Jesus Christ Superstar - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Reviewed by Suzanne Birrell From the first chords back in the 1970's, Jesus Christ Superstar, penned by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, was a hit. And the current performance by the Doma Theatre Group reminds us why Jesus Christ Superstar is still ...

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Reborning - Theatre Review

Posted By Jen Brown

By Jen Brown We don't live in a perfect world or lead perfect lives. We live, we die and in between, for a good portion of the time, we yearn. In "Reborning", the writer (Zayd Dohrn) focuses on a unique kind of yearning, the yearning (and suffering) ...

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There Is A Happiness That Morning Is - Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

By Harrison Held. Mickle Maher's rhyming scholastic comedy There Is A Happiness That Morning Is now playing at The Sacred Fools Theater is a very enjoyable production... The talented 3 member cast is terrific featuring Bryan Bellomo as Bernard, ...

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Serrano The Musical - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell Serrano-The Musical Entertainment at its finest. Laughter and craziness abound. It all happens in Little Italy. Rival families-Family strife. Dancing and carousing. Friends and feuds. The story is Serrano D'Angelo's -poet, ...

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Wicked - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Opening night of Wicked at the Pantages Theatre was a Green Carpet festive affair. Stars came out and it was a full house gala. I was probably one of the very few people who had never seen the show before. No need to report that Wicked is a great ...

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Hellcab - Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

by Harrison Held Hell Cab is a very entertaining & enjoyable quick running one act 70 minute show currently at the Elephant Stages on Santa Monica Boulevard. The show is back by popular demand for the holidays and well directed by David Fofi. The ...

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The Groundlings Holiday Show - Review

Posted By Bill Garry

Review by Bill Garry The six improvateurs who rule the stage at The Groundlings Holiday Show were so talented that when they came out at the end to take a bow, I had lost track of who was who. Tony Cavalero, Allison Dunbar, Christ Eckert, Ryan Gaul, ...

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Almost, Maine - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

By Suzanne Birrell Almost, Maine written by John Cariani is the Our Town of the 21 st century. If you haven't seen it, you should. Go with your best friend or significant other and you'll find yourself bumping shoulders as you recognize yourself. ...

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The Gun Show - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

The Gun Show by EM Lewis Review by Bill Garry Playwright EM Lewis tells a moving, personal story about growing up with, and being bitten by, guns in "The Gun Show," her one-person show now running in Los Angeles. The evening is set up like a ...

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The Vortex - Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

Theatre Review by Harrison Held Another great play from director Gene Franklin Smith - Noel Coward's The Vortex first premiered on the London stage in 1924 and gets a mod 1960's reboot in this sizzling hot new production now playing at The Matrix ...

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Laundry & Bourbon/ Lone Star -Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

James McLure (1952-2011) was a southern playwright whose works have become staples of Southern and Western schools and theatre companies. He wrote about small-towns, the plight of Vietnam veterans, and the consequences of celebrity and celebrity ...

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Women: Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Women - Applause from Suzanne Birrell Click: HERE and get your tickets now. Only two more shows in this extended run of Women playing their last two shows Thursday and Friday, November 13 and 14. If you haven't seen it, you're missing out on a show ...

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The Aviation Cocktail -- Film Review

Posted By Bill Garry

The Aviation Cocktail -- Review by Bill Garry There's something going on around here; that nagging suspicion keeps you glued to the screen and interested in the lives of the extended Fisher family in writer/director David Higgins's The Aviation ...

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How I fell in Love-Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

L-R: Kenny Liu, Meg Wallace, Austin Iredale, Desire Noel. Photos by Steve Jarrard There's a lot of wisdom in "How I Fell In Love," the romantic comedy playing through November 16 at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre in Larchmont Village. ...

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Re-Animator The Musical - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

My grandmother used to say, "Laughter is good for what ails ye." This belief was later endorsed by a surgeon who prescribed comedies for me to watch after surgery and claimed that I was able to leave the hospital faster because I laughed a lot. I am ...

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