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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Review: The harsh beauty of A Noise Within's 'The Grapes of Wrath' by Margaret Gray

Whatever your cause for complaint — traffic, work, kids, in-laws — as you settle in to A Noise Within’s production of “The Grapes of Wrath,” you’ll soon s…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:41PM
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Review: 'SexSting' setup takes away from drama by Margaret Gray

In Doris Baizley's new play "SexSting," a West Coast premiere by the Katselas Theatre Company, a 14-year-old girl shows up in a chat room. JohnnyD (JD Cullum), a 46-year-old regular, salacio…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:30PM
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Review: Bachelor and 'Company' of friends take jet trip to 2013 by Margaret Gray

Even as I enjoyed Crown City Theatre's tuneful, compactly staged revival of the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical “Company," my mommy radar was on high alert: Who’s watching …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:18PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Review: Casa 0101 honors Valdez's 'Badges' with a winning revival by Margaret Gray

In 1986, when Luis Valdez’s play “I Don’t Have to Show You No Stinking Badges” premiered in Los Angeles, its portrait of an upwardly mobile Latino family in Monterey…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:05PM
Friday, February 1, 2013

Review: No wonder the dinosaurs of 'Triassic Parq' are so edgy by Margaret Gray

If writers of the 20th century could be categorized by the war they lived through, today’s scribes might be grouped by the blockbuster movie that came out when they were about 7. The s…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:43PM
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Robin Weigert taps Brooke Wyeth's mind in 'Other Desert Cities' by Margaret Gray

Robin Weigert, who says she 'grew up psychoanalyst,' knows how the 'Other Desert Cities' character she plays at the Taper thinks. She impressed Jon Robin Baitz.On your way to meet actress Ro…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Review: 'Anything Goes' is 'the top' at the Ahmanson Theatre by Margaret Gray

Could tap-dancing possibly be as fun as Rachel York makes it look?  She and the cast of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony-winning Broadway revival of “Anything Goes,” …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:50PM
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Review: Funny, fresh 'Potential Space' at Theatre of NOTE by Margaret Gray

After centuries of repression by the phallocentric hegemony, the vagina has become very chatty. Now an acclaimed monologist, with a biography by Naomi Wolf out in hardback, it takes the epon…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:52PM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Review: Dreams of a better life in 'Rome' give way to reality by Margaret Gray

In "Roma al final de la via" (Rome at the End of the Line) by the Tijuana playwright Daniel Serrano, two 7-year-old girls in a Mexican village decide to run away to Rome. Having neither tick…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:07PM
Friday, September 7, 2012

Lynn Nottage wants 'Vera Stark' to be a conversation starter by Margaret Gray

The author's play about a black actress in the '30s comes to Geffen Playhouse with, star Sanaa Lathan says, still-relevant issues.You've probably never heard of the African American actress …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Review: Antaeus' 'Macbeth' reframes a tragedy by Margaret Gray

Meet the Macbeths, a charming, upwardly mobile couple grieving over the death of their only child.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:43PM
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Review: 'Inherit the Wind' sets a lively, brisk pace at Old Globe by Margaret Gray

At the Old Globe’s 2012 Shakespeare Festival, Adrian Noble is running “Inherit the Wind” in repertory with “Richard III” and “As You Like It” &mdash…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:41PM
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Review: 'Earthbound' at T.U. Studios takes off on its own dimension by Margaret Gray

In "Earthbound," a new original musical by Skypilot Theatre Company receiving its world premiere at T.U. Studios, seven people remain on the space station Miami, which orbits the Earth.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PM
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Review: Madcap romp with 'Woman in Mind' at Sierra Madre Playhouse by Margaret Gray

Make sure you don’t drop acid before seeing Alan Ayckbourn’s “Woman in Mind” at the Sierra Madre Playhouse. You won't need it. The British playwright’s 1985 bla…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:30PM
Sunday, June 17, 2012

'Stoneface' a birthday gift for French Stewart by Margaret Gray

In 2010, the actor's then girlfriend and now wife, Vanessa Claire Smith, surprised him with a script about his idol, Buster Keaton. The play's a big hit now.If your boyfriend's birthday is c…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AM
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Review: At 59, Cathy Rigby still is 'Peter Pan' by Margaret Gray

