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Happiest Man AliveReviewed by Julyza Commodore Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Thru March 4 Jorge Lozano, portraying himself, is the “Happiest Man Alive” or perhaps that is what he is trying to convince himself. Or perhaps he is showing how happiness can be fleeting. Or perhaps even, he is showing his idea of what his own […]
How I Learned to DriveReviewed by Deborah Klugman Collaborative Artists EnsembleThrough March 19Paula Vogel’s play, How I Learned to Drive, knocked it out of the park for critical acclaim when it opened in 1997. Directed by Mark Brokaw at Manhattan’s Vineyard Theatre, the premiere featured Mary-Louise Parker as a woman recounting the pain of her teen […]
CardenioReviewed by F. Kathleen FoleyCity Garage TheatreThrough March 26RECOMMENDEDFor more than 30 years, theatrical gadflies Frédérique Michel and Charles A. Duncombe have defied theatrical trends, presenting some of the most worthy alternative theater on the Los Angeles scene.That doesn’t mean they don’t know how to whip up a slam-bang crowd pleaser on occasion. Under the […]
The Romance of the RoseReviewed by V CateLong Beach OperaThru February 25On the heels of Valentine’s Day, Long Beach Opera offers a celebration of love in which a dreamer and a lover are transported to a dreamscape where a rose becomes the unlikely object of undying affection. Pulitzer Prize finalist Kate Soper’s new opera is […]
The Lifespan of a FactReviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisThe Fountain TheatreThrough April 2There couldn’t be a more worthy topic for a play in these fractious times: Where and how do we find truth? The question would be more potent if one could believe this play’s central premise.The Lifespan of a Fact contains some scintillating, if […]
Calvin Berger Reviewed by Amanda L. Andrei The Colony Theatre Company Through March 26 RECOMMENDED Oh Calvin Berger, sweet Calvin Berger, sweet and witty Calvin Berger in your last year of high school, pining for the most beautiful girl in school while anxiously saving cash for a nose job in a Mr. Potato Head doll. […]
Much Ado About Nothing Reviewed by Katie Buenneke A Noise Within Through March 12 I must start this review by confessing that this production of Much Ado About Nothing is a victim of my own expectations. Much Ado is my favorite Shakespearean text, and I’ve always respected the craft A Noise Within puts into their […]
Bill W. and Dr. Bob Reviewed by G. Bruce Smith Theatre 68 Runs indefinitely Alcoholics Anonymous — and its 12-step program — is so deeply embedded in our national culture that it has even been satirized and applied, tongue-in-cheek, to other “addictions” — from watching Game of Thrones to owning 12 cats. Less known is […]
