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It’s Your FaultReviewed by Joseph KlinkThe Madnani TheaterThrough June 23, 2023RECOMMENDEDCreators Lindsay Gitter and Griffith Frank are making audiences burst with laughter in their new musical about self-help at The Madnani Theater.Staged as a workshop, the house lights stay on as Pete (Frank) and Robin (Gitter) prepare their final seminar before the release of their […]
MasksReviewed by Julyza CommodoreWhitefire TheatreThru July 29 RECOMMENDEDMass incarceration has and still affects many people in 2023. According to prisonpolicy.org, state prisons in the United States hold an approximate 1 million people, local jails hold 514,000 and federal prisons and jails hold 209,000.Starring, written, produced and directed by Terryl Daluz and Mann Alfonso, Masks deals with […]
Death of a SalesmanReviewed by Martίn HernándezCASA 0101Through July 16RECOMMENDED Arthur Miller’s 1949 classic challenged the USA’s post-World War II optimism, serving as a pungent indictment of the country’s drive for economic success and the toll it took on working class people in their scramble for The American Dream. Almost seventy-five years since its Broadway […]
OleannaReviewed by Joseph KlinkThe Zephyr TheatreHDFF ‘23 – Through June 25RECOMMENDEDThe Hollywood Fringe Festival has arrived. While most audiences are anticipating new works, longtime theatergoers may immediately recognize Oleanna, David Mamet’s polarizing play, now being presented at the Zephyr Theatre on MelroseA two-character drama depicting a power struggle between a university professor and his female […]
Getting ThereReviewed by Dana MartinHudson Guild Theatre as part of the Hollywood Fringe FestivalThrough June 24Rebecca O’Brien is determined to survive. Getting There, written and performed by O’Brien and directed by Cameron Watson, is a story that circles the biggest battle of her life: breast cancer. The one-hour solo show is part of the Hollywood […]
Morning’s at SevenReviewed by Julia StierThe Group RepThrough July 16 A line from the Robert Browning poem “The Year’s at the Spring,” declares “Morning’s at seven,” as one of many indicators that “All’s right with the world!” But that’s where the similarities between play and poem end. In Paul Osborne’s play – Morning’s at Seven – […]
SearedReviewed by Philip BrandesEnsemble Theatre Company at The New VicThrough June 25Amid the kitchen chaos of a struggling Brooklyn restaurant, Teresa Rebeck’s 2019 comedy, “Seared,” serves up a foodie-infused variant of the familiar clash between artistic integrity and commercial compromise.Piquant notes of simmering tension open a handsome staging by Jonathan Fox for Santa Barbara’s Ensemble […]
Love, DollyReviewed by Socks WhitmoreSierra Madre PlayhouseThrough June 18, 2023A love letter to America’s “Backwoods Barbie” is taking the stage at Sierra Madre Playhouse; Love, Dolly stars Kim Eberhardt as national treasure Dolly Parton in a jukebox concert peppered with stories from Parton’s life. This cabaret of anecdotes and musical pairings is by and for […]
