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Review: “HA HA HA HA HA HA HA” at La Jolla Playhouse
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha” at the La Jolla Playhouse presents a uniquely bespoke performance to every audience, making it nearly impossible to summarize, but wonderfully easy to watch bloom in front of your eyes.
Photos: MEXODUS- Playing Now At Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse is now presenting Mexodus, the acclaimed Off-Broadway musical by Brian Quijada and Nygel D.
Review: MEXODUS at Pasadena Playhouse
When we hum along, dance, applaud or whatever (folks in the up close Get Down section probably have more opportunity to, you know, get down), the connection to the story and to its themes feels that much more immediate.
Photos: …BUT YOU COULD HAVE HELD MY HAND at IAMA Theatre Company
IAMA Theatre Company concludes its 18th season with the workshop production of …but you could’ve held my hand.
Interview: Joshua Chamberlain of THE MEN WHO DREW THE UNIVERSE at He Broadwater MainStage
Interview with writer and director Joshua Chamberlain about “The Men Who Drew the Universe,” exploring the creative partnership of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Mark Taper Forum
Booth’s deeply sympathetic rendering of a good man navigating a life of crises is 95 minutes of sublimity.
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.
Review: MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS at Geffen Playhouse
The Southland has had its share of memorable Fugard stagings, and the newly-opened revival of “MASTER HAROLD” at the Geffen Playhouse boasts an impressive roster of artists and creatives – onstage and off – who bring this tale vibrantly to life.
Interview: Playwright Jule Shavers of The Baptist Witches Of Shelbyville
I spoke with Julie about creating the women in this play who are deeply spiritual people who were raised in the Baptist church and have been wounded by it.
Photos: 'MASTER HAROLD'...AND THE BOYS at Geffen Playhouse
Check out production photos from 'Master Harold' .
Interview: Director Oz Scott of FAIRVIEW by Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, FAIRVIEW written by Jackie Sibblies Drury, makes its Los Angeles Premiere at Rogue Machine, directed by Oz Scott who I spoke with about his vision for the production.
Review: FAIRVIEW at Rogue Machine At The Matrix Theatre
Despite its title, its well-intentioned if cynical nod to diplomacy, Oz Scott’s production is a swift kick to the nether regions.
Review: DRAGON MAMA written and performed by SARA PORKALOB at Geffen Playhouse
In this next chapter, Sara takes on many personas who interact with her mother during her lifetime, each one a standout as an individual through unique voice and movement thanks to Sara's great skill with improvisation.
Interview: Susan Priver and Ron Bottitta of THE LOVER
Veteran director Jack Heller returns to the Odyssey Theatre to helm a visiting production of Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter, an evening of two rarely staged Pinter one-acts—both darkly comic, both unmistakably unsettling.
Photos: Sara Porkalob in DRAGON MAMA at Geffen Playhouse
Broadway star Sara Porkalob has returned to the Geffen Playhouse for the second installment of “The Dragon Cycle.
Everything You Need to Know About AMADEUS: From Stage to Screen
Before Amadeus arrives on STARZ later this year, find out everything to know about the play, including its origin, major productions and players, adaptations, and more!
Review: HONOUR by Ruskin Group Theatre
Director Max Mayer keeps the action authentic and story realistically contrite after helping execute the play’s workshop, making this production an especially meaningful return to the material.
Review: HERE LIES LOVE at Mark Taper Forum
With so many delights and leaning heavily into both the political moment that is recounts and what America is experiencing in the here and now, HERE LIES LOVE rocks as aggressively as it rallies.
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