Wednesday, January 29, 2014
BITTERSWEET 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 03:38AMSWEET We never learn why these three are so tight to begin with, but who cares if they express their current thoughts and feelings through more than 30 of Porter’s songs? Which they do, wi…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:58AMTuesday, January 28, 2014
SWEET The repartee is scintillating but down to earth and the story keeps us guessing. Ingrid Wilmot – Will Call SWEET Written by Steven Dietz, this mid-life crisis adult comedy is sur…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:10PMSWEET A talented cast, accompanied by a very abled quartet of musicians (led by Musical Director Dean Mora), takes you back in time to an annual Christmas gathering hosted by two aunts and t…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:08PMSunday, January 26, 2014
SWEET A lot of theater groups try to break boundaries and do new and innovative things. But what sets Zombie Joe’s Underground apart is that they strive not just to break boundaries, but t…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:07PMSWEET McAnuff’s production has the polish we’ve come to expect from this Tony-winning director, but the show’s gleam is all Plummer, who having held this stage almost singl…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:21PMFriday, January 24, 2014
SWEET Carefully compiled references and biographical details whiz by in Matt August’s finely tuned staging, with superb performances illuminating the clashing personalities that drive thre…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:40PMThursday, January 23, 2014
SWEET Her story celebrates a paradox of human nature — the proudly solitary yet inescapably communal character of our lives. The production could use some tightening. The final stretch dev…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:59PMSWEET Visible Fictions obviously believes in trusting its youthful audience; it speaks up to kids, rather than down. Consequently, the sheer energy, intelligence and fun of Jason had all its…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:24PMSWEET If you’re not already convinced that this is a show you miss at your own peril — Mr. O’Hare’s performance is an hour and 40 minute tour de force. Without giving…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:49PMBITTERSWEET There are consolations, though, in the performances of Michael Dempsey, who plays an ad exec and a scientist (he also adds flair to the frequent set changes on the slapdash set c…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:35PMWednesday, January 22, 2014
SWEET While watching “Trudy and Max in Love,” I kept having to remind myself that I was in a theater and not on my couch watching an HBO stab at high-minded reality television. T…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:20AMTuesday, January 21, 2014
BITTER “The Lake House Project” is poorly written, sloppily directed and offensive. I do not get offended easily, but this production managed to do it and do it so thoroughly that I was …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:51PMMonday, January 20, 2014
SWEET In addition to being exceedingly well-written, Day Trader is skillfully directed and superbly acted. Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive SWEET Directed with shrewd subtlety by Ste…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 09:34PMSunday, January 19, 2014
SWEET This performance is as fine as any performance can be. Steven Leigh Morris – LA Weekly SWEET McGovern has all the qualities of a superb Beckett interpreter. He relishes the comic…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:01PMSWEET The climactic turn of Richard and Lydia could be slightly better foreshadowed in the direction and the writing, and this story screams for a synoptic stand-up epilogue. These are quibb…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:53PMSaturday, January 18, 2014
SWEET Picture the witch-hunting of “The Crucible” at the hands of a modern Orwellian state and you have the broad contours of Dawn King’s “Foxfinder,” which receives an atmospheric…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:10PMSWEET This production makes a welcome contribution to our city’s celebration of the centenary of Britten’s birth. It also marks the fiftieth anniversary of the opera’s premiere at Veni…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:56PMTuesday, January 7, 2014
SWEET Still, fans of the material may well find this sui generis item rewarding. It’s certainly a promising initial attraction, unlike anything else afloat on Southland stages. David C. Ni…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:10PM 
