Review: FROZEN at the Bank Of America Performing Arts Center
by Melissa Heckscher - July 13, 2025
For the most part, 5-Star Theatrical’s production of Frozen, playing through July 20 at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks, does a fantastic job bringing the beloved Disney tale to life thanks to a bevy of knockout voices, lively dance scenes, and energetic performances from...
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE at Hollywood Pantages Theater
by Cary Ginell - July 09, 2025
'Beautiful Noise' is a better-than-average jukebox musical about the career of superstar singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, presented as an aged Diamond goes through psychoanalysis with a therapist....
Review: THE JANEIAD at Old Globe Theatre
by Evan Henerson - July 08, 2025
In the 100-minute, decades-spanning duration we spend with this woman who feels so very recognizable, Ziegler, director Maggie Burrows and actors Nadine Malouf, Ryan Vasquez and Michaela Watkins leave us affected, contemplative and more than a little bit heartbroken....
Review: THE RESERVOIR at Geffen Playhouse Gil Cates Theater
by Tracey Paleo - June 29, 2025
What did our critic think of THE RESERVOIR at Geffen Playhouse Gil Cates Theater? “Well, the Geffen sure knows their audience,” remarked my guest at the media preview of, THE RESERVOIR. And I’d have to agree. Between the spontaneous audience call backs, guffaws, tears, and chant-alongs that happen...
Review: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at Old Globe Theatre
by Evan Henerson - June 28, 2025
For his production of ALL’S WELL, director Peter Francis James has much to work with including plenty of solid actors and an equally strong technical team, but the production’s frothy overlay often feels off key...
Review: NICE GIRL at Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre
by Amanda Callas - June 23, 2025
Nice Girl is the West Coast premiere of a must-see new drama at Rogue Machine on Melrose through July 20th. This is a quietly thoughtful, intimately compelling slice-of-life four person play I found incredibly poignant and moving....