Review: FAT HAM at Geffen Playhouse
by Evan Henerson
- Apr 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’s get down to the food!
Photos: First Look at FAT HAM at Geffen Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Apr 2, 2024
Geffen Playhouse is presenting the West Coast premiere of the Broadway production of five-time Tony Award nominee and 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner Fat Ham. Get a first look at photos!
Review: ONE OF THE GOOD ONES at Pasadena Playhouse
by Evan Henerson
- Mar 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 “other.” A sweet, occasionally tart new play.
Review: BLACK CYPRESS BAYOU at Geffen Playhouse
by Evan Henerson
- Feb 23, 2024
Part mystery, part cathartic family drama ruminating on legacies of evil and forgiveness, director Tiffany Nichole Greene’s production grips us tightly from the outset and does not easily let us go. Thankfully, along this 80-minute journey, we also get to laugh as well as exhale.
Review: MIDDLE OF THE WORLD at Rogue Machine
by Amanda Callas
- Feb 21, 2024
At its heart, Middle of the World is something of an unexpected love story between a fallen socialist leader from Ecuador and a young, driven Black finance executive. Middle of the World feels like an elegy, evoking the bittersweet, numbing ache of loss and betrayal. It invokes a sense of loss of an identity, a family, a country.
Interview: Playwright Catya McMullen on the World Premiere of ARROWHEAD produced by IAMA Theatre Company
by Shari Barrett
- Feb 9, 2024
Catya McMullen (pictured), a native New Yorker, now finds herself at home in Los Angeles. While working in film and television, her life-long love of theater inspired her to write plays. The world premiere of Arrowhead is her first being presented here, produced by IAMA at Atwater Village Theatre, directed by Jenna Worsham. I decided to speak with Catya about her journey to writing the play, why she set it in Arrowhead, its themes, and how it speaks to different generations of women about love and sexual identity.
Review: INHERIT THE WIND at Pasadena Playhouse
by Evan Henerson
- Nov 16, 2023
Director Michael Michetti has put thought and heart into his production and peopled it with a strong cast whose characters opt for playing the strength of their convictions over histrionics. A hurricane force this WIND is not, but there’s plenty to enjoy.
Review: SHE at Antaeus Theatre Company
by Harker Jones
- Oct 25, 2023
SHE is a moving, lyrical story with deft characterizations, luminous performances, and a poetic quality that reflects our heroine’s dreams
Angelique Cabral Joins Ariana DeBose In Disney's WISH Movie Musical
by Michael Major
- Sep 18, 2023
Angelique Cabral has joined the voice cast of Disney's upcoming animated movie musical, Wish. Cabral plays Queen Amaya, joining Chris Pine as King Magnifico and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose as Asha. The film features original songs by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice. Watch the video tease trailer now!
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