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Beach PeopleReviewed by Martίn HernándezCity GarageThru September 11RECOMMENDEDPlaywright Charles A. Duncombe’s farce on the absurdities of life, love, and oil spills, directed by Frédérique Michel, also serves as a wry skewering of celebrity culture, vapid consumerism, and the super-rich — ironically set in a locale that tends to hold those elements as virtues rather than […]
The MetromaniacsReviewed by Socks WhitmoreTheatre 40Thru August 21In a cozy theater born from a high school storage room, a strange scene is taking place: a host of adults in 18th century finery dance to 80s club music amidst hand-painted two-dimensional trees as they shout at each other in ferocious couplets. The context? Theatre 40, an […]
The Cripple of InishmaanReviewed by Taylor KassLong Beach PlayhouseThrough Aug. 20RECOMMENDEDNews travels fast in a small town — and so does gossip, misinformation, and a white lie that snowballs out of control. On the tiny island village of Inishmaan, Billy Claven (Dylan La Rocque), or “Cripple Billy,” as his neighbors insist on calling him, has […]
The Merry Wives of WindsorReviewed by Katie BuennekeTheatricum BotanicumThrough October 2Centuries before there was a Marvel Cinematic Universe, William Shakespeare introduced a Falstaff Theatrical Universe with The Merry Wives of Windsor, a comedy that follows the foibles of Falstaff, the much disparaged knight who appears in Henry IV parts 1 and 2 (L.A. audiences may […]
Get It TogetherReviewed by Martίn HernándezZephyr TheatreThru Aug. 7With its plaintive refrain of “I need you; I don’t need you,” it is little wonder that Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel No. 2” plays a role in playwright-director Michael Quinn’s tale of two 20-somethings looking for love but unable to hold on to it when it looks […]
Remembering the FutureReviewed by V CateSweet Talk ProductionsThru August 21“Any attempt to interpret meaning is done at your own risk.” – Peter LefcourtMelissa and Greg were young and in love, that kind of teenage love of firsts and mutual discovery and a future that looks like a blank sky filled with stars rather than a […]
King LizReviewed by Deborah KlugmanGeffen PlayhouseThru August 14Liz Rico (Sabrina Sloan) the central character in playwright Fernanda Coppel’s sports-themed drama, is one tough cookie. A woman-of-color, she’s hauled herself up by her bootstraps, transitioning through hard work from an impoverished childhood (her mom died of cancer because her dad couldn’t afford treatment) to Yale on […]
Laughter on the 23rd FloorReviewed by Taylor KassKentwood Players at the Westchester PlayhouseThrough August 6 Working in entertainment is and has always been maddeningly unpredictable, unbearably stressful, and crazy fun – even in 1953. In Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor, inspired by his experiences writing on Your Show of Shows and Caesar’s Hour, a […]
