Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry I was smiling from the minute the curtain opened on Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, now running at the Hollywood Pantages. The show is highly polished, fast-moving, and funny. My smile stayed on throughout the show, but Beautiful is ...

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Gloria - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn Devere Rogers, Alana Dietze, Jenny Soo Photo by Darrett Sanders It's hard to know what to say about the Echo Theatre Company's production of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Gloria without giving away too much of the plot. It starts off as ...

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Othello - Theatre Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Old wine in new bottles doesn't always taste delicious, but such was definitely not the case when this reporter attended the opening night of Shakespeare's Othello performed by the Griot Theatre of the West Valley at The Actors ...

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Swansong - Theatre Review

Posted By Tracey Paleo

by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move André de Vanny in Swansong. Photo by Yure Covich. The Australian Theatre Company's solo show Swansong, written by Connor McDermottroe, currently playing at the Skylight Theater, Los Feliz, guts all ideas about who is ...

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American Saga - Gunshot Medley: Part 1 - Theatre Review

Posted By Stana Milanovich

By Stana Milanovich Sha'Leah Nikole Stubblefield and Cherise Boothe Photo by Cristian Kreckler American Saga - Gunshot Medley: Part 1, by the brilliant young playwright Dionna Michelle Daniel, is the inaugural piece in the American Saga series ...

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A Light in Dark Places - Theatre Review

Posted By Stana Milanovich

By Stana Milanovich It takes a bit to find the Stella Adler Lab Theater. Hollywood Boulevard is noisy and bright, and the Lab is tucked in a dim gap, set back from the street. Someone will lead you past the opacity of locked doors, up the stairs ...

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Time Stands Still - Theater Review

Posted By Harrison Held

By Harrison Held Paul Uricioli, Kelly Fischer, Jamie Zwick and Nicole Pacent in Time Stands Still Photo by Sami Kolko Last night I saw a very moving and poignant production of Time Stands Still very well directed by Joel Zwick (My Big Fat Greek ...

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Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood - Theatre Review

Posted By Stana Milanovich

By Stana Milanovich The company of Theatre of NOTE's West Coast premiere production of MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD PHOTO CREDIT: Darrett Sanders Theater of Note presents the delightful Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood, as the ...

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Jews, Christians, and Screwing Stalin at the Matrix Theatre - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn As the play begins, the ghostly Zayde Murray appears, explaining that what you are about to see is "your typical Jewish kitchen-table comedy filled with bitterness, anger, sarcasm and love." And really, nothing I can say here will can ...

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You Are Perfect - Theatre Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Kristin Samuelson, Michael Wiener, and Lindsay Danielle Gitter, in YOU ARE PERFECT Convicted Manson Family member Susan Atkins is the focus of the critically-acclaimed off-Broadway production, YOU ARE PERFECT, starring Lindsay ...

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Waitress - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

B y Kathy Flynn Charity Angél Dawson, Desi Oakley, and Lenne Klingman in Waitress Photo by Joan Marcus. Waitress, now playing at the Hollywood Pantages, is a story about female friendship and empowerment and taking what life gives you and making the ...

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"Mayakovsky and Stalin" perfectly dehumanizes its own themes

Posted By Victor Kong

By Victor Kong Daniel Dorr and Laura Liguori as Mayakovsky and Lilya Photo by Ed Krieger It is inevitable that there be no more apt moment in time to evaluate our reflections of the Stalinist regime than today. In understanding Russia and its ...

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Under Milk Wood - Theatre Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

By Rachel Flanagan Bruce A. Dickinson and Ensemble Photo by Darrett Sanders "To begin at the beginning: It is spring, moonless night in the small town" and with that, Dylan Thomas draws you into a day in the life of the residents of a small Welsh ...

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The Motherf*cker with the Hat - Theatre Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Stephen Adly Guirgis's dark comedic play about obsessions, love, addiction and betrayal is directed by NAACP award-winner and veteran actress Gloria Gifford at her Conservatory's new home in Hollywood. The dark comedic and ...

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Famous - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn Alexander Daly (Ryan), Thomas McNamara (Brody), and Christopher Dietrick (Jason) in Famous at the 11:11. Photo by Genevieve Marie Photography Jason Mast, teen actor turned Hollywood megastar, has just received his first Oscar ...

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