TARTUFFE: BORN AGAIN
Tuesday, August 13th, 2024
That Bible-thumping scoundrel Tartuffe is once again bound and determined to rob a wealthy family blind, albeit this time in the big-haired, big-shouldered 1980s, in Tartuffe: Born Again, Freyda Thomas’s Baton Rouge-set translation of the 1664 Moliere classic, now tickling audience funny bones under Topanga skies at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum.
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MISALLIANCE
Monday, May 20th, 2024
George Bernard Shaw fans won’t find a more sparklingly performed or exquisitely designed production of Misalliance than the one now playing at A Noise Within, and even if like me you find Shaw plays overly long and talky, this one’s suddenly zippy second act will have you singing its praises.
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NORA
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
Housewives don’t get any more desperate than Nora, the up-against-the-wall protagonist of Antaeus Theatre Company’s enthralling, entertaining latest, Ingmar Bergman’s smartly streamlined take on Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.
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TWELFTH NIGHT
Saturday, April 20th, 2024
Actors Co-op gives L.A.’s top-of-the-line classical theater companies some stiff competition with their irresistibly entertaining, tunefully tropical take on Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of star-crossed twins, mismatched lovers, and zany fools.
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THE WINTER’S TALE
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024
Director Elizabeth Swain ups the Act One drama, then enhances the Act Two froth in Antaeus Theatre Company’s splendidly performed 21st-century staging of William Shakespeare’s still-fresh-at-401 The Winter’s Tale.
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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Monday, November 20th, 2023Whether you love the entirety of the Porters of Hellgate’s All’s Well That Ends Well, or enjoy some parts of it more than others, will likely depend on how much of a William Shakespeare fan you are where this “problem comedy” is concerned.
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Monday, October 16th, 2023
Nobody does William Shakespeare with more originality and flair than A Noise Within, case in point their dazzlingly designed and prodigiously performed re-envisioning of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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THE TEMPEST
Saturday, July 8th, 2023
An inspired concept and flawless execution make Antaeus Theatre Company’s The Tempest the most entertaining of summer treats, even for those who’d normally opt for a root canal over an evening of William Shakespeare.
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