Piping HotReviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisThe Yard TheatreClosed RECOMMENDEDComedian Madeline Hamilton’s 60-minute lecture-confessional on how to play the bagpipes, told in conjunction with her stories from her desperate, desolate love life, is an idiosyncratic, racy homage to Scotland’s national musical instrument.Hamilton is tailoring the piece for its premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and this LA […]

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Shagadelic: The Origins of Slang Words for Doing ItReviewed by G. Bruce SmithThe Broadwater StudioHDFF ’23 – Through June 24RECOMMENDEDDear Professor Richard Fondler (aka Michael Blaha),Well, that was . . . interesting.I’m referring, of course, to your one-hour lecture/performance with the catchy title Shagadelic: The Origins of Slang Words for Doing It.  When I say […]

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AccommodationReviewed by Iris Mann3Gems Productions at The Odyssey TheatreThrough July 9RECOMMENDEDTo what extent should public school teachers be required to make adjustments in their classrooms to accommodate students who don’t learn in the normal way? And to what extent should such students be required to follow at least some of the routine that the rest […]

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It’s Your FaultReviewed by Joseph KlinkThe Madnani TheaterThrough June 23, 2023RECOMMENDEDCreators Lindsay Gitter and Griffith Frank are making audiences burst with laughter in their new musical about self-help at The Madnani Theater.Staged as a workshop, the house lights stay on as Pete (Frank) and Robin (Gitter) prepare their final seminar before the release of their […]

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MasksReviewed by Julyza CommodoreWhitefire TheatreThru July 29 RECOMMENDEDMass incarceration has and still affects many people in 2023. According to prisonpolicy.org, state prisons in the United States hold an approximate 1 million people, local jails hold 514,000 and federal prisons and jails hold 209,000.Starring, written, produced and directed by Terryl Daluz and Mann Alfonso, Masks deals with […]

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Death of a SalesmanReviewed by Martίn HernándezCASA 0101Through July 16RECOMMENDED Arthur Miller’s 1949 classic challenged the USA’s post-World War II optimism, serving as a pungent indictment of the country’s drive for economic success and the toll it took on working class people in their scramble for The American Dream. Almost seventy-five years since its Broadway […]

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