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VampireReviewed by Socks WhitmoreFuzzybottoms Theater Co. at the Sherry TheaterThru October 30RECOMMENDEDThough this production is firmly entrenched in the gothic horror genre, sensitive theater-goers should be aware of an onstage sexual assault, violence, death and gratuitous amounts of stage blood. Spooky season is in full swing, and the haunted holiday spirit has found its way […]
Nina Simone: Four Women Reviewed by Deborah KlugmanSouth Coast Repertory Thru Oct.23A young Nina Simone never aspired to be a singer. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, the sixth of eight children, she studied classical piano as a child, her training paid for by the white employer of her mother, a Methodist minister who worked part-time as a […]
To the Bone Reviewed by Deborah KlugmanOpen Fist Theatre at Atwater Village TheatreThru November 5Writer/director Catherine Butterfield’s women-centered dramedy is set in a working-class community south of Boston, where two sisters of Irish-Catholic extraction, Kelly (Tisha Terrasini-Banker) and Maureen (Amanda Weier), share a house once owned and occupied by their grandmother. The place is a throwback […]
I Never Sang For My FatherReviewed by Joseph KlinkTheater That Matters – Two Roads TheaterThrough October 23RECOMMENDEDWe’re deep into 2022. It is redundant to say we’ve all learned something about ourselves and how we value our time. In the air, in abundance, there exists this terrible combination of “if only we could slow down for […]
Desert Stories for Lost GirlsReviewed by Terry MorganNative Voices at the Autry and Latino Theater CompanyThrough October 16 When I was reading the press material for Lily Rushing’s Desert Stories for Lost Girls, I encountered the term genízaro for the first time. One definition of the word I discovered online defines it as: “…detribalized Native Americans, […]
Mass GravesReviewed by Taylor KassLoft Theatre EnsembleThrough October 23 Mass Grave’s exploration of the life-shattering effects of the American prison industrial complex begins after its characters complete their sentences. In its world premiere production by the Loft Theatre Ensemble, Cris Eli Blak’s play is an ambitious and emotionally intense depiction of the struggle and culture shock […]
Monday Magick with Micah the Magician Reviewed by Julyza CommodoreZombie Joe’s Underground Theatre GroupThru October 24th (Monday’s Only)RECOMMENDEDIt would be difficult to not believe in magic after watching Monday Magick with Micah the Magician. Starring Micah Cover and produced by Zombie Joe, it is an interactive magic show where audience members are both the magician […]
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Reviewed by Julia StierCenter Theatre Group (Mark Taper Forum) in association with The Shed Through October 23I wanted to love The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. I was so ready to be obsessed with it. As an avid fan of SNL […]
