SWEET Sick of this accursed heatwave? Longing for the thrills and chills of the Halloween season to commence? No need to pray to the Great Old Ones, just slither on down to the little theate…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:53PMSWEET Ultimately, what makes this harrowing “Trip” endurable, even uplifting, is Carrie’s hard-won humor and wisdom, and the peace she is able to make with her own unhappiness before s…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:03AMSWEET Hochberg’s musical is, strictly speaking, slighter than it needs to be, and the book’s choppy structure and internal contradictions come across as being sloppy and inadequately tho…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:16AMSWEET Stephen Gifford’s beautifully executed set with subtle lighting by R. Christopher Stokes creates the perfect atmosphere for the story to unfold. Goldberg’s ability to bring these t…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:33AMBITTER It’s hard to say why the play’s production at Theatre West doesn’t reach the level of comical lunacy that is so obviously required. Certainly, co-directors Pete Park…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:57AMSWEET In place of verse, Wright threads the piece with poetic songs (with Danny Webber on keyboard) that seldom unduly tax a cast of primarily actors rather than singers. The resulting thema…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:43PMSWEET Through a magical, musical tour, with memorable song and dance numbers, sure to wow the audience, such as ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz,”and “Roll in the Hay,” the…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:44PMSWEET This play is a powerful, poetic testament to the brave, heroic martyrs, women who volunteered as soldiers, and lived to tell the tale, wounds and all… alas, only to find their re…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:15PMSWEET The charming musical-in-the-rough that was Bronies: The Musical at this past summer’s Hollywood Fringe Festival has since been polished into the sparklingly rainbow-hued gem now gett…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:53PMSWEET Lon Chaney rocks out as this incredibly inventive rock opera experience brings sound to his seminal silent film. Staci Layne Wilson – Dread Central SWEET Vox’s version of the P…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:52PMBITTER A terrible play, and depressing as well, playwright Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime is set in a not-too-distant future and imagines a world where sophisticated robots have been fas…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:26PMSWEET Opera newbies will find this production effective and thought-provoking, while veterans who think they’ve sat through one too many Toscas should come to see and hear Blackwell and Ch…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:58PMSWEET “Let’s Make a Deal’s” Wayne Brady as the lead in a revival of “Kiss Me, Kate”: It almost sounds like an especially wacky draft in some fantasy stunt-cas…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:46PMSWEET Mixing what might be called tragic farce with psychological inquiry, this multi-pronged, rapid-fire investigation (performed with all-out sketch-comedy attack by Ben Crowley, Nicholas …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:26PMBITTER Tarell Alvin McCraney’s 2012 Choir Boy is a tantalizing, underdeveloped play-with-music not entirely improved by Trip Cullman’s direction, now at the Geffen a year after the produ…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:07PMSWEET Every Los Angeles theatergoer should be so lucky as to see a show this ecstatic. Because all this work is in service of literature that evaluates the sexual morality, the emotional fid…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:28AMSWEET Josh (Kip Gilman) & Janet (Wendy Michaels), who come from seemingly different worlds, prove that the adage ‘opposites attract’ rings true. Each of these lost souls struggle to …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:44AMBITTERSWEET Like Rockwell’s last cabaret-style show “The Album Project: Jagged Little Pill,” this tries to mix a profoundly emotional story with modern pop music. And while…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:17AMBITTER The production is somewhat elevated by the quality of the performances, but that’s not enough to salvage it. Lovell Estell III – Stage Raw SWEET An exquisite top flight ensemb…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:01PMSWEET As delightfully self-assured as it is comically self-referential, made up of equal parts whimsy, wacky, profane and profound, this cracked experiment in satirical musical development i…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:20AMBITTERSWEET When one of LA’s top fashion designers writes and directs a play set at an elegant showbiz party, you know the costumes are going to be divine. But if only the number of laughs…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:32PMSWEET This production, which features Broadway veteran and multiple Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub, Adams’ real-life husband, in the role of Willie, Winnie’s there-but-not-there life …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:06PMSWEET The ensemble numbers are precisely choreographed by Director Michael Arden and Choreographer Spencer Liff; the signing never gets in the way, and each cast member is vitally utilized l…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:17PMSWEET Joseph captures the highs and lows of this unique three-way love affair, its laughter and tears, its joys and sorrows. He’s greatly aided by the sure-handed direction of Jennifer Cha…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:54PMBITTERSWEET Showing O’Neill working on a play years after neurological disease forced him to quit writing, and misstating the nature of a major character’s death are among the historical…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:56PMSWEET It’s enjoyable enough, dominated by the vibrant presence of L. Scott Caldwell as the ex-wife who has returned from transformational adventures in California to become AtlantaR…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:37PMSWEET In the end, this “Buried Child,” then, produced 35 years after the play won Shepard his only Pulitzer Prize, is the prolific playwright at his very best: naked, robust, and oh, so …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:58PMBITTERSWEET Conviction is a two-edged sword. On the upside, it can be belief in a person or purpose that warrants a positive reaction. In Carey Crim’s drama “Conviction” now at Ventura…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:50PMBITTERSWEET And while Peebler and his muscular ensemble prove expert at seductively selling Cain’s quasi-historical premise, his audience-flattering allusions and lively turns of phrase, i…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:47PMBITTERSWEET I wish I could report that the acting was equal to the scenic imagination. This still strikes me as a production that doesn’t have all that much faith in Shakespeare’…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:54PMSWEET A Tony-winning 2002 musical based on the 1967 Julie Andrews film of the same name, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” is a smorgasbord of giddy fluff. Director Danny Michaels’…
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