The Story of Alice - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. The Dutches Theatre's world premiere of The Story of Alice takes the classic tale of Alice in Wonderland in a completely new, and just as nonsensical, twisted direction. The audience meets a modern day dark-haired Alice ...
Chicago _ Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell. Terra C. MacLeod as Velma Kelly and cast. Photo by Paul Kolnik Chicago opened in Los Angeles last night for the beginning of a 6 day run. Buy your tickets now: you absolutely don't want to miss this star studded ...
The End Times - Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell. The End Times by Jesse Mu-En Shao now showing at the Skylight Theatre is both disturbing and impactful. The story draws you in slowly to the life line of a religious cult. The joy and freedom expressed in the beginning ...
Kinky Boots - Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell. Adam Kaplan and J.Harrison Ghee with the Angels. Photos by Matthew Murphy Kinky Boots -WOW. The first time I saw the movie I thought this needs to be a musical and what a musical it is. With songs by Cyndi Lauper and book ...
Dry Land -Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. Teagan Rose and Connor Kelly Eiding Photos by Darrett Sanders Being a teenager is often filled with awkward and dirty experiences and extremely tough decisions. Sometimes the only way that anyone can get through it is by ...
In Response - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. The Saturday Nighters. All photos by Nathaniel Bellamy Towne Street Theatre, L.A.'s premiere African American theatre company, presents In Response, a multi-author "response" to systemic racism in American History. In ...
Weapons - Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell. The really wonderful thing about Weapons, a new play by Chris Collins and directed by Kiff Scholl, now playing at the Lounge Theatre is that your own dysfunctional family will seem like a breath of fresh air. Weapons ...
Othello - Theatre Review
A review by Erin Fair Kalean Ung and Evan Lewis Smith star in the INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. production of OTHELLO, directed by Melissa Chalsma and now playing the ISC Studio Space in Atwater Village. PHOTO CREDIT: Grettel Cortes "Othello" is ...
They Don't Talk Back - Theatre Review
I caught the final weekend of The Native Voices world Premiere of They Don't Talk Back written by Frank Henry Kaash Katasse and directed by Randy Reinholz. The story follows a young city boy to a rural Alaskan Village to live with his Tlingit ...
Campfire Stories - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. It is the last night of summer camp and four preteen girls sit around the fire recalling the time that they had that summer. All four girls vow to stay friends forever and never miss a single important part of each ...
Red Velvet - Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell If you have a hunger for a good solid evening of theatre with a great story and arc then do make your reservations for Red Velvet now playing at the Atwater Playhouse (not to be confused as I did with the Atwater Theatre a ...
Stopping By - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. Barbara Tarbuck. Photos by Brian Drillinger Christine and Charley were a loving married older couple with an adult son and a generally normal life. That is until one morning when they were making love and Charley suddenly ...
A Singular They - Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell. Lily Nicksay (L) and Hannah Prichard. Photos: Anne E. McGrath A Singular They, written by Aliza Goldstein and now playing at The Blank Theatre is a story of self: doubt and acceptance. The story centers around Bu rbank, a ...
Death Play - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. At some point in time we will grieve the loss of someone close to us, perhaps we are currently grieving a loss and perhaps that grief will grow with each loss as it comes. Death Play is how Lisa Dring decided to deal with ...
Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Review
Review by Jen Brown Laura Wolfe and Lukas Bailey. Photo: David P. Johnson. It's official, Theatre West is the best, particularly, when mounting shows for STORYBOOK THEATRE. These captivating players know exactly how to entertain our children and ...
Fisher's of Men - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan One man, one stage, one scene is set for the one-man show written, directed and performed by Rick Segall. Fishers of Men is the story of the final moments of Simon Peter and how those moments changed the life of another. ...
Summer and Smoke - Theatre Review
A review by Erin Fair. Ann Marie Wilding, Keri Tombazian, Markus Jorgensen, Tara Battani and Gregory James star in the Actors Co-op production of SUMMER AND SMOKE, now playing at the ACTORS CO-OP David Schall Theatre. Photos: Lindsay Schnebly Summer ...
Thicker Than Water - Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell. Johnny Ferretti (l.), Heather Alyse Becker, Joseph Bongiovann. Photos Charlie Mount Laughter is the best medicine and there is an abundance to be had in Thicker Than Water now showing at Theatre West. This hilarious ...
The Mountaintop - Theatre Review
A review by Erin Fair Larry Bates and Danielle Truitt. Photos by I C Rapoport Katori Hall's two-person drama The Mountaintop imagines the final night of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. King (Larry Bates) alone in an innocuous motel room waits for his ...
Watching OJ - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. Lisa Renee Pitts, Angela Bullock, Tony Pasqualini and Kelly Wolf. Photos by Hope Burleigh. There are moments in your life that define who you are and who you are going to become. Then there are moments in life that people ...
Bed - Theatre Review
A review by Erin Fair. TW Leshner and Kate Morgan Chadwick. Photos by Darrett Sanders Sheila Callaghan's one room play "Bed" displays the seductively toxic dilemmas in relationships. It shows that what initially attracts us to our significant other ...
Dirty Dancing - Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell. Dirty Dancing opened last night to an enthusiastic full house at the Hollywood Pantages. A classic well-loved movie made popular stage show. The fact that the original movie was loosely based on the writer's story just ...
Swarm Cell - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. Maritxell Carrero (Tomasina), Diana Elizabeth Jordan (Ma Joad), & Ensemble/Cast Photographer: Marjorie LeWit Greenway Court Theatre presents the world premiere of Swarm Cell that poses the question, "Are you a queen ...
Dreamcatcher - Theatre Review
A review by Erin Fair. Elizabeth Frances and Brian Tichnell Photos by Ed Krieger The play, Dreamcatcher, opens with Roy running onto the reservation to meet Opal, his girlfriend of three months. From the first instant, we see there is a shared, ...
Inland Empress - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan Photo by Ed Krieger Somewhere about 30 minutes away from here sometime around now, there is a place where you grow up tough if you grow up at all. The women of Inland Empress have it tough. June (Monica Martin) a mother of ...
Forever House - Theatre Review
A review by Rachel Flanagan. Welcome to your Forever House ¸ the perfect vintage craftsman with childhood memories, a neighborhood watch, a chance to make it your own and a commitment to something other than yourself. Jack (Michael Rubenstone) and ...
A Night at the Sands - Theatre Review
A review by Suzanne Birrell with Photos by Chuck Jones. A video Review: https://vimeo.com/146518209 Lucy takes control of the stage to the chagrin of Ricky. A night at the Sands from Creative Artist Studios is more than a theatrical event, it is an ...
Front Door Open - Theatre Review
Review by Erin Fair David Selby and Joanna Miles. Photo by Ed Krieger Front Door Open is a play about an agoraphobic woman named Eleanor and how it affects her surrounding family. She hasn't left her house in years and is comfortable with it due to ...
Love and Information - Theatre Review
Review by Suzanne Birrell (l-r) Dan Via, Melina Bielefelt, Cindy Nguyen, Michael Evans Lopez, Sarah Rosenberg, Alexander Wells, Daniel Getzoff, Betsy Moore, Ashley Steed. Photo by Mainak Dhar Love and Information a dexterous montage written by award ...
Women w/o Walls - Theatre Review
Reviewed by Rachel Flanagan Kristin Carey and Esther Mira. Photo by Alex Moy Women w/o Walls is a new twist on the story of Charon the ferryman on the River Styx as he transports the dead to a final resting place. Using concepts from both Dante's ...