298 stories by "Vanessa Cate"
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The View Upstairs Reviewed by Neal Weaver Celebration Theatre at the Lex Through October 29Â RECOMMENDED The Upstairs Lounge was a lively and popular New Orleans gay bar till 1973, when a…
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Heartbreak Help Reviewed by Paul Birchall Dorie Theatre at the Complex Through October 1 RECOMMENDEDDirector Stan Zimmerman's remount of Justin Tanner's piquant 1996 comedy provides the oppo…
Walking To Buchenwald Reviewed by Paul Birchall Open Fist Theatre Company Through October 21 RECOMMENDED It's hard to define the tone of playwright Tom Jacobson's excellent new play, a decep…
Big Night Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Kirk Douglas Theatre Through October 8 Big Night is a play with aspirations bigger than it can deliver on. The new work by playwright Paul Rudnick wants …
See/Saw Reviewed by Terry Morgan Civic Center Studios Through October 8 RECOMMENDED Theatre is an inherently magical experience. When done correctly, a stage, a set and some actors becom…
Runaway Home Reviewed by Neal Weaver Fountain Theatre Through November 5Â RECOMMENDED Two years after Hurricane Katrina, playwright Jeremy J. Kamps went to New Orleans as a volunteer, "gu…
A Tale of Two Cities Reviewed by Vanessa Cate A Noise Within Through November 19 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Although the opening line from Charles Dickens's A Tal…
Frida Stroke of Passion Reviewed by Julio Martinez Macha Theatre Through October 1 The tantalizing history of legendary artist/political activist Frida Kahlo is extensively examined in F…
Carmen Disruption Reviewed by Neal Weaver City Garage Theatre Through October 15Â RECOMMENDEDÂ Playwright Simon Stephens (Heisenberg, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)…
Daytona Reviewed by Paul Birchall Rogue Machine Theatre at the MET Through October 30Â RECOMMENDED Playwright Oliver Cotton's elegiac and unexpectedly thrilling drama carries the weight o…
Once Reviewed by Katie Buenneke South Coast Repertory Through September 30 Mounting the first regional production of a show that recently played on Broadway puts the creative team between a …
Pterodactyls Reviewed by Terry Morgan The Commissary at The Culver Studios Through Sept. 24 A frequent complaint heard over the years is that the film and TV industry doesn't do anyt…
Other Desert Cities Reviewed by Jess Linde Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum Through October 1st In the Theatricum Botanicum's production of Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities, family …
Alternative Acts Reviewed by Lovell Estell III Theatre of NOTE Through September 16 Aside from its pleasantly eccentric quality, one of the more entertaining components of this slate of one-…
Emelie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight Reviewed by Terry Morgan Greenway Court Theatre Through Sept. 17 One of the positive uses of art is to shine a light on historical…
The Dreamer Examines His Pillow Reviewed by Neal Weaver The Lounge Theatre Through September 24Â RECOMMENDEDÂ John Patrick Shanley is practically unique among American playwrights in t…
Arsenic and Old Lace Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Through October 8 There's something strangely delightful about two old aunties on a murder spree. Their murders couldn'…
Welcome to the White Room Reviewed by Neal Weaver Theatre of Note Through September 17 In Trish Harnetiaux's bizarre dark comedy, three slightly mad scientists find themselves stranded in an…
Blackbird Reviewed by Lovell Estell III GTC Burbank Through Sept. 17Â RECOMMENDED David Harrower's edgy psychodrama has had many successful iterations over the years (most recently at thi…
Hamilton Reviewed by Jess Linde The Pantages Through December 30Â RECOMMENDEDÂ The West Coast debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda's cultural phenomenon about the founding father Alexander Hami…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Reviewed by Paul Birchall Ahmanson Theatre Through Sept 10 RECOMMENDED Los Angeles is fortunate to have the opportunity to enjoy this lavish…
The Bald Soprano and The Lesson Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Santa Monica Playhouse Through August 26 In troubled times like these, there should be something rewarding in unwinding with absurd…
Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist Reviewed by Terry Morgan Celebration Theatre at the Lex Through Aug. 31st There's a special subset of shows that parody or examine a particular cele…
