Blog Posts in March 2024


CINDERELLA - Theatre West Storybook Theatre Posted By DH Magazine CINDERELLA - A musical for children and their families at Theatre West Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck What a fun show with lots of interesting choices! A wicked stepmother, who is not so wicked (Barbara Mallory), has two puppets on each of her arms as ... Continue reading » Permalink
BIRTHDAY PARTY: A THEATRICAL CATASTROPHE - Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Michael Edwards Nick Ullett is a joy to take in on the stage in Rogue Machine's production of The Birthday Party - A Theatrical Catastrophe. The production is a rich hour of classic by the fireside storytelling made all the better by its ... Continue reading » Permalink
CHICAGO - Hollywood Pantages - Chris Cassone Review Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Chris Cassone (cc@chriscassone.com) March 6, 2024 - in pouring rain "Roxie. You got nothing to worry about. It's all a circus, kid. A three-ring circus. This trial - the whole world - all show business." The Twenties called and, boy, do ... Continue reading » Permalink
THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT - Pacific Resident Theatre Company Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Michael Edwards [pictured from L-R: Bruce Nozick, Tobias Echeverria, Robert Lesser] Pacific Resident Theatre's production of Academy Award Winning Wolf Mankowitz' play THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT (also an Academy Award Winning Short) is truly a ... Continue reading » Permalink
A FROGGY BECOMES - Open Fist at Atwater Village Theatre Posted By DH Magazine An Open Fist Theatre Production Reviewed by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com Teenage angst is coming earlier and earlier for the youth. Mine started around fourteen and peaked when I got my driving license at sixteen. For Bumpy Diggs, it's seventh ... Continue reading » Permalink
SKINNY PUPPY - Belasco Theater DTLA December 12 2023 Posted By DH Magazine Industrial Music Pioneers Skinny Puppy Sell Out Four Shows in DTLA By Dana Benson Topdown999@gmail.com In early December 2023, the influential industrial rock band Skinny Puppy completed their farewell tour with four shows at the Belasco Theater in ... Continue reading » Permalink
CHICAGO - The Pantages Hollywood - Amanda Callas Review Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Amanda Callas Chicago is a slinky, sensual, genderqueer, minimal production of the smash hit 1975 classic musical at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The mood of the show is sexy, Brechtian, and cynical. Chicago darkly satirizes the ... Continue reading » Permalink
FOOTLOOSE - Colony Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Footloose is an iconic tale, where wishes come true after a long period of living in the shadow of tragedy and grief over a loss of a loved one, and where dancing and singing are strongly prohibited. The story is told with ... Continue reading » Permalink
SEX WITH STRANGERS - McCadden Place Theatre Posted By DH Magazine Reviewed by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com Touted as one of the most produced plays of the decade, Red Jasper Entertainment's production of Sex with Strangers was unknown to this reviewer, and just as well. Yes, it was a New York Times Critic ... Continue reading » Permalink