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100 Planes Reviewed by Lovell Estell Filigree Theatre Company Through August 4 Lila Rose Kaplan’s drama arrives in Los Angeles for its West Coast premiere courtesy of Austin’s Filigree Theatre Company. At just over 80 minutes, it blends romance and comedy by way of two mingled narratives that aren’t scripted artfully enough to make the show […]
Dancing at Lughnasa Reviewed by Julia Stier Open Fist Theatre Company Extended through August 31 Brian Friel’s nostalgic Dancing at Lughnasa is an exploration of memories through the eyes of the story’s narrator, Michael, as he looks back on moments from his childhood. Now playing at the Open First Theatre Company under the direction of […]
Apple Season Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Moving Arts Through August 5 Perhaps most notable among the many prizes received by playwright E.M. Lewis is the Steinberg Award from the American Theatre Critics Association, garnered for Song of Extinction, produced in 2008 by the L.A. troupe Moving Arts. (That production also won both an LA Weekly […]
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Reviewed by Terry Morgan Antaeus Theatre Company Through August 26 RECOMMENDED One can see why Antaeus Theatre Company has decided to revive Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle now. It’s a play in which the rich are revealed to be monsters of ego and avarice — where one wealthy woman even […]
The Last Days of Don Juan Reviewed by Taylor Kass Classical Theatre Lab with The City of West Hollywood’s Free Theatre in the Park Through August 11 If The Last Days of Don Juan has a moral, it might as well be this: don’t have sex, ’cause you will get dragged to hell and die. While […]
The Play That Goes Wrong Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Ahmanson Theatre Through August 11 The Play That Goes Wrong is a British production at the Ahmanson Theatre by way of Broadway and, as the title would indicate, nearly everything goes wrong, as planned. The show is quite funny at times, with moments so hilarious you’ll laugh until […]
Scraps Reviewed by Deborah Klugman The Matrix Theatre Company Through September 15 RECOMMENDED: Geraldine Inoa’s incisive character-rich drama, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb at the Matrix Theatre, examines the impact of institutional racism on a group of young people in the aftermath of their friend’s murder by police. The off-beat title is a reference to the […]
Twelfth Night Reviewed by Lara J. Altunian Independent Shakespeare Co. Through September 1 RECOMMENDED Celebrating 16 years of free outdoor public festivals, The Independent Shakespeare Company (ISC) has successfully brought to life another of The Bard’s well-known classics with their production of Twelfth Night, or What You Will. This early 1600s rom-com about twins, love triangles, and cross-dressing is […]
