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PODCAST: Stages of Our City: Episode 2: Inger Tudor and Julia Lloyd GeorgeProduced by Julia StierInger Tudor and Juia Lloyd George discuss All’s Well That Ends Well at A Noise Within; Power of Sail at the Geffen, Coloropolis at Loft Ensemble, Shhhhh at Atlantic Theatre Company (NYC) and Slave Play on Broadway.Julyza Commodore and Terry […]
DetainedReviewed by Martίn HernándezThrough April 10Recommended“Why am I here?” is the collective cry of the immigrants whose true stories are portrayed in France-Luce Benson’s searing, new docudrama. Conceived, commissioned, and co-created by Judy Rabinovitz, special counsel for the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, Benson and Rabinovitz culled the tales from interviews of detainees, their families and […]
All’s Well That Ends WellReviewed by Katie BuennekeA Noise WithinThrough March 6All’s Well That Ends Well is one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays,” texts that can’t easily be categorized as either comedy or tragedy. All’s Well has all of the trademarks of a Shakespearean comedy: a marriage plot, mistaken identity, a clown or two, and a happily married […]
A Little Night MusicReviewed by Socks WhitmoreGreenway Court TheatreThrough March 13RecommendedAfter two years of COVID-driven delays, Knot Free Productions at last raised the curtain early this February on Los Angeles’ first full production of A Little Night Music in years. The show follows the passion and regrets of the actress, Desirée Armfeldt, the men who […]
MacbethReviewed by Taylor KassLong Beach Shakespeare CompanyThrough March 19The shortest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Macbeth is a feverish tale of impulsivity – of swallowing reason for the sake of blind action, of being tied to the stake but “fighting the course” anyway. Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s production, however, gives its characters too much time to think […]
Slave PlayReviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisMark Taper ForumThrough March 13Jeremy O. Harris’s burlesque-drama, wistfully staged by Robert O’Hara with a charismatic ensemble, streaks across the theatrical firmament like a comet. Yet the tail is more luminous than the substance of the object itself — an object that rattles and prattles along its trajectory, unsure of […]
Power of SailReviewed by Deborah KlugmanGeffen PlayhouseThrough March 20RecommendedIn a society that celebrates diversity and free speech, how tolerant should open-minded people be when the voice being given a platform is one of hate? Playwright Paul Grellong lays out the arguments on both sides in this somewhat wordy but ultimately trenchant drama featuring Bryan Cranston […]
Produced by Julia StierJulyza Commodore and Terry Morgan discuss Slave Play at the Mark Taper Forum; Umoja, Black Creators Collective at the Will Agee Playhouse (Inglewood); Power of Sail at the Geffen Playhouse; and How We Got On at Sacred Fools Theatre
