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Jagged Little PillReviewed by Socks WhitmorePantages TheatreThru Oct. 2 If you enjoy the music of Alanis Morissette, the writing of Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body), or any opportunity to see Broadway shows in Los Angeles, then you probably already know that Jagged Little Pill has opened at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. A jukebox musical inspired […]
Black Super Hero Magic MamaReviewed by Julia Lloyd GeorgeOphelia’s JumpThru Oct. 16RECOMMENDEDThe murder of a 14-year-old Black boy at the hands of police is never going to be a simple subject for a play, entrenched as it is in the brutally violent and racist systems of modern America. Nevertheless, Ophelia’s Jump’s and director Kathryn Ervin’s […]
Bearings Reviewed by Martίn HernándezFlight TheatreThru Oct. 9RECOMMENDED An obviously physically and mentally exhausted man wobbles into the lobby of Pasadena’s luxurious Langham Huntington Hotel, guzzling down complimentary water bottles as if parched by Death Valley. He asks to be let into his room, but the officious desk clerk has no record of him checking […]
BabeReviewed by Deborah KlugmanEcho Theatre Company at Atwater Village TheatreThru October 24 RECOMMENDEDBabe, Jessica Goldberg’s incisive, skillfully wrought play about sexual harassment (and what should or should not be deemed politically correct), is so titled because, in the course of the narrative, it’s applied, rather casually, to Abigail (Julie Dretzin), one of the playwright’s four exceedingly […]
Oklahoma!Reviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisAhmanson TheatreThru Oct. 16RECOMMENDED For full review, see Stage Feature.Composer-lyricists Rodgers and Hammerstein were the grandsons of Jewish immigrants to New York and understood very well both the American pressures of assimilation and the spurning of outsiders that culminates in the sacrifice of those who don’t belong. (The stream of victims is […]
EverybodyReviewed by Terry MorganAntaeus Theatre CompanyThrough October 17Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has been one of the most promising new playwrights of the past decade. His plays are widely produced and he’s been a Pulitzer finalist twice. I’ve loved about half (Neighbors and Gloria) of the five shows of his I’ve seen, was mildly entertained by another (Appropriate) […]
The Secret World of Archy and MehitabelReviewed by Socks WhitmoreWhitefire TheatreThru October 15 RECOMMENDEDNot every theatergoer may consider themselves a fan of comic strips from the early 20th century, but first-time playwright Dan Gilvezan has set out to change that. The Secret World of Archy and Mehitabel is a new play based on the writings and […]
Dragon Show: The Extended TailReviewed by V CateSpy BrunchThru October 2nd RECOMMENDEDFew humans have ever had the pleasure to see a fairy with their own two peepers. But as fate would have it, the magics have aligned, a mighty being has awoken, and a portal has opened in the garage space of an otherwise innocuous […]
