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Gianni Schicchi/L’enfant et les sortilèges Reviewed by Julia Stier Pacific Opera Project Through February 2 Two one-act operas have found their way from Italy and France to Los Angeles in the Pacific Opera Project’s double-bill presentation of Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Maurice Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges. This program marks the start of Pacific […]
Gifted Reviewed by Emily Hawkins Sacred Fools Theater Company Through February 29 RECOMMENDED It’s often thought that if everyone is special, then nobody is. But what if we refuse to recognize our special gifts — or even choose to actively reject them? Convinced that her special gift — the ability to see the romantic fate […]
The Water Tribe Reviewed by Lara J. Altunian EST/LA in association with VS. Theatre Company Extended through February 16 Tribalism can be a double-edged sword. Though meant to bond people together, few things can make a group’s instigator feel more lonely than having their intention to unite lead to a rejection of their fidelity. Don […]
Red Ink Reviewed by Ann Haskins Playwrights’ Arena Extended through February 24 RECOMMENDED [Note: Since the playwright is the founder of Stage Raw, the reviewer is not part of the Stage Raw staff. Ann has written about theater and dance for LA Weekly — at a time when Steven Leigh Morris was not the Editor […]
Nowhere on the Border Reviewed by Iris Mann The Road Theatre Company Through March 8 Nowhere on the Border is playwright Carlos Lacámara’s sensitive, imaginatively crafted take on the various perspectives surrounding illegal immigration — a particularly timely topic given our current political climate. Unfortunately, as directed by Stewart J. Zully, the material’s potential to […]
Earthquakes in London Reviewed by Terry Morgan Rogue Machine Through March 1 RECOMMENDED The phrase, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned” is used to describe doing something trivial when serious action is desperately required. It’s an apt epigram for humanity today — fully aware of the worsening disasters brought on by climate change but content to […]
Sunday Dinner Reviewed by Nikki Munoz Theatre 40 Through February 16 Family dinners can be intense — especially when the members of said family are keeping major secrets from each other. Such is the case in writer/director Tony Blake’s Sunday Dinner, in which members of a Catholic family grapple with the nuances of morality. Now […]
What the Constitution Means to Me Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Center Theatre Group Through February 28 RECOMMENDED: In attendance last Friday at What the Constitution Means to Me, Heidi Schreck’s droll insightful play directed by Oliver Butler at the Mark Taper Forum, I had the rare experience of bonding with the rest of my fellow […]
