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Death of a Salesman Reviewed by Stephen Fife The Ruskin Group Theatre Co. Extended through September 15 There are four great plays that modern American Drama has been built upon: The Iceman Cometh and Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and Death of a Salesman by […]
Pockets Reviewed by Stephen Fife Robot Teammate at the Hollywood Fringe Festival Through June 29 RECOMMENDED This is the tenth year of the Hollywood Fringe, and it’s hard to believe that the musical comedy collective Robot Teammate was not there at day one. That’s how synonymous their work has become with the best the Fringe has […]
Boxing Your Demons Reviewed by Dana Martin Crooked Grin Productions at the Hollywood Fringe Festival Through June 29 Crooked Grin productions has a lot of energy to burn. Their latest creation for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Boxing Your Demons, is immersive theatre on steroids. Part boxing lesson, part workshop, the production lands few solid punches.Guy (Matt […]
Feeling Lucky Reviewed by Dana Martin The Blank Theatre at the Hollywood Fringe Festival Through June 28 Feeling Lucky explores 30-somethings’ search for the cure for loneliness. Playwright (and fellow Stage Raw critic) Stephen Fife pens an overtly optimistic, classically comedic hour of short scenes for the Hollywood Fringe Festival.The production examines that age-old question: just […]
Best Night Ever: A Bachelor(ette) Night Reviewed by Katie Buenneke The Pig ‘N Whistle at the Hollywood Fringe Festival Closed The fun concept of writer-director Katy Foley’s Best Night Ever: A Bachelor(ette) Night is that you, the audience, show up at a bar and get in a limo for a bachelor or bachelorette party, and […]
Mysterious Circumstances Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Geffen Playhouse Through July 14 In December 2004, The New Yorker magazine published an article by journalist David Grann titled: “Mysterious Circumstances: The Strange Death of a Sherlock Holmes Fanatic.”Grann wrote about the mysterious death of writer/scholar Richard Lancelyn Green, the co-author of a complete bibliography of Arthur Conan Doyle, and the possessor […]
Urban Death for Kidz Reviewed by Taylor Kass Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group Through July 13 RECOMMENDED Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group has not only created a wholly unique theatre experience, but they’ve also invented an entirely new genre: children’s horror theatre. And should anyone else ever dare to dip into a theatrical category this […]
Wait Until Dark Reviewed by Lovell Estell III Loft Ensemble Through July 28 Frederick Knott’s edgy thriller was first performed on Broadway back in 1966 and ran for 373 performances. It’s had many stage revivals, not to mention the well-touted film version that starred the talented Audrey Hepburn, along with Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna. […]
