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Friday, April 26, 2024

Theater Review: MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA (Rogue Machine at the Matrix Theatre by Shari Barrett

A MONSTER MASH Like most boomers, I was raised watching black-and-white horror movies. Both frightening and amusing, those giant ants, grasshoppers and spiders attacking some innocent town w…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:18AM

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Theater Review: KING (Pat Kinevane at the Odyssey) by Shari Barrett

A ROYAL KING From the moment Irish actor extraordinaire Pat Kinevane appears out of the darkness as if in a dream, his lithe body moving as seductively as a snake into a sexy Argentine Tango…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:39PM

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Theater Review: OPHELIA (World Premiere at the Odyssey) by Shari Barrett

I FEEL YA, OPHELIA Acclaimed playwright, director, and actor Stefan Marks has outdone himself taking on three roles in his World Premiere play Ophelia, now at the Odyssey Theatre through May…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:36PM

Monday, April 8, 2024

Theater Review: THE WITNESS ROOM (The Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks) by Shari Barrett

WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION Taking place within the confines of a witness room in Manhattan Criminal Court, four obdurate NYPD officers who have “done all this before and know what to sa…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:17PM

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Theater Review: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (Theatre Palisades) by Shari Barrett

A VIEW TO GREAT THEATER Theatre Palisades has a hit on their boards with a true-to-life production of Arthur Miller’s landmark drama from 1955, A View from the Bridge, sharply directed by …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:23AM

Friday, March 29, 2024

Theater Review: THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT (Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice) by Shari Barrett

FOR THEATERGOERS DESIRING A COAT OF LOVE, THIS SHOW IS BESPOKEN FOR Sometimes friends or even co-workers can become more like family than your relatives. Such is the case in Wolf Mankowitz�…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:34PM

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Theater Review: THREE (Playwrights Arena and the Los Angeles LGBT Center at The Davidson/Valentini Theatre) by Shari Barrett

A FASCINATING DIVERSE UPDATE TO CHEKHOV’S THREE SISTERS In 1900, Anton Chekhov wrote the play Three Sisters, centering around siblings both very similar and remarkably different who grew u…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AM

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Theater Review: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills) by Shari Barrett

YOU MIGHT WANNA MISS THIS TRAIN Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 psychological film noir thriller Strangers on a Train, which he directed and produced to mixed reviews, was based on the 1950 novel…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:14AM

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Interview: ANN HEARN TOBOLOWSKY (Director of MERCURY at Road Theatre Company) by Shari Barrett

ANN HEARN TOBOLOWSKY RAISES THE TEMPERATURE ON LOS ANGELES THEATER I have been following the work of extraordinary director Ann Hearn Tobolowsky at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills for quite some…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:06PM

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Theater Review: AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ (Laguna Playhouse) by Shari Barrett

THE JOINT IS, INDEED, JUMPIN’ The musical revue Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a sizzling celebration of Fats Waller’s music — songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown c…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Theater Interview: CHELSEA SUTTON (Rogue Artists Ensemble Associate Artistic Director on “Carousel of Fools” at Santa Monica Pier on January 25, 2 by Shari Barrett

Playwright, fiction writer, director, and immersive experience creator for weird, fantastical artistic ventures Chelsea Sutton has always had a very unique sense of humor. Hearing of her in…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:00AM

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