Blog Posts in 2024

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MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA - Rogue Machine at the Matrix Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Michael Edwards Monsters of the American Cinema is a beautiful surprise. A well-acted two person play written by Eugene O'Neill Award Finalist, Christian St. Croix and directed by Rogue Machine founding Executive Director John Perrin ... Continue reading » Permalink
TWELFTH NIGHT - Actors Co-op Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Actors Co-op David Schall Theater April 7, 2024 Reviewed by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com "Some are born great. Some achieve greatness and Some have greatness thrust upon them." - Malvolio, 2,v The Actor's Coop achieved a bit of greatness on ... Continue reading » Permalink
CINDERELLA - Theatre West Storybook Theatre Posted By DH Magazine CINDERELLA - A musical for children and their families at Theatre West Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck What a fun show with lots of interesting choices! A wicked stepmother, who is not so wicked (Barbara Mallory), has two puppets on each of her arms as ... Continue reading » Permalink
BIRTHDAY PARTY: A THEATRICAL CATASTROPHE - Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Michael Edwards Nick Ullett is a joy to take in on the stage in Rogue Machine's production of The Birthday Party - A Theatrical Catastrophe. The production is a rich hour of classic by the fireside storytelling made all the better by its ... Continue reading » Permalink
CHICAGO - Hollywood Pantages - Chris Cassone Review Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Chris Cassone (cc@chriscassone.com) March 6, 2024 - in pouring rain "Roxie. You got nothing to worry about. It's all a circus, kid. A three-ring circus. This trial - the whole world - all show business." The Twenties called and, boy, do ... Continue reading » Permalink
THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT - Pacific Resident Theatre Company Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Michael Edwards [pictured from L-R: Bruce Nozick, Tobias Echeverria, Robert Lesser] Pacific Resident Theatre's production of Academy Award Winning Wolf Mankowitz' play THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT (also an Academy Award Winning Short) is truly a ... Continue reading » Permalink
A FROGGY BECOMES - Open Fist at Atwater Village Theatre Posted By DH Magazine An Open Fist Theatre Production Reviewed by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com Teenage angst is coming earlier and earlier for the youth. Mine started around fourteen and peaked when I got my driving license at sixteen. For Bumpy Diggs, it's seventh ... Continue reading » Permalink
SKINNY PUPPY - Belasco Theater DTLA December 12 2023 Posted By DH Magazine Industrial Music Pioneers Skinny Puppy Sell Out Four Shows in DTLA By Dana Benson Topdown999@gmail.com In early December 2023, the influential industrial rock band Skinny Puppy completed their farewell tour with four shows at the Belasco Theater in ... Continue reading » Permalink
CHICAGO - The Pantages Hollywood - Amanda Callas Review Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Amanda Callas Chicago is a slinky, sensual, genderqueer, minimal production of the smash hit 1975 classic musical at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The mood of the show is sexy, Brechtian, and cynical. Chicago darkly satirizes the ... Continue reading » Permalink
FOOTLOOSE - Colony Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Footloose is an iconic tale, where wishes come true after a long period of living in the shadow of tragedy and grief over a loss of a loved one, and where dancing and singing are strongly prohibited. The story is told with ... Continue reading » Permalink
SEX WITH STRANGERS - McCadden Place Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com Touted as one of the most produced plays of the decade, Red Jasper Entertainment's production of Sex with Strangers was unknown to this reviewer, and just as well. Yes, it was a New York Times Critic ... Continue reading » Permalink
FATHERLAND - Fountain Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck The election is upon us and reflecting on January 6 events gives us an inclination to look at what happened with the families whose harmony and love was disturbed on that day. Based on official court testimony, public ... Continue reading » Permalink
THE 2024 LA ART SHOW - By Dana Benson and Chris Cassone Posted By DH Magazine The LA Modern and Contemporary Art show opened last Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at the LA Convention Center and ran for five days, closing this past Sunday. It featured over one hundred and twenty galleries, museums, and art organizations from over ... Continue reading » Permalink
IT'S A WRAP - LA Art Show Posted By DH Magazine The LA Art Show, LA's largest and longest-running art fair, wrapped up its 29th iteration following a triumphant return to the Los Angeles Convention Center from February 14 through 18, 2024. Guided by producer and director Kassandra Voyagis, the ... Continue reading » Permalink
A PERMANENT IMAGE - Pacific Resident Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Michael Edwards A Permanent Image at the Pacific Resident Theatre is wonderfully entertaining and simultaneously dark work. Run, don't walk to see this play. Masterful writing meets a tight team of intelligent, talented and very generous ... Continue reading » Permalink
THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN' - The Hollywood Museum Posted By DH Magazine With more than 35 entertainers represented in this year's exhibit is sure to delight featuring costumes of many favorite stars from their films, TV, and concert appearances including: Eddie Murphy, Queen Latifah, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, ... Continue reading » Permalink
OPEN CALL: APOPHENIA - Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park Posted By DH Magazine By Amalisha HuEck In celebration of its 70 th year anniversary, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), Barnsdall Art Park on Hollywood Boulevard, reopened its doors after being closed for many years. To celebrate, it's presented a city ... Continue reading » Permalink
ARROWHEAD - IAMA Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck IAMA Theatre Company launched its new comedy Arrowhead by Catya McMullen about a radical change in a person's life when a young woman is attracted to girls, while at the same time longs for having a sexual encounter with ... Continue reading » Permalink
THE WIZ - Hollywood Pantages Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Michael Edwards The Los Angeles Pantages Theater opening of THE WIZ offers up a dazzling GenZ revival of the classic 1975 production. Though time and place may have kept the original works' cultural impact locked away somewhere in the ... Continue reading » Permalink
MIDDLE OF THE WORLD - Rogue Theatre Company at Matrix Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Michael Edwards Rogue Machine's "Middle of the World" written by Juan Jose Alfonso and directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos is a night of sharp storytelling, with an enlightening human discussion centered by a brilliant lead performance. The ... Continue reading » Permalink
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