Tuesday, March 7, 2017
DISINHERIT THE WINDReviewed by Neal WeaverThe ComplexThrough April 9 When I was in college, I decided I should take some psychology courses to better understand myself and my fellow man. I s…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:13PMArtificial FlowersReviewed by Lovell Estell IIIZombie Joes Underground TheatreThrough March 11The folks at Zombie Joes continue to expand the theatrical palate with this engaging two-charact…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:28PMHow to Raise a FreemanReviewed by Katie BuennekeAmmunition Theatre at The New Collective LAThrough March 26It should be a truth universally acknowledged that it is difficult to be a black ma…
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Little Children Dream of GodReviewed by Terry Morgan The Road on Magnolia Through April 15th With its plot involving the fate of a foreign refugee seeking a new life in America, Jeff Augusti…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:10PMThe Normal HeartReview by Neal WeaverChromolume TheatreThrough March 19 RECOMMENDEDAt intermission, one woman audience member declared that Larry Kramer’s autobiographical play is terribly…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:04PMLusting After Pipino’s WifeReviewed by Paul Birchall Theatre 68 Through April 19 According to director/performer Ronnie Marmo, this production of Sam Henry Kass’s comedy is a 25th annive…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:50PMFun HomeReviewed by Mayank Keshaviah Ahmanson Theatre Through April 1 RECOMMENDEDMemory is rarely linear, clearly outlined, or objective. Instead, we tend to remember the past in soft focus,…
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For Piano and HarpoReviewed by Vanessa Cate The Falcon Theatre Through March 5thOscar Levant was a Hollywood personality from a bygone age. It would be unfair to try to pigeonhole him, he wa…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:52PMDie, Mommy, Die!Reviewed by Neal WeaverCelebration Theatre at the LexThrough March 26 RECOMMENDEDCross-dressing actor-comedian Charles Busch wrote this glossy movie parody as a vehicle for h…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:40PMLiana and BenReviewed by Vanessa Cate Circle X Theatre Co. Through March 26If the truth lies in stories, as playwright Susan Rubin suggests, what truth is to be garnered from the labyrinthin…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:32PMKing LearReviewed by Maureen Lee LenkerA Noise WithinThrough May 6th RECOMMENDEDWhile Hamlet may be the brass ring for young male actors, King Lear looms large for those who’ve sustained t…
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Zoot SuitReviewed by Julio MartinezThe Mark Taper ForumThrough March 26 Luis Valdez’s chronicle of the historic early 1940’s “Sleepy Lagoon” murder case, Zoot Suit, originally premie…
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Long Day’s Journey into NightReviewed by Paul Birchall Geffen Playhouse Through March 18Only a dunderhead would criticize Eugene O’Neill’s powerhouse drama about the unravelling of one…
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33 VARIATIONSReviewed by Neal WeaverActors Co-OpThrough March 19 RECOMMENDEDThis play by Moises Kaufman is an extraordinary piece of work — rich, multifaceted and multilayered, both distur…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:25PM946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus TipsReviewed by Terry Morgan Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Through March 5thRECOMMENDEDWilliam Faulkner’s famous quote “The past is n…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:17PMClaudio QuestReviewed by Katie BuennekeChance TheaterThrough February 26Beating a video game is no simple feat, and neither is writing a musical — especially a new musical about video game…
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“'Twenty dollars?' he said, incredulously. It was a good thing we were standing at the time, because at that moment I realized that I was considerably taller than he, and that tiny advanta…
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"A few days after the ad was posted, Rivera’s casting director Raul Clayton Staggs and Rivera received a letter from a mysterious address [email protected], which, at the bottom of t…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:02PMDorothy Parker UnScriptedReviewed by Maureen Lee LenkerImpro TheatreThrough February 25th RECOMMENDEDDorothy Parker UnScripted is the latest in Impro Theatre’s unique brand of completely i…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:14PMKing Hedley IIReviewed by Neal WeaverThe Matrix TheatreThrough February 12 RECOMMENDEDThis play by the late August Wilson is part of his 10-play series about the black experience in each of …
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:34PMShades of DisclosureReviewed by Paul Birchall Skylight Theatre Through Febuary 25RECOMMENDEDIt’s not helpful to dwell on the generation gap between the young and the old, particularly in t…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:35PMFuguReviewed by Neal WeaverWest Coast Jewish Theatre at Pico PlayhouseThrough March 19 RECOMMENDED We don’t usually think of the Japanese as b…
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fellowship (a play for volunteers)Reviewed by Mayank Keshaviah Cornerstone Theatre Through February 12 RECOMMENDEDOpponents of the new administration in Washington have issued a vociferous c…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:50PMPlasticityReviewed by Lovell Estell IIIHudson Guild TheatreThrough March 13The title of this play refers to the brain’s ability to rewire or reorganize itself by forming new neural connect…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:06PMMoby DickReviewed by Terry Morgan South Coast Repertory/Segerstrom Stage Through Feb. 19th RECOMMENDEDIf one has the audacity to take on the leviathan of American literature, Herman Melville…
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Beckett5Reviewed by Neal WeaverOdyssey Theatre EnsembleThrough March 5, 2017 The late playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett did not make things easy for his audiences. He was first of all a…
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