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‘The Brothers Size’ at Geffen Playhouse blends myth with gritty reality
Though Geffen Playhouse’s new artistic director Tarell Alvin McCraney wrote “The Brothers Size” 20 years ago, the play resonates just as...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 2, 20243 min read
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Gender-swapped ‘Company’ dazzles at the Pantages
The 2022 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1971 “Company” soars at the Hollywood Pantages through Aug. 18....
Anita W. Harris
Aug 15, 20244 min read
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‘A Strange Loop’ at the Ahmanson is strangely loopy
Following its Tony Award-winning success on Broadway in 2022, and a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for writer Michael R. Jackson, the musical “A...
Anita W. Harris
Jun 25, 20243 min read
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Troubadours get no- no- notorious with ‘Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra’
The Troubadour Theater Company doesn't miss a beat with its latest music-meets-classic story mashup, “Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra,”...
Anita W. Harris
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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Review: Melancholic beauty of ‘Girl from the North Country’ at the Pantages
It’s a dark Minnesota winter in 1934, during the Depression. Several souls shelter in a guesthouse around Thanksgiving, their deep...
Anita W. Harris
May 20, 20243 min read
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Charmed magic of an American dream in ‘The Hope Theory’ at Geffen Playhouse
The world premiere of “The Hope Theory” – extended at Geffen Playhouse through July 14 – makes an American immigrant tale magical....
Anita W. Harris
May 7, 20243 min read
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‘Stalin’s Master Class’ of cultural oppression at Odyssey Theatre
Though billed as a comedy, the Odyssey Theatre’s “Stalin’s Master Class” by David Pownall is more like a lively character portrait of...
Anita W. Harris
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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Fountain Theatre’s verbatim ‘Fatherland’ portrays Jan. 6 from the inside
With an election coming up and possible presidential pardon for those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 – or a possible former...
Anita W. Harris
Apr 19, 20243 min read
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‘Fat Ham’ at Geffen Playhouse flips Shakespeare’s script
If you Vitamixed the existential pages of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” with a crockpot of Southern barbecue sauce, you might end up...
Anita W. Harris
Apr 10, 20243 min read
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‘Message in a Bottle’ stuns at the Hollywood Pantages
On the surface, “Message in a Bottle” seems an unlikely combination of the music of Sting with Kate Prince’s high-energy choreography....
Anita W. Harris
Feb 10, 20243 min read
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Transcendent tragedy: Matthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ at the Ahmanson
Making its North American debut at the Ahmanson Theatre through Feb. 25, choreographer Matthew Bourne’s “Romeo + Juliet” resets...
Anita W. Harris
Feb 3, 20243 min read
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Women run wild in Geffen Playhouse’s ‘POTUS’
About an hour before curtain at the Geffen Playhouse last Friday night, Vice President Kamala Harris was purported to be dining around...
Anita W. Harris
Jan 29, 20243 min read
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The Geffen's ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ grapples with suicide, but emotion is lost in translation
“Every Brilliant Thing,” continuing at the Geffen Playhouse’s Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater through Oct. 15, explores the effects of a...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 18, 20234 min read
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Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ delights at the Pantages with culturally appropriate cast
The national touring company of Disney’s “Aladdin,” performing at the Hollywood Pantages through Sept. 23, features a more ethnically...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 14, 20233 min read
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Teen-girl drama meets ‘The Crucible’ in ‘Our Dear Dead Drug Lord’ at Kirk Douglas Theatre
A collaboration between Center Theatre Group and IAMA Theatre Company, Alexis Scheer’s “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” finds four young women...
Anita W. Harris
Aug 30, 20233 min read
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‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ at the Ahmanson in just the right way
“Peter Pan Goes Wrong,” from the mischievous creators of “The Play That Goes Wrong,” uses the same formula of having everything that can...
Anita W. Harris
Aug 17, 20234 min read
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‘Les Misérables’ breaks sound barrier at Pantages … well, almost :)
With a resounding orchestra and booming vocals eliciting an equally ardent audience response, “Les Misérables”—a story of revolution,...
Anita W. Harris
Aug 7, 20234 min read
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‘Into the Woods’ entwines fairytales with enchanting music and humor
Like the tangled vines of Jack’s beanstalk or Rapunzel’s braided hair, “Into the Woods” weaves together several fairytales in a magical,...
Anita W. Harris
Jul 14, 20233 min read
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Riveting ‘A Soldier’s Play’ at the Ahmanson roils in race
Philadelphia-born playwright Charles Fuller’s riveting drama “A Soldier’s Play”—continuing at the Ahmanson Theatre through June 25—won a...
Anita W. Harris
Jun 5, 20233 min read
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Fountain Theatre’s ‘The Lifespan of a Fact’ examines truth in media
Based on the 2012 book of the same name, and continuing at The Fountain Theatre in Hollywood through April 2, “The Lifespan of a Fact”...
Anita W. Harris
Mar 8, 20233 min read
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