298 stories by "Vanessa Cate"
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Reviewed by Jenny Lower Antaeus Theatre Company Through December 10 RECOMMENDED Antaeus announced Christopher Hampton's 1987 adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses a…
This Land Reviewed by Gray Palmer Company of Angels Through November 13 RECOMMENDED With This Land, now receiving a world premiere at Company of Angels, playwright Evangeline Ordaz has w…
The Final Girl Reviewed by Vanessa Cate The School of Night Through November 4 Christopher Johnson has written a cinematic ode to classic horror flick fare. The play lets you know immediatel…
Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin Reviewed by Vanessa Cate East West Players & Rogue Artists Ensemble Through November 5 It is the joining of two disparate elements that so enticed me to s…
Sinner's Laundry Reviewed by Jess Linde IAMA Theater Company at the Lounge Theater Hollywood Through November 19 RECOMMENDEDStarting just after a mysterious mass disappearance of all but two…
The Ridiculous Darkness Reviewed by Neal Weaver Son of Semele Theatre Through November 12 RECOMMENDED German playwright Wolfram Lotz's play (translated by Daniel Brunet) is a zany satire on …
Hello Stranger Reviewed by Dana Martin Theatre of NOTE Through November 18thThe Inland Empire is a strange, strange place. Located approximately 60 miles east of L.A., it's a region that is …
In the Heights Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Musical Theatre West Through November 5 Lin-Manuel Miranda, that contemporary titan of musical theater, premiered his first show off-Broadway in 200…
The Daughters of the Kush Reviewed by Lovell Estell III Stella Adler Theatre Through October 29 A young white coed who aspired to join a historically black sorority mysteriously dies, prompt…
Mrs. Warren's Profession Reviewed by Katie Buenneke A Noise Within Through November 18Though it was written in 1893, George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs. Warren's Profession, now playing at A Noi…
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play Reviewed by Terry Morgan Sacred Fools Theater Company Through November 18 RECOMMENDED After the recent Equity nonsense, wherein said organization did what…
Absence Makes The Heart…/Comb Your Hair (Or You'll Look Like A Slave) Reviewed by Neal Weaver Arena Stage Through October 29The two one-acts that make up this double bill come to us via th…
Afterlife: A Ghost Story Reviewed by Paul Birchall Collaborative Artists Ensemble at Avery Schreiber Playhouse Through November 12 It's been observed that grief, particularly that grief whic…
The Woman in Black Reviewed by Gray Palmer Theatre Unleashed Through November 4 RECOMMENDED In a notably gothic corner of North Hollywood (zombies are nearby), Theatre Unleashed is presentin…
Our Town Reviewed by Dana Martin Deaf West at the Pasadena Playhouse Through October 22 RECOMMENDED Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer prize-winning play Our Town is an enduring American maste…
Time Alone Reviewed by Neal Weaver Los Angeles Theatre Center Through October 29 RECOMMENDED Playwright Alessandro Camon, an Oscar nominee for his screenplay for The Messenger, is deeply int…
Exit Strategy Reviewed by Paul Birchall Los Angeles LGBT Center Through November 5 RECOMMENDED What can we do about the failure of public education in America's inner cities? It's not ce…
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally Reviewed by Julio Martinez Working Barn Productions at the Odyssey Theatre Through October 8 The title of playwright Kevin Armento's dramatic excursion throu…
Resolving Hedda Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Victory Theatre Through November 12 Sometimes the best way to watch a movie or TV show is to kick back with a glass of wine and some friends and ye…
Grey Nomad Reviewed by Dana Martin Australian Theatre Company at the Skylight Theatre Through October 8 RECOMMENDED Growing old is often difficult terrain to navigate. Grey Nomad, a new play…
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Stupid Kid Reviewed by Terry Morgan The Road on Magnolia Through Nov. 12 To paraphrase a theater maxim of Edmund Kean's, "Tragedy is easy; comedy is hard." It's an assertion that's prove…
The Madwoman of Chaillot Reviewed by Deborah Klugman A Noise Within Through November 11Â Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot (translated by Maurice Valency) has always been one of m…
Billy Boy Reviewed by Jess Linde Playwrights' Arena/Atwater Village Theater Through October 15th RECOMMENDED Letting go of past mistakes is rarely easy, even when they are confronted on …
Deadalus' Daughter Reviewed by Gray Palmer Bootleg Theater Through September 30 RECOMMENDED The work of Carol Katz and her collaborators, in the dance play Deadalus' Daughter, posses…
