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My Favorite Suicide Reviewed by Stephen Fife Saudade Theatre with Colectivo 84 Through November 3 When I see a play like My Favorite Suicide by Portuguese playwright Mickaël de Oliveira (translated by Maria Inês Marques), it makes me aware of how U.S.A.-centric I am, despite my attempts to expand my awareness of international work. It’s […]
Luminous Streets Reviewed by Taylor Kass The Roots & Wings Project at Words Uncaged Through November 10 The streets of DTLA are dangerous for women: This immersive collection of five short plays makes that clear. If you are a femme-identifying person coming to see Luminous Streets, directed by Jesse Bliss for The Roots & Wings […]
Buried Child Reviewed by Terry Morgan A Noise Within Theatre Company Through November 23 Watching A Noise Within’s new production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child, I was struck by how closely the first act resembles Pinter’s The Homecoming. A man who’s been away from his family for some time returns, accompanied by a woman whom he […]
Mono/Poly Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Tubeman Productions Through November 10th RECOMMENDED Love and sex are complicated, and although they are a necessary part of our human existence, not many people will say that building a lasting relationship is easy. However, many people do hold onto the notion that there is a blueprint for success — a patented game […]
The Abuelas Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Antaeus Theater Company Through November 25 The Abuelas is the second play by Stephanie Alison Walker to address the tragedy of Los Desaparecidos — Argentinian citizens who opposed the military junta that governed the country between 1976 and 1983 and who fell prey to the right-wing death squads that […]
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 Reviewed by Julia Lloyd George Third Culture Theatre Extended through November 3 RECOMMENDED How do you depict a genocide? That’s the question that the actors of the metatheatrical We Are […]
4.48 Psychosis Reviewed by Stephen Fife Son of Semele Ensemble Extended through November 16 RECOMMENDED “At 4:48 / when desperation visits / I shall hang myself / to the sound of my lover’s breathing / I do not want to die / I have become so depressed by the fact of my own mortality that […]
Good Fishermen Know A Lot About Sex Reviewed by Nikki Munoz Hudson Guild Theatre Through November 3 Good Fishermen Know A Lot About Sex gets its title from one of its musical numbers, performed when two fishermen in a boat sing about the connection between fishing and sex. The title — and the musical number […]
