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Troy Reviewed by Emily Hawkins Hero Theatre/Rosenthal Theater Closed RECOMMENDED Not being able to provide for her children is a mother’s greatest fear. The constant worry and stress about their safety and happiness are present from the moment they are brought into the world. These universal anxieties are on full display in Hero Theatre’s current […]
Key Largo Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Geffen Playhouse Extended through December 15 In Key Largo, a 1948 film classic, Humphrey Bogart played a disillusioned anti-hero, an ex-army officer in World War II who, despite his cynicism, musters up enough moral conviction to stand up to Edward G. Robinson’s sneering gangster, Johnny Rocco. Based on a […]
Before Reviewed by Taylor Kass The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Fishamble: The New Play Company Through December 8 When the lights come up on Before, Pontius Ross (playwright and solo performer Pat Kinevane) only has an hour before meeting his estranged daughter. “I always fuckin’ hated musicals,” he tells us while making copious use of song […]
Fifteen Men in a Smoke-Filled Room Reviewed by Iris Mann Theatre 40 Through December 15 According to the perspective put forth by playwright Colin Speer Crowley, this play could well be titled “The Reluctant President.”It takes place in a Chicago hotel room during the Republican National Convention of June 1920. At first, the possibility that Ohio […]
Defenders Reviewed by Lovell Estell III The Broadwater Black Box Through December 8 On May 10, 1940, Iceland was invaded by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines because the British government feared the possible Nazi takeover of the country. A little over a year later, defense of the country was transferred to the United States. […]
Elijah Reviewed by Terry Morgan The Victory Theatre Center Extended through December 22Placing a disparate group of characters in a location they can’t leave and forcing them to deal with each other has been a tried and true source of dramatic conflict since Sartre’s No Exit. The claustrophobia and stress of interacting with new people […]
The Great Leap Reviewed by Katie Buenneke East/West Players at the Pasadena Playhouse Through December 1 Lauren Yee is a truly gifted playwright. In a way that feels unique and independent of her contemporaries and predecessors, she’s able to weave a personal story amongst irrefutable facts. She’s done this in King of the Yees, an […]
The Wrong Kind of People Reviewed by Julia Stier The Robey Theatre Company Through December 8 The Robey Theatre Company presents the world premiere of George W. Corbin’s comedy The Wrong Kind of People under the direction of C. Julian White. Set in 1942 in Los Angeles, the play introduces audiences to a young man […]
