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Stardust: An Immersive Theater ExperienceReviewed by Dana MartinSassafras SaloonThrough November 20thHave you ever wanted to be a star or would you rather remain a mere mortal? Stardust: An Immersive Theater Experience produced by Alterea Inc. at the Sassafras Saloon in Hollywood offers you the chance to experience both.Stepping into the Hotel Dion at the Sassafras […]
Warrior Queen Anahit the BraveReviewed by V CateImagine Theatre at the Colony TheatreThru November 18th Based on Ghazaros Aghayan’s 1881 fable, Imagine Theatre presents a feminist and patriotic telling of one exceptional peasant woman who would become Armenia’s warrior queen.Anahit (Ani Marderosian) lives in a small Armenian village, toiling joyously alongside her feminine friends. She […]
BellevilleReviewed by Martίn HernándezCrimson Square Theatre Co. at the Beverly Hills PlayhouseThrough November 20In playwright Amy Herzog’s intriguing yet faulty exploration of love and trust, a 20- something married American couple are living their dream in Belleville, a multi-ethnic Paris community. Where better to be young and in love than in the City of Lights? […]
Man’s Favor Devil’s PlanReviewed by Deborah KlugmanThe Robey Theatre Company at LATCThrough November 20Man’s Favor Devil’s Plan, by Kwik Jones, takes place on the loading dock at the rear of a hotel in Los Angeles in 1938. The story concerns the relationship between the hotel’s White owner, an unmitigated racist and an otherwise cruel and […]
2:22 – A Ghost StoryReviewed by Dana Martin The Ahmanson TheaterThrough December 4The Ahmanson Theater is hosting poltergeist. 2:22- A Ghost Story, Danny Robins’ newest psychological thriller, is an unsettling romp through a proper haunted house. The show is making its U.S. premiere after a successful West End run last year.New mom Jenny (Constance Wu) […]
Radio GolfReviewed by Julyza CommodoreA Noise WithinThru November 13 RECOMMENDEDWhat’s the price of progress? August Wilson’s 2005 Radio Golf asks this question, as the final installment of his Century Cycle, representing cultural changes in Pittsburgh during the 1990s. With Harmond Wilks (Christian Telesmar) campaigning to become Mayor and having his own personal aspirations, he is […]
Eisenhower: This Piece of GroundReviewed by Iris MannNew LA Repertory at the Hudson TheatreThrough Jan. 22RECOMMENDEDTony Award winner John Rubinstein virtually becomes Dwight D. Eisenhower in this tour de force solo performance of Richard Hellesen’s play, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground. The 34th President of the United States, Eisenhower is also known for having been […]
To Kill a Mockingbird Reviewed by Deborah KlugmanThe Pantages TheatreThrough Nov. 27RECOMMENDED Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960, while the movie — based on Harper’s novel and starring Gregory Peck as a white lawyer defending a black man accused of rape — came out in 1962. Both the book and the film […]
