The Bench: A Homeless Love Story - Theatre Review

Posted By Stana Milanovich

By Stana Milanovich Robert Galinsky in "The Bench: A Homeless Love Story" Photo by Aidan Grant Claiming squatter's rights at one of the Hudson Theater's three theater spaces in the heart of Hollywood's Theater Row, is a very interesting one-man show. ...

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All Night Long - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn (L-R) Phillip William Brock, Caroline Klidonas, John Patrick Daly, Alina Phelan, Cat Davis in All Night Long Photo by Darrett Sanders From the opening laugh track when Eddie takes the stage, there's no doubt that John O'Keefe's All ...

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Rope - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn David Huynh and Burt Grinstead in Rope Photo by Larry Sandez The Actors Co-Op kicks off their 27th season with a production of Patrick Hamilton's Rope, the 1929 play that was adapated into a film by Alfred Hitchcock, a film widely ...

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Wolf Cub - Theatre Review

Posted By Tracey Paleo

By Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move Devin Ketko in "Wolf Cub" Photo by Ivan Mrsic It is acutely apparent from the moment actress Devin Ketko appears, crouched in the eeriest corner of the shadowy, barren McCadden Theatre stage, that the very pitch black ...

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A Night with Janis Joplin - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry A Night with Janis Joplin at the La Mirada Theatre Photo by Jason Niedle Editors Note: Discover Hollywood's roving reporter Bill Garry ventured down to La Mirada to bring us this review. Randy Johnson's A Night with Janis Joplin turns ...

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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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