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Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel to HamletReviewed by Terry Morgan Sacred Fools Theater Through November 5th The most painful duty of a critic is watching a group of very talented people kn…
"A look at Davidson's artistic resume is a true walk through the hallowed history of LA theater, with his involvement in an astonishing range of important drama. When August Wilson's dramas…
"Generally speaking, your ability or inability to raise 20% of your goal is an excellent indicator of your overall fundraising capacity. For example, if you can only raise $1,600 in founda…
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Bright Colors and Bold PatternsReviewed by Deborah KlugmanCelebration Theatre at The LexThrough November 14 Humor is subjective.In this case the show in question is writer/performer Drew Dro…
"But there's a question beyond what we should expect from the Bard. That question is, how should we process our disappointment on those occasions that Shakespeare's productions come up short…
The MaidsReviewed by Paul Birchall A Noise Within Through November 12One of the great works of the Theater of the Absurd, Jean Genet's towering 1947 opus of anger and desolation is a sort of…
Bars and MeasuresReviewed by Neal WeaverBoston Court TheatreThrough October 23 RECOMMENDEDBars and measures are, of course, musical terms. But they also evoke thoughts of prison bars and des…
Blueberry ToastReviewed by Deborah KlugmanAtwater Village TheatreThrough October 23 RECOMMENDEDBlueberry Toast may not feature a knockout script, but it sure packs a punch when inimitable pe…
All In The TimingReviewed by Lovell Estell IIIFlight Theatre at The ComplexThrough October 2RECOMMENDEDPlayfulness and the unexpected inform this sextet of one-acts by David Ives. Not all of…
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The Beauty, The Banshee & MeReviewed by Julio MartinezThe Whitefire TheatreThrough October 23Cathy Lind Hayes begins her solo journey by offering a rapid but soft-spoken rap on her fight…
The FantasticksReviewed by Mayank Keshaviah The Pasadena Playhouse Through October 2 RECOMMENDEDI first saw The Fantasticks as an undergrad in college and loved it immediately. It was a simp…
The Play About the BabyReviewed by Neal WeaverThe Road Theatre on MagnoliaThrough November 5 RECOMMENDEDAs I was driving to The Road Theatre to see this Edward Albee play, the radio news ann…
A View from the BridgeReviewed by Terry Morgan Ahmanson Theatre Through October 16 The Young Vic production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge was roundly praised in both London and N…
Our TownReviewed by Lovell Estell IIIActors' Co-op, David Schall TheatreThrough Oct. 23 It's been nearly eighty years since Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning paean to small town Ameri…
"'I still have 29 plays,' Albee said in our 2007 interview, 'and I don't think more than seven or eight have been commercially successful. When nine of my plays had been flops, not returning…
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ArcadiaReviewed by Vanessa Cate A Noise Within Through November 20 RECOMMENDED"Septimus, what is carnal embrace?"So begins Tom Stoppard's 1993 masterpiece, Arcadia. Thomasina Coverly (Erika …
Ma Rainey's Black BottomReviewed by Paul Birchall Mark Taper Forum Through October 16 RECOMMENDEDAt the Opening Night performance of director Phylicia Rashad's powerful staging of playwright…
"Well, now, after several weeks during which members rearranged their schedules to attend, the union abruptly postponed the meeting. According to a letter, posted on the AEA website, from Ex…
All the WayReviewed by Terry Morgan South Coast Repertory Through October 2 RECOMMENDEDTheatre based on the recreation of history can be frustrating. On the one hand, one never knows how muc…
CharmReviewed by Neal WeaverCelebration Theatre at The LexThrough October 23 RECOMMENDEDA charm school for transvestites? It sounds like an odd premise for a serious piece of theatre, conjur…
