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Crime and Punishment Reviewed by Stephen Fife Working Barn Productions Through May 26 In her publicity release for the adaptation of Dostoievsky’s Crime and Punishment currently running at the Edgemar in Santa Monica, publicist Lucy Pollak uses this quote from a New York Times review of an NYC production: “It will banish any bad memories […]
Nu Men Reviewed by Deborah Klugman GWC Productions at the Zephyr Theatre Through April 28 In playwright George Corbin’s Nu Men, five aging fraternity brothers get the fright of their lives when their reunion is torpedoed by a trio of young African soldiers looking to score plunder and stoke fear.Hosted by Colonel Samuel Obulu (Alexander Harris), […]
Sand Moon Reviewed by Julia Stier CoLaboratory and Son of Semele Through April 28 As you enter the theatre, it’s impossible to ignore the fog. A thick haze fills the room, and from the moment you sit down, you are enveloped in the cloud. This aspect of the set design of Sand Moon — written […]
Working 2020 Reviewed by Stephen Fife The Actors’ Gym Extended through June 1 RECOMMENDED There are a few things you need to know about Working 2020, the show currently playing on Friday evenings at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks. First, while the evening was “inspired by” Studs Terkel’s groundbreaking 1974 nonfiction book Working, the […]
Diana of Dobson’s Reviewed by Iris Mann Antaeus Theatre Company Through June 3 First presented in 1908, this British play by early feminist Cicely Hamilton tackles weighty themes that are still relevant today. Billed as a romantic comedy, it nonetheless comments on women’s rights, class warfare, the plight of the exploited worker, extreme financial inequality […]
All My Sons Reviewed by Julyza Commodore Lounge Theatre Through May 12th [Note: This review is part of the Z. Clark Branson/Stage Raw Equity and Inclusion Initiative for Young Journalists. Stage Raw staff are mentoring the young authors, as they build their professional resumes as arts journalists.] RECOMMENDED: Arthur Miller was a socially-conscious playwright who […]
The Niceties Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Geffen Playhouse Through May 12 In The Niceties, playwright Eleanor Burgess constructs a dialectic between a white liberal professor of history who believes in the ideal of America despite its failings, and an angry African-American student who bitterly challenges the bedrock of her teacher’s beliefs. While neither the script nor the […]
Tiny Beautiful Things Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Pasadena Playhouse Through May 5 RECOMMENDED: Theatergoers, be warned: After seeing Tiny Beautiful Things, now playing at the Pasadena Playhouse, your heart may feel like a raw nerve. It’s a show that sneaks up on you — how moving can a few actors reading advice columns aloud be? […]
