130 stories by "F. Kathleen Foley"
If you attend “The Anatomy of Gazellas,” presented by Playwrights' Arena at Atwater Village Theatre, you might want to hunker down in your seat and pay close attention. That way,…
What if you had experienced the defining moment of your life — but couldn't remember it?
If you really ponder the fate of Eurydice, swept back into death by her husband Orpheus' eager glance, you'll be struck by the sheer passivity of her situation. At least Lot's wife looke…
Sometimes, a project comes along that is so cynically lowbrow, it boggles the tortured mind.
Director Thomas Bigley has fulfilled an essential task in his modern-day mounting of “King Lear,” presented by the Porters of Hellsgate at the Studio Stage. Every “Lear…
There’s no disputing the fact that the Troubadour Theater Company, under the direction of the group’s longtime artistic director, Matt Walker, is one hot ticket -- that is, if yo…
Rob Mersola’s “Dirty Filthy Love Story” is a world premiere from Rogue Machine that follows hard on the heels of the company’s 2011 hit, “Small Engine Repair,&r…
Bless the actors in “Theatre in the Dark,” the cheerfully experimental new show at the Odyssey.Â
At a time when talk of “death panels” commands headlines, George Bernard Shaw’s “The Doctor’s Dilemma,” recently revived in London to critical acclaim, is…
“Surviving Mama,” now in its world premiere at Edgemar Center for the Arts, is a frustratingly disjointed play that feels like a protracted examination of a stranger’s phot…
Written in the late 1980s and set in 1987, Jeff Stetson’s “Fraternity,” now in its Los Angeles premiere at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, is a frustrating but fasc…
Many scholars have argued over whether the central character in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” is Caesar, the doomed dictator around whom the plot revolves, or Brutus, the c…
Joan Didion’s stage adaptation of her 2005 memoir, "The Year of Magical Thinking," is a wrenchingly meditative one-hander that delves into the mechanics of loss – namely, the sud…
The backstage comedy has long been a favorite milieu for playwrights expressing their abiding love and keen irritation for all things theatrical.
Sam Shepard’s “The Late Henry Moss” was first produced in 2000. It’s taken more than a decade for the play to receive its Los Angeles premiere.
Playwright Evan Smith confronts the scourge of religious extremism head-on in “The Savannah Disputation,” now at the Colony.
From Shakespeare to Tracy Letts, dysfunctional family plays have long been a theatrical staple, sometimes to the point of triteness. The trick is to give the genre a swift kick and get i…
Illegal detention and state-sanctioned torture would hardly seem a likely basis for comedy. Yet playwright Yussef El Guindi exploits those subjects to surprisingly hilarious effect in &l…
“ The Closeness of the Horizon,” a guest production at the Odyssey, transpires primarily in the years 1969 and 1995. The play was supposedly inspired by playwright Richard Marti…
“The Fool and the Red Queen,” a world premiere at the Lounge Theatre, is actually two distinct plays – the sixth and seventh offerings in Murray Mednick’s “Gary…
In analyzing any of August Wilson's works, one should get down to basics -- those commonalities that recur in play after play. Â
From director to playwright to cast, many of those participating in “Linthead,” a guest production at Santa Monica Playhouse, are alums of Carnegie Mellon.Â
Rita O'Farrell's “Pedestrian,” now at the Lounge Theatre, initially debuted at the 2011 Hollywood Fringe Festival. There's still something palpably “fringey” abou…
In their kaleidoscopic staging, co-directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott provide color and movement in abundance. And like it we do.In their kaleidoscopic staging, co-director…
Noel Coward s "Private Lives" has been produced prolifically since it first hit the boards in 1930.Noel Coward s "Private Lives" has been produced prolifically since it first hit the boards …
