When George isn't criticizing shows on the internet, you can find him criticizing other things in person.He has a degree in Theatre Arts from Cal State Long Beach, and has previously worked for Center Theatre Group's Development Department and Walt Disney Concert Hall's resident chorus, The Los Angeles Master Chorale. He has since sold his soul, and is attending law school at Chapman University School of Law, where he is pursuing his J.D.
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September 18, 2017
As you age, every wrinkle and liver spot on your face tells a story, and there are some stories you would rather just forget.
June 19, 2017
The technical bloopers this show experienced would give Spiderman: Turn off the Dark a run for its money. While I still loved this production, I feel like it opened a week before it should have
June 7, 2017
You will feel like you are drowning when watching this modern love tale
June 5, 2017
Panic! Productions staged the darkest rendition of Little Shop of Horrors I have ever seen.
May 20, 2017
This piece works much better as something you would see drunk in a bar in the 90s
April 24, 2017
If you find yourself in Downtown Long Beach, be sure to catch this unique show.
April 3, 2017
Rules of Seconds is easily the best new play that has premiered in Los Angeles this year.
March 27, 2017
This show is the very definition of a slow burning candle. More aptly put, a slow burning candle whose wick winds up being connected to a thousand pounds of dynamite that blows your face off without any warning.
March 27, 2017
Anyone who is a fan of creepy stuff will love this show.
March 20, 2017
This Ode to Hell's Kitchen is a hazy, heartwarming, homage to the playwright's memory of the neighborhood she grew up in and once loved.
March 20, 2017
If American Horror Story decided to do a season set in the time of ancient mythical English kings, you would get Julia Rodriguez-Elliott's King Lear. I highly recommend this eerie interpretation of one of Shakespeare's most produced works.
March 13, 2017
Cupcake Studio's production of Green Day's American Idiot oozes of freshness in Trump's America. There was never a dull moment in this high energy, headbanging, production. The power of this show rests in its pure energy, and the cast certainly delivered.
March 13, 2017
Cal State Long Beach's Theatre Arts Department practiced two hours of theatre alchemy spinning Kirsten Childs' manure of a script into pure gold. Hats off to Dr. Jaye Austin Williams, and her unbelievably talented cast and team of designers for turning this banal and poorly written story into an enjoyable masterpiece!
March 6, 2017
Attending this show is closer to sitting through a college philosophy lecture, taught by the campus' resident bat-shit insane tenured professor, than it is a night out at the theatre.
February 27, 2017
There's still one week left to catch 946: THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS at Beverly Hill's Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Emma Rice and Paul Crewes were nice enough to take time to talk about UK-based Kneehigh's latest touring show.
February 20, 2017
Cal State Long Beach's spring season is off to a strong start, and their upcoming shows have a tough act to follow.
February 13, 2017
946 offers two and a half hours of eye-candy and magic.
January 30, 2017
This repulsive piece of filth has cult following written all over it.
January 30, 2017
A little bit of King Hedley's ambition might have rubbed off on television actress turned theatrical producer Sophina Brown. Better known as Nikki Betancourt from CBS's hit NUMB3RS, Brown has delved into the Los Angeles 99-seat theatre scene with the goal of producing all ten of August Wilson's plays in the Century Cycle. First up -- KING HEDLEY II, which opened last Thursday at the Matrix Theatre in West Hollywood.
January 9, 2017
Hollywood Boulevard's newest theatre troupe is one to keep an eye on.
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