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Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Last Act of Lilka Kadison: Lookingglass Theatre, 8/10/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Last Act of Lilka Kadison: Review for Stage & Cinema

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Chicago Theater Review: THE LAST ACT OF LILKA KADISON (Lookingglass Theatre Company) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

NOTHING FEEDS YOUR HEART LIKE A GOOD STORY Truth be told, The Last Act of Lilka Kadison chronicles an entirely conventional story – but Lookingglass Theatre’s production elevates this hi…

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Chicago Theater Review: MIDDLETOWN (Steppenwolf) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

STEPPENWOLF PROVES ITS WORTHY REPUTATION Will Eno’s Middletown suggests that life is a black hole; there will always be a gulf between reality and our perception of it, between our desire …

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

This: Kirk Douglas Theatre, 8/7/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

This: Review for EDGE Los Angeles

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Monday, August 8, 2011

Gospel According to First Squad: Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble, 8/4/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Sometimes, theater criticism becomes a chore. On several of our recent theater dates, Tony Frankel and I have lamented that writing a review of a mediocre show seems hardly worth our (unpaid…

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Friday, August 5, 2011

On Golden Pond: Colony Theater, 7/30/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

On Golden Pond: Review for EDGE Los Angeles

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Fleetwood Macbeth: Troubadour Theater Company, 7/30/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Fleetwood Macbeth: Review for EDGE Los Angeles

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Orange County Theater Review: JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA (Chance Theater) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

SING TO THE HAND A literally damning critique of American popular culture, Jerry Springer: The Opera soars in the Chance Theater’s Southern California premiere. An opera this critical coul…

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The Clock: LACMA, 7/28/11 – 7/29/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

I was late for The Clock. Starting at 5pm on Thursday, July 28, LACMA screened the complete 24 hours of Christian Marclay’s The Clock in the Bing Theater. Recently awarded the prestigi…

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Jerry Springer the Opera: Chance Theater, 7/24/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

A literally damning critique of American popular culture, Jerry Springer the Opera soars in the Chance Theater’s Southern California premiere. An opera this critical could have only origin…

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Let Me Down Easy: Broad Stage, 7/22/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Very few things can be called universal in the human experience, but death is one certainty. In an illuminating and virtuosic solo performance, Anna Deavere Smith embodies a beautiful mosai…

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Monday, July 25, 2011

It Must Be Him: Edgemar Center for the Arts, 7/23/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

It Must Be Him: Review for EDGE Los Angeles

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LA Theater Review: IT MUST BE HIM (Edgemar Center in Santa Monica) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

COMING OUT THROUGH SKETCH COMEDY It Must Be Him is in desperate need of a laugh track. Although penned by former writer of The Carol Burnett Show Kenny Solms, this semi-autobiographical roma…

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

LA Theater Review: THE WORD BEGINS (Rogue Machine) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

TALKING ABOUT A BETTER WORLD Violence cuts across the walls in The Word Begins; sirens blare as iconic images of bloodshed and warfare, political figures and propaganda are projected larger …

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Friday, July 22, 2011

The Word Begins: Rogue Machine Theatre, 7/16/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Broadway in Israel 2011. Friday, June 17: After lunch, we loaded the bus and headed to Sahne (or Gan Hashlosha), a warm spring ranked as one of the 20 most beautiful sites in the world in T…

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Mad Women: Katselas Theatre Company, 7/10/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

John Fleck is a name out of the theater and performance studies history books for me: one of the (in)famous “NEA Four” whose performance art grants were vetoed for “indece…

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Theater Review: THE HUMAN VOICE by Jean Cocteau (Hollywood) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

COCTEAU CALLING A disheveled bed, letters strewn across the floor, a woman quaking by the phone awaiting her lover’s last call: Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play about the need for human communic…

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Theater Review: GLORY DAYS by James Gardiner and Nick Blaemire (Hollywood) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

GLORY DAYS GETS ITS GLORY BACK Glory Days is legendary among contemporary musical theater fans. With book by James Gardiner and music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire, this youthful musical recei…

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Theater Review: BETWEEN US CHICKENS by Sofia Alvarez (Costa Mesa) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

YOUNG IN L.A. For self-proclaimed losers Sarah and Meaghan, a post-college move to Los Angeles promises a total break from the past, if not fame and fortune as well. In Sofia Alvarez’s pro…

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

THE MERCY SEAT by Neil LaBute – Vs. Theatre Company – [Inside] the Ford – Los Angeles Theater Review by Sarah Taylor Ellis

THE DAY AFTER THE WORLD CHANGED Red and blue emergency vehicle lights cut across the New York City skyline outside Abby’s comfortable high rise apartment. It is September 12, 2001, and lov…

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