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Sweet Land

Sweet Land

Sweet Land Reviewed by Julia Lloyd George The Industry Through March 22 [NOTE: Closed early due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED The words “experimental” and “opera” are not ones that I have ever paired in a sentence before, yet they make shockingly natural companions in the astoundingly original Sweet Land, a site-specific opera from MacArthur grant “genius” Yuval […]

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Glass Ceilings

Glass Ceilings

Glass Ceilings Reviewed by Julia Lloyd George Rockwell Table & Stage Through March 28 [NOTE: Remaining shows postponed due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED In all honesty, seeing a you-go-girl musical about feminists throughout history during the week Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign did not seem like an activity that would help me out of my […]

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Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay!

Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay!

Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay! Reviewed by Taylor Kass The Actors’ Gang Through March 28 [NOTE: Remaining shows postponed due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED After their acclaimed production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist last year, The Actors’ Gang has lovingly embraced another play by Nobel Prize–winning Italian playwright Dario Fo. Fo’s script, written in 1974 but intended […]

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Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure Reviewed by Taylor Kass Antaeus Theatre Company Through April 6 [NOTE: Closed early due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure defies both categorization and expectation. Its tricky plot and dissonant themes provide a challenge aptly met by Antaeus Theatre Company, who are no strangers to complicated classical texts.Measure for Measure begins […]

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For the Love of a Glove

For the Love of a Glove

For the Love of a Glove Reviewed by Stephen Fife Bazalaam Beats Productions Extended through March 22 [NOTE: Closed early due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED This is a strange time for comedy. On the one hand, we have an unfiltered president who thinks nothing of throwing around crude racial and sexist epithets, and publicly vilifying anyone who […]

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A Body of Water

A Body of Water

A Body of Water Reviewed by Taylor Kass Actors Co-op Theatre Company Through March 15 [NOTE: Closed early due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED Lee Blessing’s A Body of Water, which premiered at the Guthrie Theatre in 2005, arrives at the Crossley Theatre at Actors Co-op with a brand-new ending.Blessing’s psychological problem play begins with a familiar enough […]

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Supportive White Parents

Supportive White Parents

Supportive White Parents Reviewed by Julia Stier The Second City Hollywood Through April 24 [NOTE: Closed early due to COVID-19] RECOMMENDED In Supportive White Parents, Joy (Joy Regullano), a freshman at UC Berkley, decides to change her major from molecular biology to theatre and Southeast Asian studies. When she breaks the news to her Filipino immigrant […]

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The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge

The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge

The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge Reviewed by Ezra Bitterman Noah’s Ark Exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center Performs Indefinitely [NOTE: Temporarily closed due to COVID-19] [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 […]

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