647 stories by "Colin Mitchell"
The ridiculously talented and ever-stunning actress/writer/director, Diarra Kilpatrick, has created a very cool web series called American Koko. I’m beginning to think there is nothing…
Steven Leigh has an excellent “in the trenches” article over at LA Weekly (yeah they are still managing to churn out a couple here and there in their waning days) about that most…
Los Angeles Post theater critic, Rose Desena, had a little dust up with one of her fellow “scrutinizers” – who she decided not to name – over the weekend and it cause…
Woke up this morning to this cease and desist letter from the longtime film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes: “It’s come to our attention that not only have you stolen our idea …
*The Lemon is looking for you. No, really. We’re looking for you. Yes, you. IF… You know how to write provocatively… You’re not afraid to have a public opinion.. You …
Glad to see that this is finally going to happen. While I wasn’t as big a fan of the show as pretty much EVERYBODY ELSE – I just found the script sorely lacking – nonethele…
It’s a good idea and an interesting discussion. Let’s light it up at the LA Weekly Awards, people! April 7th. The Revolution will be tweeted! Kevin, Brett and Dorothy get down an…
I was at Visceral Company’s dark and dastardly Recall currently playing at the Lex Theatre. The place started rolling right before the end of a scene and everyone – including tho…
The top COW this week also comes from Stage and Cinema but comes from a writer who I wasn’t always impressed with when she was writing for LAist. Saw the invite for this show last week…
Jason just had too many good turns of phrase in this one to pass up, plus you can hear the lament in his voice, wishing, hoping, praying that somehow they could have come up with a better sh…
The Huntress seems to always be at her best when she really likes something, more focused, speaking with a clearer voice, as exampled here. Not so much when she doesn’t like something,…
Check it out live here. The Digital Revolution is afoot. For more info check out this and this.
“In a production as stately and reverent as its subject was startling and rebellious, Philip Hayes Dean has directed his own one-man-with-musical-accompanist play to a standstill. Â …
Firstly, thanks for the mention Bill! At least I know you’re paying attention… The always astute though sometimes mis-guided Elvis Presley of LA Theater, Bill Raden, somehow come…
And it is fascinating. Longtime Times film critic, Kenneth Turan, is not only not happy with the production of Brief Encounter that just finished a run at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the…
Well this is the risk that the company Four Larks is taking with this intriguing new theater production of Orpheus they are staging this month at a secret location. Hmmm. Here’s the sk…
Some recent shows I’ve seen that I think are still running (two have closed) and should merit your attention: Lost Moon Radio Gets a Job: Finally! These guys are back on form in a big …
And it’s not because we both really really liked Echo Theatre’s Firemen currently playing at the Atwater, no, it’s that all of Chuck’s powers are on display here a…
Myron’s reviews ooze intelligence and literally drip with nuance and this week’s COW is a shining example. Pay attention, oh ye of little nuance. SLOWGIRL Myron Meisel – Th…
“How you ultimately feel about Moss’ story may depend on whether your adult statute-of-limitations clause permits a hearing on teenage incidents involving closest chums. Peers ca…
If you haven’t heard yet, the denizens of Zombie Joe’s Underground will be hosting the upcoming 35th Annual LA Weekly Awards (their last?) on Monday, April 7th at LA Exchange.…
Yes we know. No, really, we know. We are painfully aware that our site creaks like a tired old train sometimes. Painfully aware. Imagine writing for a site that often just says, “No, n…
And it’s a good one recently published over at Howlround. As someone who has been making theater in this town for almost a quarter century, Stephen’s eye witness accounting is bo…
Still not a huge fan of the sort of ghost element that Stage Raw and some other re-designed sites have employed, how different layers exist on top of each other in various forms of transpare…
Son of Semele Ensemble are one of the jewels of theater in Los Angeles, not just because of their risky, highly-imaginative work that they create themselves, but also because they provide am…
