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Branwell (and the Other Brontës): An Autobiography Edited by Charlotte BrontëReviewed by Socks WhitmoreThe Loft EnsembleThrough March 26RecommendedYet another production originally slated for spring of 2020 has at last made its way to the stage: the world premiere of Stephen Kaplan’s Branwell (and the Other Brontës): An Autobiography Edited by Charlotte Brontë, brought to life […]
Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Solo FlightReviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisAKT Up Productions and She Was Horrid Productions, Atwater Village TheatreThrough March 27RecommendedThose who are of a certain age and grew up in a different century may recall Richard Bach’s “self-help” 1970 book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull – on the New York Times Bestseller List for 37 […]
ENDGAMEReviewed by Martín HernándezCity GarageThrough April 10Recommended“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.” This line from Samuel Beckett’s grim yet witty one-act, a classic of the existentialist “Theatre of the Absurd” canon, may best sum up the playwright’s bleak philosophy. Laughter at those less happy than us – at least for now – may be our only […]
PODCAST: Stages of Our City: Episode 3: Ryan Luevano and Dana Martin Produced by Julia StierIn Epiode 3, Dana and Ryan discuss Abbale, Diaries of Adam and Eve, Power of Sail, and more . . . In Episode 2, Inger and Julia discuss All’s Well That Ends Well at A Noise Within, Slave Play at the Taper, and more . . […]
The Rage FairyReviewed by Taylor KassBallview Entertainment at the Sherry TheatreThrough March 13RECOMMENDED It’s a love story to rival Romeo and Juliet – boy meets girl, girl becomes obsessed with boy even though he kind of sucks, girl rips a hole in the space-time continuum to force him to love her forever. In its world premiere […]
it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE!Reviewed by Martín HernándezOdyssey TheatreThrough March 20 During performance artist John Fleck’s satiric musical cabaret, he compares the show to a baby popping out of the womb, eventually scrambling back when it realizes it’s not time and, besides, it’s scary out there. Finally birthed, this piece is still a bit premature, but […]
What I Learned in ParisReviewed by Dana MartinSouth Coast RepertoryThrough March 19thPearl Cleage’s romantic comedy, What I Learned in Paris, proves that politics and office romance are not compatible. It’s 1973 on the eve of the historic election of Maynard Jackson, the first black mayor of Atlanta, and his campaign team has plenty of reason to […]
On the Other Hand, We’re HappyReviewed by Deborah KlugmanRogue Machine TheatreThrough April 17Welsh playwright Daf James’s On the Other Hand, We’re Happy tells the story of a couple’s efforts to adopt a child and the subsequent doubts and fears that plague both the prospective parents and the birth mother. Now at Rogue Machine Theater under […]
