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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Time Alone by Vanessa Cate

Time Alone Reviewed by Neal Weaver Los Angeles Theatre Center Through October 29 RECOMMENDED Playwright Alessandro Camon, an Oscar nominee for his screenplay for The Messenger, is deeply int…

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Exit Strategy by Vanessa Cate

Exit Strategy Reviewed by Paul Birchall Los Angeles LGBT Center Through November 5 RECOMMENDED What can we do about the failure of public education in America’s inner cities?  It’s not …

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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally by Vanessa Cate

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally Reviewed by Julio Martinez Working Barn Productions at the Odyssey Theatre Through October 8 The title of playwright Kevin Armento’s dramatic excursion thr…

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Resolving Hedda by Vanessa Cate

Resolving Hedda Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Victory Theatre Through November 12 Sometimes the best way to watch a movie or TV show is to kick back with a glass of wine and some friends and ye…

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Grey Nomad by Vanessa Cate

Grey Nomad Reviewed by Dana Martin Australian Theatre Company at the Skylight Theatre Through October 8 RECOMMENDED Growing old is often difficult terrain to navigate. Grey Nomad, a new play…

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Freddy by Vanessa Cate

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Friday, September 29, 2017

Stupid Kid by Vanessa Cate

Stupid Kid  Reviewed by Terry Morgan The Road on Magnolia Through Nov. 12 To paraphrase a theater maxim of Edmund Kean’s, “Tragedy is easy; comedy is hard.” It’s an assertion that�…

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The Madwoman of Chaillot by Vanessa Cate

The Madwoman of Chaillot Reviewed by Deborah Klugman A Noise Within Through November 11  Jean Giraudoux’s The Madwoman of Chaillot (translated by Maurice Valency) has always been one of m…

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Billy Boy by Vanessa Cate

Billy Boy  Reviewed by Jess Linde Playwrights’ Arena/Atwater Village Theater Through October 15th RECOMMENDED Letting go of past mistakes is rarely easy, even when they are confronted on …

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Deadalus’ Daughter by Vanessa Cate

Deadalus’ Daughter  Reviewed by Gray Palmer Bootleg Theater Through September 30  RECOMMENDED The work of Carol Katz and her collaborators, in the dance play Deadalus’ Daughter, posses…

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The Dance of Death by Vanessa Cate

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The View Upstairs by Vanessa Cate

The View Upstairs Reviewed by Neal Weaver Celebration Theatre at the Lex Through October 29  RECOMMENDED The Upstairs Lounge was a lively and popular New Orleans gay bar till 1973, when an …

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Master Class by Vanessa Cate

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Heartbreak Help by Vanessa Cate

Heartbreak Help Reviewed by Paul Birchall Dorie Theatre at the Complex Through October 1 RECOMMENDEDDirector Stan Zimmerman’s remount of Justin Tanner’s piquant 1996 comedy provides the …

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Walking To Buchenwald by Vanessa Cate

Walking To Buchenwald Reviewed by Paul Birchall Open Fist Theatre Company Through October 21 RECOMMENDED It’s hard to define the tone of playwright Tom Jacobson’s excellent new play, a d…

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Big Night by Vanessa Cate

Big Night Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Kirk Douglas Theatre Through October 8 Big Night is a play with aspirations bigger than it can deliver on. The new work by playwright Paul Rudnick wants …

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See/Saw by Vanessa Cate

See/Saw  Reviewed by Terry Morgan Civic Center Studios Through October 8 RECOMMENDED Theatre is an inherently magical experience. When done correctly, a stage, a set and some actors become …

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Runaway Home by Vanessa Cate

Runaway Home Reviewed by Neal Weaver Fountain Theatre Through November 5  RECOMMENDED Two years after Hurricane Katrina, playwright Jeremy J. Kamps went to New Orleans as a volunteer, “gu…

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Friday, September 15, 2017

A Tale of Two Cities by Vanessa Cate

A Tale of Two Cities Reviewed by Vanessa Cate A Noise Within Through November 19 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Although the opening line from Charles Dickens’s…

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Frida – Stroke of Passion by Vanessa Cate

Frida Stroke of Passion  Reviewed by Julio Martinez Macha Theatre Through October 1 The tantalizing history of legendary artist/political activist Frida Kahlo is extensively examined in Fri…

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Carmen Disruption by Vanessa Cate

Carmen Disruption Reviewed by Neal Weaver City Garage Theatre Through October 15  RECOMMENDED  Playwright Simon Stephens (Heisenberg, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) dec…

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Daytona by Vanessa Cate

Daytona Reviewed by Paul Birchall Rogue Machine Theatre at the MET Through October 30  RECOMMENDED Playwright Oliver Cotton’s elegiac and unexpectedly thrilling drama carries the weight o…

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Once by Vanessa Cate

Once Reviewed by Katie Buenneke South Coast Repertory Through September 30 Mounting the first regional production of a show that recently played on Broadway puts the creative team between a …

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Pterodactyls by Vanessa Cate

Pterodactyls  Reviewed by Terry Morgan The Commissary at The Culver Studios Through Sept. 24  A frequent complaint heard over the years is that the film and TV industry doesn’t do anythi…

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Other Desert Cities by Vanessa Cate

Other Desert Cities Reviewed by Jess Linde Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum Through October 1st  In the Theatricum Botanicum’s production of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities, fam…

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Alternative Acts by Vanessa Cate

Alternative Acts Reviewed by Lovell Estell III Theatre of NOTE Through September 16 Aside from its pleasantly eccentric quality, one of the more entertaining components of this slate of one-…

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Emelie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight by Vanessa Cate

Emelie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight Reviewed by Terry Morgan Greenway Court Theatre Through Sept. 17 One of the positive uses of art is to shine a light on historical f…

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The Dreamer Examines His Pillow by Vanessa Cate

The Dreamer Examines His Pillow Reviewed by Neal Weaver The Lounge Theatre Through September 24  RECOMMENDED  John Patrick Shanley is practically unique among American playwrights in that …

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Arsenic and Old Lace by Vanessa Cate

Arsenic and Old Lace Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Through October 8 There’s something strangely delightful about two old aunties on a murder spree. Their murders could…

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Welcome to the White Room by Vanessa Cate

Welcome to the White Room Reviewed by Neal Weaver Theatre of Note Through September 17 In Trish Harnetiaux’s bizarre dark comedy, three slightly mad scientists find themselves stranded in …

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Blackbird by Vanessa Cate

Blackbird Reviewed by Lovell Estell III GTC Burbank Through Sept. 17  RECOMMENDED David Harrower’s edgy psychodrama has had many successful iterations over the years (most recently at thi…

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