Shari Barrett
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Review: THE REAL LADY MACBETH World Premiere at The Actors Company
Interview: Director Ellen Geer on TREASURE ISLAND at Theatricum Botanicum
Review: Updated FLOWER DRUM SONG Returns to Los Angeles by East West Players
Interview: Writer/Performer Bleu Inkk of FOUND SUITABLE at Skylight Theatre
Review: HONOUR by Ruskin Group Theatre
Review: World Premiere E=MC² EINSTEIN THE MUSICAL Often Trades Depth for Silly Songs
I want to praise the quality of the large cast for their dedication to bringing so many authentic characters to life onstage while changing costumes, accents and physicality often in the blink of an eye.
Interview: Director Willow Geer of Noël Coward’s WAITING IN THE WINGS
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum presents Waiting in the Wings, a vibrant, funny, deeply humane comedy by Noël Coward that reminds us that a life well-lived is measured not by applause, but by connection.
Review: OUT WITH A BANG Proves Growing Older is not for Sissies
Out With a Bang Playwright Tony Pasqualini started writing it when he turned the dreaded 70 while feeling lucky to keep working in a profession he loves, married for forty years to the same loving woman, with two adult kids that live nearby.
Review: THE REAL LADY MACBETH World Premiere at The Actors Company
The intense production will pull into its spell thanks to the astonishingly real characters brought to life by four amazing actors who authentically portray these historical druids on the darkened and often spooky, mist-filled set.
Review: THE FIRST GENTLEMAN World Premiere Musical at Torrance Theatre Company
Director Glenn Kelman is to be commended for taking on the challenge of coordinating twenty cast members moving scenery and set pieces into place to create 22 set changes in 14 locations on such a small stage, as well as setting the timing of each Ameri-News video projection to forward the story.
Review: AMAZING GRAVES Sets Two Short Plays Inside the Same Cemetery
Have you ever wondered what really goes on in cemeteries when memories are shared with those seen and unseen at grave sites? Then head on over to see two, funny and life-affirming plays in this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, bundled together as Amazing Graves, produced by Amanda Lynne for Neo
Review: Diana Varco Shares Her Journey to RISE Above Childhood Rage
It's a very well done, confrontational hour-long play at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, but also life-affirming to know none of us are alone in the struggle for emotional maturity rather than turn to the easy crutches of overeating, alcohol abuse, drug use or unbridled sex to forget about
Interview: Creator/Director Hank Jacobs of THE GREAT CLOWN BANK SHOW
The Great Clown Bank Show skewers capitalist America with razor-toothed humor, exposing a world where wealth is the greatest magic trick of all — and everyone outside the ring is paying for it.
Interview: Director Ellen Geer on TREASURE ISLAND at Theatricum Botanicum
BroadwayWorld spoke with director Ellen Geer about her vision for the production, what drew her to adapt it for Theatricum Botanicum, and what she hopes audiences will love about the story as much as she does.
Review: 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica
9 to 5 the Musical was an enjoyably nostalgic experience for those of us who actually lived through working in mid-20th Century offices, albeit losing much humorous dialogue and lyrics due to the faulty sound system.
Review: GRANGEVILLE Staged to Absolute Perfection at the Ruskin Group Theatre
The West Coast premiere of Grangeville is staged to absolute perfection on all levels including the script, director, actors, and overall technical brilliance at the Ruskin Group Theatre.
Interview: Director Jamie Torcellini of THE REVOLUTIONISTS at ICT
Playwright Lauren Gunderson gives France’s Reign of Terror a riotous, sharp-tongued makeover with The Revolutionists, opening June 12 at International City Theatre.
Interview: Holly Sidell on Portraying Isabel in CROSSING DELANCEY
Told through a series of vignettes, Crossing Delancey examines Bubbie's belief in the old-world Jewish family custom of all young women needing to find a husband as soon as possible to settle down and raise a family against those of Isabel, a modern 1980s Jewish woman in New York City learning to st
Review: Impeccable World Premiere of HENRY ONG’S final play ASCENT
Along with the impeccable acting and Diana Wyenn's brilliant direction, the most striking element of the production is Randy Wong-Westbrooke’s scenic design which features a half-dome representation of a rocket engine.
Review: L.A. Premiere of Héctor Armienta’s ZORRO! by Pacific Opera Project
Based on the adventures of Johnston McCully's legendary pulp hero, Armienta infuses his opera with the music and sounds of early-19th century Alta California, including flamenco, corrido, and mariachi, with all performed exquisitely by the 24-member POP Orchestra.
Interview: Director Katie Spelman of BRIGADOON at Pasadena Playhouse
I spoke with Chicago born, Brooklyn-based director/choreographer Katie Spelman about her focus on the unique blend of fantasy, Golden Age musical style, and deep romantic themes of Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon she is helming at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Interview: Director Michael Michetti of EXIT THE KING at A Noise Within
Director Michael Michetti shares his vision for the production, what first drew him to it, and how elements of clowning are being used to highlight Ionesco’s surreal humor.
Review: THE CAROLE KING AND JAMES TAYLOR STORY at BroadStage
While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylo
Interview: Peter Tate and Guy Masterson of PICASSO: LE MONSTRE SACRÉ
Pablo Picasso’s obsession with his work often destroyed those he professed to love.
Interview: Director Celia Mandela Rivera of NOËL COWARD’S FALLEN ANGELS
Director Celia Mandela Rivera shares her background in theatre, what drew her to directing this play, her vision for the characters and staging it in Little Fish's intimate new space and why she thinks its exploration of love, fidelity, and friendship remains as fresh and provocative today as when i
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