Review: Theatre West’s ‘The Goddamn Couple Down the Hall (Oh…. and Merry Christmas!)’
Playwright Mark Wilding notes in the program for Theatre West’s “The Goddamn Couple Down the Hall (Oh…. and Merry Christmas!)” that he...
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Anita W. Harris
6 days ago3 min read
Review: Aesthetically charming ‘Waiting for Godot’ at Geffen Playhouse
Irish playwright Samuel Beckett wrote “Waiting for Godot” in the winter of 1948, in French, having lived in Paris for 20 years and...
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Anita W. Harris
Nov 153 min read
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ soars at La Mirada Theatre
Stage-and-screen actor Jason Alexander may be headlining “Fiddler on the Roof” –performing at La Mirada Theatre through Dec. 1 – but in...
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Anita W. Harris
Nov 133 min read
Jazz great Monty Alexander to celebrate 80th at Segerstrom’s Samueli Theater
Celebrated jazz pianist Monty Alexander is performing for his 80th birthday year on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Segerstrom Center’s intimate...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Nov 113 min read
Review: ‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ at the Hollywood Pantages
Back to the Future (1985) is perhaps one of the most beloved films of all time. For this fact alone, expectations for “Back to the...
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Brett Fischer
Nov 114 min read
Review: RSC’s ‘Pericles’ at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Shakespearean taboo For most theatergoers, the byline “by William Shakespeare” carries a unique weight. Seeing his name attached to a...
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Anita W. Harris
Oct 304 min read
Review: August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” at A Noise Within
The title of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Piano Lesson” – one of his cycle of plays on African American life in the 20th...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Oct 292 min read
Review: The Group Rep’s ‘Four Top’ at Lonny Chapman Theatre
The Group Rep’s “Four Top,” an original new comedy by Michael B. Kaplan at the Lonny Chapman Theatre, opens with a one-night stand, or at...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Oct 222 min read
Review: ‘Shipping’ at The Elysian
When the house lights dim for “Shipping” at The Elysian and a cloaked woman wanders the stage picking shellfish from the water, eating...
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Anita W. Harris
Oct 213 min read
ICT’s ‘Murder on the Links’ has fun with Christie mystery
Having debuted regionally last year, Steven Dietz’s comic adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1923 mystery “Murder on the Links” is now...
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Anita W. Harris
Oct 212 min read
Singing and story shine in ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ at Hollywood Pantages
If you’re wondering whether the hype is real about “Kimberly Akimbo” – which won five Tony Awards following its 2022 Broadway run,...
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Anita W. Harris
Oct 174 min read
Review: Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Babbitt’
“Babbitt” is playwright Joe DiPietro’s 2023 adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s 1922 novel that contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Oct 173 min read
Review: “Robbin, from the Hood” at Road Theatre Company
Road Theatre Company’s “Robbin, from the Hood” opens with an elderly Percy Woods (William L. Warren) browsing TV channels from his...
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Brett Fischer
Sep 174 min read
Review: Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Comedy of Errors’
Let’s cut to the chase: if you’re considering seeing Shakespeare Theatre Company ’s (STC) “Comedy of Errors”—continuing at STC’s Klein...
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Anita W. Harris
Sep 114 min read
ANW’s zany ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ succeeds in breaking the rules
“The Skin of Our Teeth”—continuing through Sept. 29—is a weird play excellently executed by A Noise Within (ANW) with compelling acting...
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Anita W. Harris
Sep 93 min read
Riveting ‘Memnon’ at Getty Villa evokes Greek tragedy with modern feel
The Classical Theatre of Harlem ’s (CTH) new “Memnon”—continuing at the Getty Villa ’s outdoor amphitheater through Sept. 28—ingeniously...
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Anita W. Harris
Sep 67 min read
Three BBC Proms 2024: Pictures, Planets and Doctor Who!
Imagine a dynamic eight-week classical music series continuing through the warm summer months of London, England, staged at the...
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Anita W. Harris
Sep 24 min read
International City Theatre’s “The Double V” brings Black American history to life
Before “The Double V” story begins, one of the actors steps forward as a Cal State Long Beach grad student to say how his grandfather...
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Anita W. Harris
Sep 23 min read
‘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...
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Anita W. Harris
Aug 303 min read
‘The Comedy of Errors’ at Shakespeare’s Globe delights doubly
If you find yourself in London within the next couple of months, treat yourself to the doubly delightful confection “The Comedy of...
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