Review: PUPPY PALS at the Norris Theater
by Melissa Heckscher - April 14, 2024
Dog-lovers will lap up every minute of this 90-minute comedic dog stunt show that first premiered on America's Got Talent....
Review: OPHELIA at the Odyssey Theatre
by Melissa Heckscher - April 14, 2024
Anything that makes you think is worth watching. And so Ophelia — in all its memory lapses and uncomfortable places — is worth it. Just bring a friend so you have someone to help you put the pieces together when it’s all over. ...
Review: FAT HAM at Geffen Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - April 12, 2024
Huzzah James Ijames’ FAT HAM. Bless its softness, its savory juiciness, its wit and its ostentation. And its Juicy! Hooray for the clothes, the music, the unabashed delight that this whacked-out literary homage enjoys in wrestling with Shakespeare’s existential conundrums and deciding, screw it! let...
Review: FUNNY GIRL at Ahmanson Theatre
by Harker Jones - April 08, 2024
FUNNY GIRL is a gold standard that has endured through the ages and the production that just hit downtown Los Angeles is a rollicking and heartfelt success....
Review: FREUD ON COCAINE at Whitefire Theatre
by Amanda Callas - April 02, 2024
In its second hit run at the Whitefire Theatre with many sold out shows, this historical comedy-drama is unbelievable but true, laugh-out loud hilarious, and brilliantly thought-provoking....
Review: ONE OF THE GOOD ONES at Pasadena Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - March 29, 2024
A second cousin once removed to William Rose’s GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER, ONE OF THE GOOD ONES finds the highly assimilated, upper middle class Gomez family losing their collective sanity when their daughter, Yoli, brings home Marcos, a man who, to her parents’ minds at least, qualifies as an “ot...
Review: A FROGGY BECOMES at Open Fist Theatre Company
by Harker Jones - March 27, 2024
Writer Becky Wahlstrom imbues A FROGGY BECOMES with an absurdism that is only complemented by the absurdism of the ’80s with the neons and the poofy hair and the synthesized music....
Review: MJ - THE MUSICAL Moonwalks Into OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - March 23, 2024
An overall resounding triumph despite its insistence on side-stepping some of the more salacious scandals associated with its subject, pop star Michael Jackson—MJ - THE MUSICAL is a genuinely entertaining and nostalgic show that purposely aims to celebrate the creative, if misunderstood genius behin...
Review: A SHAYNA MAIDEL at Laguna Playhouse
by Amanda Callas - March 23, 2024
This acclaimed play by Barbara Lebow is beautifully produced by the award-winning creative team at the Laguna Playhouse, with great sensitivity, rich texture, and mature brilliance in the direction by David Ellenstein....