Jeff Lorch | LA Theatrix

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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...

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...

May 73 min read

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....

Apr 103 min read

‘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...

Jan 293 min read

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...

Oct 22, 20233 min read

‘The Engagement Party’ sparkles at Geffen Playhouse

In Samuel Baum’s “The Engagement Party,” a festive occasion morphs into an obsessive mystery when the bride-to-be’s expensive engagement...

Nov 21, 20223 min read

‘Mindplay’ at the Geffen messes with minds

Review of Mindplay at Geffen Playhouse by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix

Oct 21, 20224 min read

Masterful, literary 'The Inheritance' graces the Geffen

Review of The Inheritance Parts 1 and 2 at the Geffen Playhouse by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix