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The Consul, the Tramp and America's Sweetheart Reviewed by Lyle Zimskind Theatre 40 Through December 18 RECOMMENDED On Saturday morning our President-Elect angrily demanded that a theater pr…
When Jazz Had the Blues Reviewed by Neal Weaver Matrix Theatre Through December 18 RECOMMENDED Pianist/composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn (Frank Lawson) grew up in a family dominated by hi…
"You may ask, as Tevye put it, what right does a critic or commentator have to prescribe or exhort on behalf of what perhaps ought to be regarded as an internal conflict between actors and t…
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Waiting for Grace Reviewed by Julio Martinez Odyssey TheatreThrough December 11 Sharon Sharth's loosely autobiographical play about the seriocomic journey of an attractive middle-aged actres…
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How To Love a RepublicanReviewed by Paul Birchall Santa Monica Playhouse Through December 18 You almost have to feel sorry for the ensemble in playwright Jerry Mayer's so-called political ro…
Letters to Eve Reviewed by Neal Weaver Miles Memorial Playhouse Through November 20 Some years ago, I had the good fortune to direct a play about the unjust and unconstitutional   �…
A Touch of the Poet Reviewed by Terry Morgan Pacific Resident Theatre Through December 18th Dramatically, antiheroes are more interesting to write about and portray than standard heroes …
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"Because when the world seems upside down and inside out, when reliable sources are no longer reliable, when reason starts to sound like babble, and babble like reason, when the Russian Duma…
Hedwig and the Angry InchReviewed by Terry Morgan Hollywood Pantages Theatre Through November 27thRECOMMENDEDWhen a tale that features a botched sex-change operation, plenty of blow job refe…
MacbethReviewed by Neal WeaverThe Shakespeare Center of Los AngelesThrough November 20When Mrs. Patrick Campbell was rehearsing for her debut in the role of Hamlet's Ophelia, her mentor, Geo…
Hansel & Gretel BluegrassReviewed by Lovell Estell III24th Street TheatreThrough December 11 RECOMMENDEDIt's truly puzzling that many of the world's most celebrated children's stories of…
UrinetownReviewed by Paul Birchall Coeurage Theatre Company at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center Through December 3 RECOMMENDED It is a terrible thing for a theater critic to admit, but I'…
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Vicuña Reviewed by Neal Weaver Kirk Douglas Theatre Through November 20 RECOMMENDEDPlaywright Jon Robin Baitz has always tended to treat his subject matter obliquely and to view it from a…
The Cross-Over Reviewed by Paul Birchall Actors Forum Theater Through November 19 This strange play by Eugene H. Butler boasts a number of offbeat quirky ideas, but they are hampered by lack…
Other People's MoneyReviewed by Julio MartinezInterAct Theatre Company at Pico PlayhouseThrough November 20RECOMMENDEDOther People's Money, Jerry Sterner's 1989 examination of a Wall Street …
Vonnegut USA Reviewed by Deborah KlugmanThe Next Arena at Atwater Village TheatreThrough November 20 Kurt Vonnegut was a prolific writer, perhaps best known for his anti-war Slaughterhouse F…
