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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: UNTITLED WARHOL PROJECT (Odyssey and Caminito Theatres) by Jesse David Corti

SILK-SCREEN DEEP Even though icon Andy Warhol passed away twenty-five years ago, his legacy remains elastically strong in all its plastic nature; a man very “American” for being of the c…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:39PM
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: DEATH OF A SALESGIRL (Bootleg Theater) by Jesse David Corti

BETTER THAN THIN MINTS FROM A GIRL SCOUT The World Premiere of Patricia Scanlon’s Death of a Salesgirl is a must-see surreal tragicomedy presented by The Bootleg Theater. Its fresh and inn…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:32PM
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: 42nd STREET (Carpenter Performing Arts Center) by Jesse David Corti

FLEET FEET, HOLLOW HEART When notes jostled in and out of the written score during the overture of Musical Theatre West’s 42nd Street, it portended a production that doesn’t have all the…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:11PM
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA (A Noise Within) by Jesse David Corti

JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED Even though the legislation for a public health care option passed by Democratic majority in Congress, matters of wellness and proper treatment are anxieties tha…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:42PM
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: ROOM 105: THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF JANIS JOPLIN (Macha Theatre) by Jesse David Corti

JOPLIN TRIBUTE NEEDS TO TRY, NOT A LITTLE BIT, BUT A LOT HARDER 42 years ago, Janis Joplin joined fellow rock visionaries Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones in the “27 Club…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:26PM
Monday, October 1, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: DANGEROUS CORNER (Crown City Theatre) by Jesse David Corti

GIVE UP THE GHOST AND GIVE US WHAT’S REAL The multi-hyphenate J.B. Priestley (Author-Novelist-Playwright-Critic-Essayist-Political Commentator) commented, “Comedy, we may say, is society…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:29PM
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: ROME AT THE END OF THE LINE (24th Street Theatre) by Jesse David Corti

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL HAS ARRIVED Daniel Serrano’s Roma al final de la Vía (Rome at the End of the Line) is a highly recommended diamond-in-the-rough, and the 24th Street Theatre presents i…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:52AM
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: I LOVE A PIANO (Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton) by Jesse David Corti

AMERICANA NOT DEAD YET! Composer Jerome Kern said, “Irving Berlin has no place in American music. Irving Berlin is American Music.” This understanding is precisely what Ray Roderick and …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:04PM
Monday, September 10, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE BELLFLOWER SESSIONS (Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks) by Jesse David Corti

THE PLAYWRIGHT MUST HAVE EATEN A PILLOW, BECAUSE THIS PLAY IS DOWN IN THE MOUTH Andy Bloch’s The Bellflower Sessions is a bleak, black comedy about Jack Calvin, a victim of “The Great Re…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:43PM
Sunday, August 26, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: ALL THE KING’S MEN (El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood) by Jesse David Corti

IT’S THE PERFECT YEAR FOR THIS POWERFUL STORY, BUT FOR THIS PRODUCTION..? It must be an election year, as artistic directors all around the nation are presenting Adrian Hall’s meaty …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:41PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards