Monday, March 3, 2014
SWEET The Odyssey has done a terrific job with this production. Adam Flemming’s set, consisting simply of two chairs and three screens upon which evocative images are projected, places the…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:14PMSaturday, March 1, 2014
SWEET It’s an absolutely beguiling production, psychologically simple but stylistically as rich as a tapestry. Steven Leigh Morris – LA Weekly SWEET If you love the movie (and wh…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:09AMTuesday, February 25, 2014
SWEET At worst, Shakespeare can bore a roomful of kids to disruption, texting and gossiping and running in the aisles. But the Porters held a predominantly female, under-18 audience in the p…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:58AMMonday, February 24, 2014
SWEET With quick-witted writing and a high-octane cast, OSD is the perfect nighttime outing for Angelenos in need of a comic escape. P.P. – LATF SWEET With the Winter Olympics upon us,…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:15PMSunday, February 23, 2014
SWEET Adam Rapp’s hypnotic, intricately written elegy for the fallout from an unimaginable family tragedy receives a resolute production, in which noted Belgian actor George Regout makes a…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:34PMFriday, February 21, 2014
SWEET Although the plot is nearly as implausible as this bald synopsis implies, and although in another play Miss Edwards’ behavior might invite a lawsuit, neither concern, somehow, is obt…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:14PMThursday, February 20, 2014
BITTER A play about a murderous French poet, told by a troupe of vaudevillian-style actors, seems it would be enough to spark some interest in an audience, but unfortunately Murray Mednick�…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:40PMTuesday, February 18, 2014
SWEET The ancient Greeks liked bawdy innuendo, and this play capitalizes on that with animated songs and bump-and-grind choreography by Kelly Todd. Performing on the larger stage of the new …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:25AMMonday, February 17, 2014
SWEET Buoyed by an excellent production design, particularly Bill Froggatt’s haunting sound, director Howard Teichman and a crackling cast render a near-optimum staging. F. Kathleen Fo…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:32PMThursday, February 13, 2014
SWEET An outstanding production of Inherit the Wind is being presented by Wasatch Theatre Ventures, under the judicious direction of Kiff Scholl with an absolutely marvelous cast that gives …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:34PMWednesday, February 12, 2014
SWEET This scorching drama is not for the faint of heart, but for those who prefer their live theater edgy, imaginative, and adventurous – a Sacred Fools house specialty. Ed Rampell &#…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:56PMTuesday, February 11, 2014
SWEET Director Chris Fields’ stylishly sleight-of-hand staging (eloquently accented by Matt Richter’s dynamic lights) and a disarmingly appealing ensemble (including Amanda Saund…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:47PMSWEET The show, directed by David Hyde Pierce following Nicholas Martin’s Broadway staging, opened at the Mark Taper Forum on Sunday in tiptop shape. Indeed, you can mark this down as …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:59PMSunday, February 9, 2014
SWEET The Tony award-winning Broadway stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous film, THE 39 STEPS, is being presented as a slapstick romp through film noir at the Norris Center fo…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:51AMSWEET Unencumbered by extraneous cerebral ballast, Frayn’s romp revels in slapstick and stereotype, both capably executed by a nine-member ensemble in which no particular performances outs…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:31AMSWEET Writer Alan Zweibel, who was one of Gilda’s closest friends – he created Roseanne Roseannadanna – from the beginning of her professional career to her death in 1989, …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:06AMSaturday, February 8, 2014
BITTER Most of these twists feel forced, hinging on coincidences, abrupt about-faces and even interventions from the spirit world, the cosmology of which remains puzzling. (Kitty is somehow …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:42PMBITTER Henson wins us over with her likability. She provides glimpses of a conscience that Weinraub runs roughshod over, but unfortunately it’s not enough to keep us emotionally invest…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:16PMSWEET I was pleasantly surprised. Director Linda Alznauer does a good job with the actors and they are brilliant. They nailed their characters, and I didn’t miss the fact that they were Am…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:29PMSWEET Fletcher’s plot takes a bit too long to unravel, and she relies too heavily on offstage action. But she had a real knack for planting red herrings, ginning up suspense, and making us…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:07PMSWEET Thanks to a great comedic cast and solid direction, 3-D Theatricals’ production of Mel Brooks’ Tony-winning 2001 stage show hits all the right notes. Eric Marchese – OC Regis…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:32PMWednesday, February 5, 2014
SWEET A timely, haunting and amazingly honest examination of how we deal with the sins of our past, this theatrical gem is not to be missed. Mayank Keshaviah – LA Weekly SWEET This pro…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:07AMSWEET But no carping should deter fans of musicals from experiencing this Piazza anew. Bob Verini – ArtsInLA BITTERSWEET Yet there’s no getting around the unusualness of this par…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:04AMSWEET The whole thing, eight plays in all, is more than two hours. You leave the theater a little dazed and dazzled by it all — the imagination the playwrights have, the inventiveness of t…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:16AMFriday, January 31, 2014
SWEET Carnage itself may not be particularly fun to watch, but this God Of Carnage most certainly is. Steven Stanley – StageSceneLA SWEET Armstrong is terrific, but so is Maura Vincent…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:55PMSWEET At Theatre Out, director David C. Carnevale and musical director Sarah Weinzetl deliver the show’s full impact through its honest, raw and emotionally revealing songs. Eric Marchese …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:30PMSWEET This generic premise becomes far more intriguing after the artist stops taking his medication. Suddenly, phantoms of Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh (Tom Musgrave and Zachary Mooren,…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:56PMSWEET It’s a barnburner. Don Shirley – LA Stage Watch SWEET It is a brilliant revelation of human emotion exquisitely executed by a truly stellar cast. This is live theatre at its ve…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:01PMSWEET It’s always a pleasant surprise to discover a gem in a most unlikely setting, and that’s what I experienced last Saturday night when I attended a performance of Oscar Wilde’s com…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:17PMWednesday, January 29, 2014
BITTER The performers submit to the emotional demands of Solis’ relentlessly boisterous 80-minute script, but the sound and fury are more exhausting than edifying. The experience is ak…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:29PMBITTERSWEET If, like me, you’re a fan of the Evidence Room, go to enjoy the familiar faces. Otherwise enjoy the small stuff and forgive the production for not tying everything up. Anth…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:38AM 