Apparently, spending the bulk of your time in Neverland really will stop you from growing up. Cathy Rigby won a Tony nomination for her performance as Peter Pan on Broadway in the 1990 reviv…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:10PM
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Review: 'The Sleeper' at Theatre Tribe is darkly funny by Margaret Gray

More than a decade after 9/11, most of us are pleasantly removed from the fear, paranoia and fanatical patriotism that ruled us in its wake. Was that really us, trolling for black-market Ci…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:15PM
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Danny Burstein sings 'Blues' in 'Follies' but feels great by Margaret Gray

Tony nominee Danny Burstein is nothing like his character in 'Follies,' Buddy Plummer. He'll perform 'The-God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me-Blues' at the awards show.There's a flicker of uncertainty…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:20AM
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Review: A twist to 'It Is Done' at the Pig 'N Whistle by Margaret Gray

I was going to refer to “It Is Done,” a play by Alex Goldberg currently running in a back room in Hollywood’s Pig ’N Whistle restaurant, as “site-specific,&rdqu…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:08PM
Monday, April 30, 2012

Review: Richard Chamberlain, Heather Tom riveting in 'The Heiress' by Margaret Gray

At the peak of Richard Chamberlain’s thrillingly malevolent performance in “The Heiress,” the audience at the Pasadena Playhouse started hissing. If we had had tomatoes, we…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:23PM
Monday, April 23, 2012

Theater review: 'The Convert' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre by Margaret Gray

Danai Gurira’s new play, “The Convert,” set in the 1890s in what would later become Zimbabwe, tells the story of a young African woman, Jekesai (the stunning, graceful Pasc…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Theater review: 'Geeks! The Musical!' at Write Act Rep Theatre by Margaret Gray

Thomas J. Misuraca, writer and librettist of Geeks! The Musical!, premiering at Write Act Repertory Theatre, is a total geek. Thomas J. Misuraca, writer and librettist of Geeks! The Music…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:53PM
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Theater review: 'Cobb' at the Lonny Chapman Theatre by Margaret Gray

Ty Cobb still holds some of the records he set while playing for the Detroit Tigers (1905-26), including an unofficial one: "the dirtiest player of all time."Ty Cobb still holds some of the …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:50PM
Friday, February 17, 2012

Theater review: 'Three Year Swim Club' at East West Players by Margaret Gray

For every visionary who endures mockery and adversity to realize his or her dreams, millions of other visionaries endure mockery and then go back to their day jobs.For every visionary who en…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:02PM
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Theater review: 'Mine' at the Elephant Lab Theatre by Margaret Gray

A beautiful young writer is torn between two lovers: the steady, dull provider and the flighty soul mate. Anais Nin, right?A beautiful young writer is torn between two lovers: the steady, du…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:09PM
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Theater review: 'Old Wicked Songs' at the Colony Theatre by Margaret Gray

Here's an idea for a reality show set right in your backyard: Who can watch "Old Wicked Songs" at the Colony Theatre without falling in love with John Towey?Here's an idea for a reality show…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:58PM
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Theater review: 'El Nogalar' at the Fountain Theatre by Margaret Gray

This statuesque knockout, as fresh-faced as the young Elizabeth Taylor, is supposed to be the faded Madame Ranevskaya?This statuesque knockout, as fresh-faced as the young Elizabeth Taylor, …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:40PM
Monday, January 16, 2012

Stage review: 'MythBusters: Behind the Myths' at Nokia Theatre by Margaret Gray

No, they don t shoot a cannon onstage.No, they don t shoot a cannon onstage.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:40PM
Sunday, January 8, 2012

Talk of latest 'Our Town' full of raves by Margaret Gray

'Our Town' director David Cromer was unprepared for the strong positive reaction to his version of Thornton Wilder's play with Helen Hunt as Stage Manager, coming to the Broad Stage on Jan. …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Theater review: 'David Dean Bottrell' at Theatre/Theater by Margaret Gray

Even when he's insulting everybody in the room, Bottrell's take on the human condition as "funny, hopeless and sweet" is deeply consoling. Even when he's insulting everybody in the room, Bot…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:26PM

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