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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Theater Interview: SANDRA TSING LOH (“I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Come to It” Work-in-Progress at The Odyssey Theatre) by Sarah A. Spitz

BURNING BRIDGES It takes a brave soul to speak out about getting back at those who got you cancelled, especially when the names that are blamed can theoretically destroy any chance of contin…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Theater Review: WAITING FOR GODOT (Geffen Playhouse) by Sarah A. Spitz

70 YEARS ON, AND WE’RE STILL WAITING You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. — A…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:25AM

Friday, October 25, 2024

Theater Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale) by Sarah A. Spitz

WICKEDLY WITTY WILDE Sometimes you just need to take refuge from the contemporary world with a classic play. And when it’s delivered as delightfully and professionally as Antaeus Theatre C…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM

Monday, September 23, 2024

Theater Interview: MICHAEL ROTH (Music Director for Randy Newman’s “Faust” at The Soraya, September 28 & 29, 2024) by Sarah A. Spitz

LIFE IN THE FAUST LANE There’s Gounod’s Faust (the opera), Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus (the novel), Christopher Marlowe’s Faust (the play), then there’s the classic Faust — Jo…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Theater Review: DUEL REALITY (Ahmanson Theatre) by Sarah A. Spitz

STAR-CROSSED … AND TOSSED Think of The 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts de la main) as a mini Cirque du Soleil performing onstage instead of in a ring under a Big Tent. This Montreal-based circus t…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:08AM

Theater Review: DRAGON LADY (Geffen Playhouse) by Sarah A. Spitz

GRANDMA’S A BADASS It’s Grandma Maria Porkalob Sr.’s 60th birthday party, she’s living in her son’s mother-in-law basement and he’s just given her a karaoke machine as her birthd…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AM

Monday, August 26, 2024

Theater Review: THE BROTHERS SIZE (Geffen Playhouse) by Sarah A. Spitz

THIS SIZE FITS ALL Opening the 2024/25 season of Geffen Playhouse is The Brothers Size, written by the Geffen’s Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney, performed in the smaller of the Pla…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:51AM

Saturday, August 3, 2024

Theater Review: CLUE LIVE ON STAGE! (National Tour at the Ahmanson Theatre in L.A.) by Sarah A. Spitz

CLUELESS NO MORE As a kid, I never played the Hasbro board game Clue, nor did I ever see the Paramount Pictures movie based on that board game. But at opening night on July 31, I was absolut…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Theater Review: THE SPY WHO WENT INTO REHAB (Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice) by Sarah A. Spitz

ESPIONAGE COMES TO GROUP THERAPY There’s a pretty good reason why the world premiere of Greg Ostrin’s The Spy Who Went Into Rehab, onstage at Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, has been…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:29PM

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Theater Interview: ROB MORROW (Now Appearing in “The Substance of Fire” at Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica) by Sarah A. Spitz

THE SUBSTANCE OF ROB MORROW Actor Rob Morrow has come full circle. The Emmy-nominated Northern Exposure star, recognized for other notable TV shows (Billions, Numb3rs, The People vs. OJ Simp…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:32PM

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