QUEEN OF THE RHUMBA - Casa 0101 (Boyle Heights)

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Reviewed by Michael Edwards (To honor Hispanic Heritage Month, Discover Hollywood ventured eastward out of Hollywood to Boyle Heights. It was well worth the trip.) Josefina Lopez's ("Real Women Have Curves") brand new world premiere work, " Queen of ...

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HOW IT'S GON' BE - Echo Theatre Company

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck The power of love is a driving force here, where great mom loves with rules, helping her son get into adulthood. On one beautiful summer day dad shows up unexpectedly with the promise to stay longer this time, and the day ...

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BLOOD AT THE ROOT - Open Fist Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck The first thing, after entering the theatre, one stares at the magnificent, giant, precisely created tree (designed by Joel David) with roots, branches, and leaves, bathed in a perfect spectrum of colors and wonders, 'How ...

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AN INFINITE ACHE - Crimson Square Theatre Company

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Life authors interesting stories and when two people are destined to explore life's blessings and challenges - a lot can happen in a short or a long period of time. An Infinite Ache is a romantic tale of two people, Hope ...

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WALKING IN SPACE - World Premiere at Theatre West

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Theatre West presents an intriguing truth of addiction and its effects in the World Premiere of Walking in Space by Garry Michael Kluger. Through resourceful true story of a single-family home where the mother Francine ...

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FABULATION OR RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE - Hudson Backstage Theatre

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Reviewed by Michael Edwards Fabulation or Re-education of Undine, at the Hudson Theatre Backstage is a strong staging of the consistently insightful human work of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Lynne Nottage. Directed by and starring the very ...

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Disney's ALADDIN - Pantages Theatre

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Reviewed by Amanda Callas Disney's hit Broadway musical Aladdin returns to the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for two weeks of glorious fun. This is a work of bedazzling, astonishing showmanship through and through, and you couldn't imagine a more ...

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HUNGRY GHOST - Skylight Theatre

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Reviewed by Amanda Callas The world premiere play Hungry Ghost by Lisa Sanaye Dring at Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz is a live wire act of fearless humor, grief, and existential dread. By turns, it is intoxicatingly bold, laugh-out-loud funny, ...

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HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING - Rogue Machine (at the Matrix Theatre)

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Reviewed by Michael Edwards The Pulitzer Prize nominated Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery, now running at the Matrix Theater is more than what the critics have been raving about for years now (i.e., "Astonishing and Riveting -NEW YORK ...

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KILL SHELTER - Theatre of NOTE

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Reviewed by Amanda Callas Kill Shelter is a powerful world premiere play by Ashley Rose Wellman at Theatre of Note in Hollywood. This grounded, slice of life drama tells the quiet story of a single mother who works in a public animal shelter. Kill ...

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WALKING THE BEAT 2023 - C.H.I.N. Critical Hope Is Needed - Fountain Theatre

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C.H.I.N UP - Critical Hope is Needed Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Walking The Beat 2023 is the movement of the transformative power of live theatre by getting together the Fountain Voices Students and our everyday LAPD officers. This ground-breaking ...

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VENUS IN FUR - McCadden Place Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck A funny and exciting play, Venus In Fur by David Ives, set in New York City, begins with the meeting of an actress and director at a theatre audition. The dark comedy is sexy, erotic, clever and full of surprises. This ...

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CRABS IN A BUCKET - Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck What an interesting idea! Getting into crabs' mentality and their survival mechanism. A funny allegorical play Crabs In A Bucket is a story of four crabs whose main desire is to get out of the bucket and to explore the ...

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A BLACK AND WHITE COOKIE - SkyPilot Theatre Company at 905 Cole Theatre

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Reviewed by Amanda Callas SkyPilot Theatre Company's West Coast Premiere of A Black and White Cookie is a delightful, thought-provoking play at the lovely 905 Cole Theatre in Hollywood. This endearing comedy by playwright Gary Morgenstein is sweet ...

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BEETLEJUICE - The Hollywood Pantages Theatre

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Reviewed by Michael Edwards The touring company show of Beetlejuice at the Hollywood Pantages Theater is a stunning display of top tier stagecraft, showmanship and absolutely irreverent fun. It's rumored Michael Keaton improvised almost 90% of his ...

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