Front Door Open - Theatre Review

Posted By Erin Fair

Review by Erin Fair David Selby and Joanna Miles. Photo by Ed Krieger Front Door Open is a play about an agoraphobic woman named Eleanor and how it affects her surrounding family. She hasn't left her house in years and is comfortable with it due to ...

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Love and Information - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Review by Suzanne Birrell (l-r) Dan Via, Melina Bielefelt, Cindy Nguyen, Michael Evans Lopez, Sarah Rosenberg, Alexander Wells, Daniel Getzoff, Betsy Moore, Ashley Steed. Photo by Mainak Dhar Love and Information a dexterous montage written by award ...

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Women w/o Walls - Theatre Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

Reviewed by Rachel Flanagan Kristin Carey and Esther Mira. Photo by Alex Moy Women w/o Walls is a new twist on the story of Charon the ferryman on the River Styx as he transports the dead to a final resting place. Using concepts from both Dante's ...

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Entertainment - Film Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

Review by Rachel Flanagan In 2012, director Rick Alverson delivered the 2012 Sundance competition entry The Comedy to audiences who found it anything but a comedy. Instead, the film was a tragic case study of a thirty-something slacker leading a ...

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Toys: A Dark Fairytale - Theatre Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A Review by Rachel Flanagan Julia Ubrankovics & Tunde Skovran Toys: A Dark Fairytale is anything but your average run of the mill fairytale. Instead, it is a dark story of two young women who grew up in two completely different worlds but come to ...

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The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek- Theatre Review

Posted By Erin Fair

A Review by Erin Fair "The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek" begins as the story of real-life "outsider artist" Nukain Mabuza, (Thomas Silcott) is forced to face his legacy as a painter, a person, and a black man in 1980s South Africa. With him is a ...

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The Exit Intervview (An Existential Comedy) -Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Davey Johnson and Catie LeOrisa If Ionesco is your cup of tea, you will definitely enjoy The Exit Interview (An Existential Comedy) now playing at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. The Exit Interview is wacky fun, ...

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The Emperer's New Clothes- Theatre Review

Posted By Jen Brown

A review by Jen Brown. Lukas Bailey as the Emperor, James Patrick Cronin as Ronald, Julie McKay as Princess Felicity, Kathy Garrick as Beatrice. Presented by Storybook Theatre. Photo Credit: David P. Johnson. What do you get when you combine a sweet ...

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Ghoulmaster's Haunted Playhouse- Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

Reviewed by Harrison Held Ghoulmaster and his Ghosts. Photo:Bianca Sanchez The slick, glitzy and glamorous new show Ghoulmaster's Haunted Playhouse opened at the Hudson Theatre Main Stage Friday night right on time to kick off a festive and sexy ...

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American Falls - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Review by Suzanne Birrell American Falls presented by the Echo Theatre Company and now showing at Atwater Village Theatre is a vignette of American life where good and bad things happen to your neighbors but no one interacts much. The time is ...

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Hooked - Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

Reviewed by Harrison Held Hooked is a raw and provocative new drama written by indie actress Jillian Leigh which recently opened at the cozy Ruby Theatre on Santa Monica Boulevard. It is presented as part of the Los Angeles Theater Festival 2015 ...

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The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

Posted By Harrison Held

Reviewed by Harrison Held Emily Rose McLeod (l.) , Anne Leyden,Jacque Lynn Colton, Donald Moore, Scott Seiffert. All photographs by Charlie Mount The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 is a fun zinger full who-done-it trip to the past written by John ...

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Sibling Rivalry - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne

Review by Harrison Held SIBLING RIVALRY featuring Lone Star by James McLure & Rosemary with Ginger by Edward Allen Baker I attended the exciting successful opening of two one acts directed by actor Troy Ruptash last night at the cozy Lounge ...

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Dating: Adults Embracing Failure - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

Review by Bill Garry Nichols and May. Stiller and Meara. Lanzet and Voeltner. You know the first two sets of names as legendary male/female comedy teams. Let me introduce the third -- Josh Lanzet and Lindy Voeltner -- who have what it takes to also ...

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Conscious Getting Unstuck - Homeless To Hollywood Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

Review by Harrison Held Dr. Merle' Conscious Soden presents an inspiring one woman show with special guests called Conscious Getting Unstuck - Homeless To Hollywood based on her real life traumatic experiences and life changing 360's. Merle/Conscious ...

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