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Mama Metal Reviewed by Stephen Fife IAMA Theatre Company Through June 23 RECOMMENDED At the opening of Sigrid Gilmer’s play Mama Metal, the lights come up on the playwright’s alter ego, Sterling Milburn (Courtney Sauls), who addresses the audience very directly — one might almost say confrontationally.“You are all going to die,” she says. “Most […]
Happy Days Reviewed by Taylor Kass Center Theatre Group – The Mark Taper Forum Through June 30 RECOMMENDED “What are you meant to mean?”That’s the question posed by a passerby when she sees Winnie, an ordinary woman in an extraordinary position — that is, covered up to her waist in sand. And that’s the question likely posed […]
VIOLENCE: The Misadventures of Spike Spangle, Farmer Reviewed by Lara J. Altunian The Actors’ Gang Through June 22 Tim Robbins’ VIOLENCE: The Misadventures of Spike Spangle, Farmer feels like a blast from the past. Though the ludicrous plot and over-the-top characters are entertaining, the story, set in the 1980s, eventually winds its way into an overly-familiar ending. Predictability may […]
Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill Reviewed by Deborah Klugman The Garry Marshall Theatre Extended through June 9 RECOMMENDED: Deidrie Henry delivers a soulful performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill, Lanie Robertson’s 1986 one-act about the late great jazz singer who died prematurely at the age […]
Bronco Billy — The Musical Reviewed by Lovell Estell III Skylight Theatre Company Extended through July 21 RECOMMENDED If you haven’t seen the 1980 movie Bronco Billy with Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke (or can’t remember if you did), don’t worry. With a book by Dennis Hackin (who also wrote the novel and the movie’s […]
Invisible Tango Reviewed by Stephen Fife Geffen Playhouse Extended through July 21 RECOMMENDED I’ve been to many shows at the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater — certainly over 50 — but I’ve never seen an audience there as excited as at Invisible Tango, Helder Guimarães’s magical show about the practice of magic and the mysteries of the […]
At the Table Reviewed by Taylor Kass The Road Theatre Company Extended through July 20 RECOMMENDED In At the Table, the political is personal. Four old friends — endearingly grumpy Elliot (Ray Paolantonio), perpetually cool Nate (Christian Prentice), abrasively confrontational Stuart (Justin Okin), and Stuart’s warm but overly accommodating girlfriend Lauren (Cherish Monique Duke) — […]
A Bad Year for Tomatoes Reviewed by Iris Mann Theatre 40 Through June 16 Despite its improbable premise, this farce by John Patrick (Tony Award winner for The Teahouse of the August Moon) is imbued with elements of I Love Lucy and The Beverly Hillbillies and could be a rollicking ride — if the one-line zingers were delivered […]
