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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Critique of the Week by Colin Mitchell

I’ve decided that Randall Gray is good for Los Angeles Theater. Every vibrant community needs a Randall Gray. But what I like even more is how people react to the Theater of Randall Gr…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:00AM
Saturday, January 18, 2014

The Saturday Saying by Colin Mitchell

“Focused performances limit undue dwelling on what exactly the foxes are intended to represent. Director Dámaso Rodriguez effectively balances King’s fanciful, open-ended allegory w…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:17PM
Friday, January 17, 2014

The Friday Feature by Colin Mitchell

A teaser for Furious Theatre’s latest offering, Foxfinder, currently playing at the Carrie Hamilton in Pasadena and apparently getting very good reviews. I wouldn’t know though a…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:56PM
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Critique of the Week by Colin Mitchell

Tony the Frank all happy and gushing. It’s a pleasant exception when it happens, not unlike his colleague at Stage and Cinema, Jason Rohrer. I can concur with Tony on this one, this is…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:00AM
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Broadway Audiences: Whiter, Richer and Older Than Ever by Colin Mitchell

That is of course according to the Broadway League and highlighted in this LA Times piece from David Ng. Here’s the meat of the matter: The study, released Thursday by the Broadway Lea…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:41PM

Anthony Byrnes on “Staying Local” to Los Angeles Theater by Colin Mitchell

Though I found this to be an interesting offering from A-Burn over at his KCRW site  - and I’m pretty sure I know what he’s TRYING to say – I’m still not exactly su…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:49AM
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Write a Limerick about Bitter Lemons and Win Tickets to a Show at South Coast Rep (and Free Advertising) by Colin Mitchell

You heard right, LemonHeads. We are opening up a can of limerick and giving you guys full rein to mock, praise and heap large mounds of naughtiness upon our humble heads. And the person who …

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:23PM
Monday, January 6, 2014

CurtainUp’s Jon Magaril’s Most Memorable Los Angeles Theater of 2013 by Colin Mitchell

And yet ANOTHER best of Los Angeles Theater list for 2013. This is from one of the newest LADCC members, Jon Magaril of CurtainUp. It includes a lot of familiar productions that we’ve …

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 09:09PM

A Shout Out to Those Who Supported Operation LemonHeadMeter Kickstarter Project! by Colin Mitchell

If you’re name is on the list below WE NEED YOUR MAILING ADDRESS so we can send out all the cool Kickstarter swag that you earned for supporting Operation LemonHeadMeter. We’ve t…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:03PM

Catch Exclusive Invited Dress Rehearsals of 24th STreet Theatre’s “Walking the Tightrope” Before it Goes on Tour by Colin Mitchell

Okay, LemonHeads, for all you dweebs who failed to catch the best show of 2013 (in my humble opinion and pretty much everyone else’s) – that would be 24th Street Theatre’s …

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:17PM

ArtsInLA’s 1st Annual Sage Awards for Los Angeles Theater 2013 by Colin Mitchell

And yet another end of year Awards/Honors List to bring to your attention. This from the review site ArtsInLA and voted on by their illustrious group of Los Angeles theater critics, which in…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:28PM
Friday, January 3, 2014

The Friday Feature by Colin Mitchell

The new teaser trailer for the return engagement of Gangbuster Theatre’s excellent Sunny Afternoon, running January 10 through February 1, 2014. All told in under a minute. Well done, …

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:00AM
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Is this the Kind of Thing the Los Angeles Producers League Should be Looking Into? [Updated] by Colin Mitchell

And even if they did, what could they really do about it? What am I talking about? Well I’m glad you asked. Far be it from us to spread gossip – unless of course it’s gener…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:22PM
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Frontiers’ Top Ten Standouts in Los Angeles Theater 2013 by Colin Mitchell

And yet another list of LA Theater’s Best. This one is from Frontiers. Many thanks to Christopher Cappiello for sending this over. I’m happy to see people being creative with th…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:03PM

Happy New Year, LemonHeads! by Colin Mitchell

The future’s so bright we gotta wear shades. So many new things will be happening in 2014, site re-design, the LemonHeadMeter, smartphone app, and much much more. If you haven’t …

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:40PM
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Stage and Cinema’s Jason Rohrer’s Best of Los Angeles Theater 2013 by Colin Mitchell

Jason the Roar, a frequent contributor here at the Lemon, does all his reviewing over at Stage and Cinema and he has decided to roll out his favorites in LA Theater 2013 this year. JasonR…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:13PM

HuffPost’s Brad Schreiber’s Top Ten Los Angeles Theater Productions of 2013 by Colin Mitchell

I don’t see as much of Brad Schreiber’s criticism these days since Backstage folded, and frankly, HuffPost, for me, is almost as awful to circum-navigate as LA Examiner, just wi…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:07PM

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