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Clyde’sReviewed by Katie BuennekeMark Taper ForumThrough December 18A word to the wise: eat, preferably a sandwich, before seeing Clyde’s at the Mark Taper Forum. After the show ends, you’ll be hungry, not just for food like Montrellous (Kevin Kenerly), the executive chef of the titular diner, describes, but for an artistic experience that’s more substantial […]
The Brothers ParanormalReviewed by Terry MorganEast West PlayersThrough December 11RECOMMENDEDEveryone knows that a good ghost story needs to be scary, but to be a great ghost story, it needs to move its audience as well. Where would The Sixth Sense be without the Bruce Willis character slowly realizing his fate or The Haunting of Hill […]
Broken StoryReviewed by Martίn HernándezThe Sherry TheaterThrough Nov. 27RECOMMENDEDIn the summer of 1971, the wife of wealthy Manhattan real estate developer Johnny Klein mysteriously disappeared. Jane Hartman (Lynn Adrianna Freedman), a potboiler novelist and daughter of a Mob boss, was Johnny’s best friend and a stalwart defender of him during the fiasco, which went far […]
Anatomy of Gray Reviewed by Deborah KlugmanOpen Fist Theatre Company at Atwater Village TheatreThrough January 15First produced with the title Gray’s Anatomy at New York’s Circle Rep Theatre in 1994, Jim Leonard’s family-oriented coming-of-age fable strives for the unvarnished poignancy of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town as it recounts the story of a fatherless teen in 1880s […]
Mrs. Dilber’s Fabulous BedcurtainsReviewed by Taylor KassLoft EnsembleThrough December 18 Christmas, anti-capitalism, and class consciousness don’t usually go together. But Mrs. Dilber’s Fabulous Bedcurtains, Loft Ensemble’s world premiere spoof of A Christmas Carol, Ebeneezer Scrooge’s housekeeper Mrs. Dilber (Bree Pavey) has had enough of the rich old guys. All she wants for Christmas is a set […]
PODCAST: Stages of Our City: Episode 23: “The Inheritance,” at the Geffen; “2:22 – A Ghost Story” at the Ahmanson; and a pair of immersive showsProduced by Julia StierIn Issue 23, Dana Martin and Socks Whitmore talk about “The Inheritance” at the Geffen; 2:22 – A Ghost Story” at the Ahmanson and two immersive shows, […]
SmileReviewed by Taylor KassIAMA Theatre CompanyThrough December 5As a woman, there are few things more infuriating than a man telling you to smile. In IAMA Theatre Company’s world premiere production of Melissa Jane Osborne’s new play Smile, a 17-year-old girl finally fights back against this manifestation of casual misogyny. Rachel (Isabella Feliciana) is content to […]
The PenelopiadReviewed by Amanda L. AndreiCity Garage TheatreThrough Dec. 18RECOMMENDEDWhat is the duty of a queen to protect her realm? What are the consequences of sacrificing others to protect yourself?The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her 2005 novella of the same name, provides the perspective of Penelope, queen of Ithaca and wife of Odysseus, […]
