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A Terminal EventReviewed by Terry MorganVictory Theatre CenterThrough July 10Playwright Richard Willett has interesting things to say about the current state of the medical industry, though the difficulty inherent in writing a “message play,” such as this one – a world premiere production at the Victory Theatre Center — is that of balance. Can an […]
The Desperate HoursReviewed by Taylor KassThe Group Repertory TheatreThrough July 10In small-town Indiana, it’s a day like any other – until it isn’t. In The Group Rep’s production of Joseph Hayes’s 1955 Tony award winning hit The Desperate Hours, suburban everyman Dan Hilliard (Lee Grober) and his family are suddenly thrust into a life-or-death balancing […]
PODCAST: Stages of Our City: Episode 15: Socks Whitmore and Amanda L. Andrei Produced by Julia Stier In Episode 15, Socks and Amanda talk about “Man of God” (Geffen Playhouse), “Hamlet” (Antaeus) and Taper-bound “King James,” which Amanda saw at Steppenwolf in Chicago. In Episode 14, Inger, Terry and Steven go back-and-forth on “King […]
Sleep With the AngelsReviewed by Deborah KlugmanLatino Theatre Company at Los Angeles Theatre CenterThru June 26RECOMMENDEDIn Sleep With the Angels, directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela, playwright Evelina Fernandez portrays a fragmented family of Latinx extraction — but the truths she seeks to convey might resonate anywhere.Molly (Elia Saldana), a recently separated mother of two, is an […]
Man Of GodReviewed by Martίn HernándezGeffen Playhouse Audrey Skirball Kenis TheaterThrough June 19RECOMMENDED“I can handle anything with Jesus’s help,” declares one of playwright Anna Ouyang Moench’s characters in her critique of the gender imbalance spawned by the patriarchy, social media, and religion. But it will take more than Jesus to save these four Korean-American high […]
The Play’s the ThingReviewed by Iris MannTheatre 40Through June 12Despite admirable production values and a good cast, the first act of this farce fails to ignite, although the second act picks up considerably and actually offers some deliciously funny moments. The play, set in the 1920s, is taken from a three-act comedy called Play at […]
Untitled Baby PlayReviewed by Dana MartinIAMA Theatre Company at Atwater Village TheatreThrough June 27thNina Braddock’s new work, Untitled Baby Play, is a whole pandemic in the making. The play seeks to address the question every reproductively abled person is confronted with: “Are you going to have a baby?” IAMA Theatre Company’s world premiere production bravely […]
Peer GyntReviewed by Joseph KlinkLong Beach Shakespeare CompanyThrough June 18In a time where we are gently, or not so gently, reapproaching “normalcy,” something that stands true across the board is that there comes a time where we must consider what our lives mean to us. Of course, yes, how general and vague, how unoriginal, but […]
