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If I Don’t Behave Then WhatReviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisOpen Fist Theatre CompanyThrough March 4RECOMMENDEDIva Brdar’s play isn’t a play in any traditional sense. It’s a poem. A one-woman confessional in 13 verses, starting with “Age 0” and culminating in “Age 78.” It’s almost a one-woman show performed by Cynthia Ettinger, except for the supporting […]
Towards ZeroReviewed by Lara J. AltunianLong Beach PlayhouseThrough February 11Although it can be argued that a growing obsession with true crime may in part be responsible for the most recent revival of Agatha Christie’s work, there is no doubt that her detective fictions’ compelling twists make them visual treats easily transferable to theater and cinema. […]
Mr. YunioshiReviewed by V CateSierra Madre PlayhouseThru February 5 Blake Edwards’s charming Breakfast at Tiffany’s debuted in 1961 to commercial and critical acclaim, though it had a different feel from the 1958 novella of the same name. Author Truman Capote lamented that the film was so far removed from his vision (and that they cast […]
Conjure the SpiritsReviewed by Taylor KassZombie Joe’s Underground Theatre GroupThrough Feb. 18 RECOMMENDED Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group’s Conjure the Spirits begins on the sidewalk in front of the theatre. A ghostly usher (a cameo by Zombie Joe himself) takes your tickets wordlessly, struggles to navigate worldly fixtures like doors and parking meters, and shouts Shakespeare to […]
The Realistic JonesesReviewed by Julia StierRubicon Theatre CompanyThrough February 12The Realistic Joneses, written by Will Eno, reads like a tame soap opera — inter-neighbor relations, secret illnesses, suspicion of affairs. But beneath its subtle drama, the play tackles a very real issue: the impact of illness on marriages. The Realistic Joneses, directed by Judy Hegarty-Lovett […]
KatrinaReviewed by Socks WhitmoreSawyer’s Playhouse at The Loft EnsembleThrough Feb. 19Content Advisory“Black folks can’t afford to lose their memories — they’ve lost too much already.”In the middle of a story about two individuals lost in a storm, this powerful phrase underscores a gut-wrenching context to the worst natural disaster in American history. The quote comes […]
Blood Supply: A Zombie Apocalypse Love StoryReviewed by Socks WhitmoreThe Emerson Theatre at Theatre 68 Arts ComplexThrough Feb. 11Content AdvisoryIt’s not often the words “love” and “zombie” are paired together—and it’s even rarer to see them alongside the words “new musical.” Set one year after the onset of the dreaded zombie virus, Blood Supply: A […]
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual HelpReviewed by Iris MannTheatre 40Through February 19RECOMMENDEDThis delightfully whimsical play by Katie Forgette, has a bittersweet underpinning and invites comparison with Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, particularly due to its metatheatrical device of breaking the fourth wall to have the characters address the audience directly. Also, like Our Town, it […]
