night Watch” at Theatre 40. Photo by Ed Krieger. SWEET Lucille Fletcher’s play is wrought w…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:05PMTHE PRODUCERS (3-D THEATRICALS): 100% – SWEET 3-D Theatricals presents Jeff Skowron and Jay Brian Winnick in “The Producers” at Plummer Auditorium and Redondo Beach Performing Arts C…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:59PMTHE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (SOUTH COAST REP): 94% – SWEET Patti Cohenour and Erin Mackey in South Coast Repertory’s production of “The Light in the Piazza.” Photo: Ben Horak/SCR SWEET D…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:24PMBARE: THE MUSICAL (THEATRE OUT): 100% – SWEET The cast of “Bare: A Pop Opera” at Theatre Out. Photo: Stephen Rack. SWEET Such exposed intensity certainly elevated this production, an…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:02PMTHE 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 Co…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:51PMON 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 T…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:40PMAN 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�…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:28PMPASSION 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 d…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:14PMVERONICA BRADY By Graham Sibley Veronica Brady is relaxed. Or so it seems. “We found another great actor,” Brady says as she falls into an tattered-old couch backstage at The Malibu …
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:06PMGrowing up in Philadelphia, Caryn Desai (lower case of her own choosing) knew she was an artist. Even in her early stages, Caryn remembers her family watching television while she was self…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:01PMFollowing 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 06:58PMOdyssey 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 po…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:12PMA 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 …
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:25PMTHE 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 Gut…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:19PMBECKY’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.bitte…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:09PMLET’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…
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