God of CarnageReviewed by Julia StierFoursome ProductionsThrough May 29RECOMMENDED“How many parents, standing up for their children, don’t become infantile themselves?”The Tony Award-winning play, God of Carnage, written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton, explores how adults handle the fallout from disputes that erupt between their children – sometimes behaving worse than the children […]

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The EffectReviewed by Martίn HernándezSixty-Six Productions at The Marilyn Monroe TheatreThrough May 21RECOMMENDEDWelcome to The Institute of Neural Science, where Connie (Jackie Jandrell) and Tristan (Paul Rush) have volunteered for a month-long clinical trial to evaluate a new anti-depressant medication, though neither has depression, a curious requirement for the testing. The two have little in […]

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Metamorphoses Reviewed by V CateA Noise WithinThru June 5RECOMMENDEDMyth is a symbolic narrative which reveals within its essence a resonant truth of what it means to be mortal. Myth often deals with issues larger than mundane, everyday happenings; rather, myth attempts to probe the very fabric of the cosmos, to find commonalities within mankind, and to […]

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Three TablesReviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisPadua Playwrights at the Zephyr Theatre Through May 22RECOMMENDEDThe times have caught up to playwright Murray Mednick, now an octogenarian, who has sustained a singular, uncompromising vision in his plays over the course of half a century. The vision is grim, but not without humor. I found myself smiling throughout […]

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Tambo & BonesReviewed by Terry MorganKirk Douglas TheatreThrough May 29RECOMMENDEDIf one reads in the press that a new play is a “minstrel show,” it might give one pause about seeing said show. Historically, minstrel shows were racist entertainment in which White people wearing “blackface” makeup depicted African-Americans in a derogatory way. These shows were mostly […]

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Bright Half LifeReviewed by Socks WhitmoreThe Road TheatreThrough May 22RECOMMENDEDFor the second show in its 30th anniversary season, the Road Theatre has set its stage for the Los Angeles premiere of Pulitzer Prize nominee Tanya Barfield’s Bright Half Life: a one-act play that bounces around the 45 years of two women’s complicated love story.Armed with […]

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If Nobody Does Remarkable Things    Reviewed by Joseph KlinkPanndora ProductionsThrough May 14, 2022RECOMMENDEDClimates are changing. How can we come to terms with the rapidly changing environments of our planet Earth, with knowing our part in the demise of its natural conditions? We are responsible as an entire population, an intelligent species that is granted […]

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Reviewed by V CateGeffen PlayhouseThru May 29RECOMMENDEDWhether you consider it to be absurd realism or realistic absurdity, one thing is certain: Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is an American theater classic. Albee’s 1962 work focuses on frayed couple Martha and George as they battle through a booze-fueled night of […]

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HadestownReviewed by Socks WhitmoreAhmanson TheatreThrough May 29RECOMMENDEDThe Hadestown North American tour was yet another victim of COVID-driven cancellations back in 2020, but at long last the Tony and Grammy-winning musical has made its way to the West Coast. “The myth, the musical” weaves together two classic tales from Greek mythology with an American flavor: the […]

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Angels in America: PerestroikaReviewed by Julia StierFoolish Productions Co.Through May 8RECOMMENDEDAngels in America by Tony Kushner does not get enough credit for how funny it is. When I first received my assignment to watch and review Angels in America: Perestroika (the second play of a two-part epic), I balked. The Tony Award-winning play is known […]

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