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Revenge Song: A Vampire Cowboys Creation Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Geffen Playhouse Through March 8 Born around 1673, Julie D’Aubigny was an extraordinary women who defied the gender expectations of her time to live entirely on her own terms. D’Aubigny’s unconventional life is the basis for Revenge Song, a play by Qui Nguyen, familiar to […]
For the Love of a Glove Reviewed by Stephen Fife Bazalaam Beats Productions Extended through March 22 [NOTE: Closed early due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED This is a strange time for comedy. On the one hand, we have an unfiltered president who thinks nothing of throwing around crude racial and sexist epithets, and publicly vilifying anyone who […]
Hamlet The Rock Musial Reviewed by Lovell Estell III El Portal Theatre Through February 23 Hamlet The Rock Musical has had a few iterations since it debuted in 1973 with the title Kronberg 1582. It was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where it was part of a larger radio program. In 1976, it ran […]
Human Interest Story Reviewed by Terry Morgan The Fountain Theatre Through April 5 [NOTE: Remaining performances suspended due to COVID-19] Poverty and homelessness and what to do about them are hardly new matters of concern. King Lear berates his newly-found conscience thus: “Poor naked wretches…how shall your houseless heads and unfed sides…defend you from seasons […]
Until the Flood Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theatre Through February 23 RECOMMENDED: The fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson in 2014 cast a harsh spotlight on the community of Ferguson, Missouri. Brown’s killing (six bullets in the front) provoked riots and unrest, stirring righteous rage […]
In My Mind’s Eye Reviewed by Julia Lloyd George The Group Rep Through March 15 In My Mind’s Eye is a charming memory play that chronicles the coming-of-age of a legally blind woman and her journey from childhood to adulthood. An ode to a geography teacher from playwright Doug Haverty’s youth, it’s dominated by scenes […]
A Body of Water Reviewed by Taylor Kass Actors Co-op Theatre Company Through March 15 [NOTE: Closed early due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED Lee Blessing’s A Body of Water, which premiered at the Guthrie Theatre in 2005, arrives at the Crossley Theatre at Actors Co-op with a brand-new ending.Blessing’s psychological problem play begins with a familiar enough […]
The $5 Shakespeare Company Reviewed by Julia Stier The 6th Act Through March 8 In a city preoccupied with film and TV, why bother doing theatre? In The $5 Shakespeare Company — written by Matthew Leavitt and directed by Joel Zwick — members of a theatre troupe, The $5 Shakespeare Company, grapple with that very […]
