689 stories from Footlights
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS (AHMANSON): 90% " SWEET SWEET In the last 25 years or so, what might be called the post-Sondheim period, it has been a lucky year indeed when there appears a major musica…
World Premiere of “ModRock” Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2013 " The era of the British Music Invasion comes alive in "ModRock," a new musical, which is having its world premiere enga…
Attack Of The Rotting Corpses (Zombie Joe): 100% – Sweet SWEET Written by Zombie Joe himself and performed at Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre in North Hollywood, "Attack of the Rottin…
AT THE FLASH: 100% " SWEET SWEET His timing bouncing in-and-out of different characters is perfection and his work allows you to see each character clearly and distinctly. Mike Pingel " LA E…
THE FANTASTICKS (SOUTH COAST REP): 94% " SWEET SWEET It's easy to see why The Fantasticks is the longest running production in the history of American theatre. It's equally easy to see why t…
Katie Lowes By Graham Sibley After spending just a moment or two with Katie Lowes it's easy to understand why she is so busy. You don't have to look too hard and you'll see her either si…
Theatre and religion, two topics not to be discussed in polite company. No, wait, that's politics and religion, but then that's pretty much being redundant. Ok, here's what we're really talk…
The award winning Rogue Machine Theatre presents World Premiere of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI by Kemp Powers. Opening June 8th, 2013 in Los Angeles. Tickets and info at www.RogueMachineTheatre.com
East West Players with generous support from the S. Mark Taper Endowment for East West Players presents: CHESS Book by Richard Nelson Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Benny Andersson & Bjorn …
OPENING NIGHT (THEATRE 40): 92% " SWEET SWEET The show beamed with brilliance… from the direction, acting, and writing. Even the set decorators were deserving of applause, proving yet agai…
THE CRUCIBLE (ANTAEUS): 94% " SWEET SWEET Arthur Miller's dramatization of the Salem witch trials has rarely if ever seemed as timeless or proven as powerful as it does in The Antaeus Compan…
The Los Angeles Theatre scene is vast and at times disparate, there has been one voice which tried to bind the scene over the last four decades. That voice was Lee Melville. A writer, critic…
International City Theatre invites high school students to see shows for FREE International City Theatre is offering high school students free tickets to preview performances for the reminde…
THE SIZE OF PIKE (MOVING ARTS): 100% " SWEET SWEET Boys will be boys and men will be men, though the distinction between the two is more likely one of personal income rather than emotional m…
THE WOMEN (THEATRE WEST): 100% " SWEET SWEET These divas under Lewis' fine pace are fun and most definitely entertaining. Luce's perspectives are intelligent; The Women is a marvel for its t…
THE MATCHMAKER (ACTORS CO-OP): 100% " SWEET SWEET In a season that has included a brilliantly reconceived The World Goes Round and superbly acted revivals of Agatha Christie's And Then There…
MY MOTHER'S KEEPER: 100% " SWEET SWEET The dialogue is engaging, amusing and at times quite touching. The acting is superb across the board with Zimmerman and Giosa stealing the best moments…
PARADE (3-D THEATRICALS): 100% " SWEET SWEET Unlike Uhry's dull-as-dishwater "Driving Miss Daisy," I found "Parade" consistently compelling, but a little too entertaining in an unsettling wa…
William Shakespeare’s Timon Athens performed by the Los Angeles Drama Club / Shakespeare in the City. Artistic Director Blair Baron Larsen, Executive Director Julia Walker Wyson, Co-Di…
ONE WHITE CROW: 100% " SWEET SWEET Playwright Dale Griffiths Stamos' drama boasts a charged debate about faith versus science that's engagingly even-handed and surprisingly evocative. Paul B…
REAL MEN SING SHOW TUNES…AND PLAY WITH PUPPETS: 100% " SWEET SWEET If you need a good laugh right about now run, don't walk, to catch this kick of a show, which does for men what Menopause…
STEEL MAGNOLIAS (LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE): 100% " SWEET SWEET At the Laguna Playhouse, a solid cast distinguished by a couple of talented veterans delivers a well-crafted version of Robert Harling'…
CRUMBLE (LAY ME DOWN JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE) (THEATRE 68): 90% " SWEET SWEET Strip the play of all its craziness and universal struggles emerges that everyone deals with: death and discovering wh…
A bold and thrilling new musical from the creators of “Chicago” and “Cabaret.” “The Scottsboro Boys” will have you tapping your toes and screaming for…
HEMOPHELIA'S HOUSE OF HORRORS: 100% " SWEET SWEET The Visceral Company presents a frightfully fun excursion into laugh-out-loud funny horror; an eclectic collection of sketches that range fr…
