647 stories by "Colin Mitchell"
So as I mentioned here, I contacted the Vanity Fair editor Katey Rich asking if they’d actually let someone directly affected by the Jimmy Im article – like someone who has actua…
Apparently I did a Q & A for the Los Angeles Post with Rose Desena on my upcoming Fringe show Linden Arden Stole the Highlights. Or was it Linden that did it? Back in your box demon! Any…
Saw this show a couple weeks back and it is most definitely worth a look if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s also doing pretty well on our LemonMeter. And it’s forthcoming mov…
Doug the Clayton gave us a shout about a recent blogpost written by LA Theater mainstay and now departing Peter Kuo, and wrote a post of his own in response. He thought it might find some re…
Though I believe the rezzies are already at capacity for this next incarnation of my play, I thought I’d get it out there for those of you who missed the last read at Rogue Machine bac…
Tony the Frank tears the scab off the dirty little secret concerning a couple of America’s “golden boy” playwrights with this week’s COW. He casts his net a bit…
“The problem is that it is more disturbing than it needs to be. Tony Doublin's special effects of blood and a wound are vividly realistic, but the gore took center stage, turning what …
Another new entrant to the hallowed Bitter Lemons Contributing Hall of Shame comes the original Voxelpunk himself Noah J Nelson of Turnstyle fame. Huzzah! This dude is all kinds of smart …
That would be my show. That’s right. Linden Arden is returning to the stage for a limited engagement of 5 shows at the Fringe this summer. I first did the show in San Francisco in 1994…
Los Angeles Theater/Film/Music Critic Kurt Gardner responded to our call for new writers. I said, “What you got, Kurt?” He said, “I got this.” I said, “Wh…
Sesame Street does “Waiting for Elmo”. Monsterpiece Theatre. Classic.
The giddy roar. Always a pleasant sound. THE YELLOW BOAT Jason Rohrer – Stage and Cinema ON A SEA OF TEARS It's a play that deals with AIDS, and the central character is a little boy. …
“Which brings me back to the original point: how much should, or do, we care about revisiting Ruth Draper? Put another way, would most of us be interested in this project if it were no…
And he does. But I remain a bit perplexed why current New York resident Rob Weinert-Kendt was asked by Vanity Fair and not someone actually currently living and working in Los Angeles Theate…
On this date six years ago Bitter Lemons was born. You can read about how that happened here. This was my first post. Feeble, yes, and yet still relevant. This quote (yes I’m quoting m…
Funny how it happens to land just a day before our anniversary. Hmmm. Bitter Billy would be pleased. If he wasn’t a soulless icon… This homage to the Bard from the talented Louis…
Shame on you! You bunch of heathens, rogues and ruffians you! You roughed poor Jimmy but good! The image of the LA Theater Community – or ANY theater community for that matter – …
Tonight. She returns. Tonight I wish I was in New York. Tonight. And of course in this share-everything-news-as-it-happens world, I absolutely loved reading this as an actual “newsR…
Great “essay’ by Downer Don over at LA Observed. This one is about the value of a good spoiler in a theater review. Check it: Theater is ephemeral. In LA, most productions are av…
Jennifer K. Hugus of The Los Angeles Beat has an interesting “reviewing” style, sort of a “first person eye witness account” of the show she’s seen. Sometimes s…
What I love most about this review is that although Rose clearly was not thrilled with this show, her review actually makes me want to go and see it. TASTE Rose Desena – The Los Angele…
“The sophisticated, snarky bon mots of Noel Coward floated up and got lost in the rafters of the Malibu Playhouse. At intermission the man sitting next to me asked how I liked the play…
Now why can’t we have more sophisticated debate like this here at the Lemon? C’mon, people, kick it up a notch! If you missed the “news” you can read it here. And her…
Apologies for all the technical problems over the last few days, LemonHeads. It appears we are back in business so comment away!
Christian wanted to continue the conversation that he started here. So we let him. Why the Artistic Directors Alliance (TADA)?: An open letter to Doug Clayton From Christian Levatino I’…
