EARLY BIRDS
Tuesday, August 20th, 2019
Night-and-day-different 70somethings bond aboard ship in Dana Schwartz’s Early Birds, a World Premiere comedy as entertaining and charming as it is predictable, and nothing wrong with that.
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HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO
Monday, August 19th, 2019Magic realism has never been my thing, and since Hannah And The Dread Gazebo relies on an abundance of it to tell the story of a 30something Korean-American’s visit to her parents’ homeland, I ended up unengaged by Jiehae Park’s overly fanciful comedy despite some terrific performances and a dazzling production design.
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THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Sunday, August 4th, 2019
Baseball season just got a whole lot more entertaining with The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of A League Of Their Own, the UMPO Series’ latest musical movie spoof at Rockwell Table & Stage.
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APPLE SEASON
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Childhood abuse survivors return to the Oregon farm they once called home in E.M. Lewis’s compact dramatic gem Apple Season, a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere now riveting audiences at Atwater Village Theatre.
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DANCING AT LUGHNASA
Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
Brian Friel lovers could not ask for a finer production of his 1992 Best Play Tony winner Dancing At Lughnasa than Open Fist Theatre Company’s 2019 revival. Non-devotees might find their attention wandering during its long, chitchat-filled first act, but once Friel’s memory play takes fire post-intermission, the latest from Open Fist more than merits curtain-call cheers.
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THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Thursday, July 11th, 2019
So nonstop hilarious is the latest National Tour playing a visit to the Ahmanson, The Play That Goes Wrong just might hold the laugh-a-minute record for a West End-to-Broadway comedy smash.
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ANNE, A NEW PLAY
Monday, June 17th, 2019
Anne Frank is alive and well and living in Paris when first we meet her in Anne, A New Play, Nick Blaemire’s trimmed-down adaptation of a 2014 Dutch-language hit whose powerful U.S. Premiere more than merits a visit to the Museum Of Tolerance.
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INDECENT
Monday, June 10th, 2019
A gut-punching, all-too relevant look at Antisemitism, censorship, homophobia, anti-immigration hysteria, the Holocaust, and McCarthyism during the first half of the 20th Century, Paula Vogel’s Indecent is also a thought-provoking demonstration of the power of live theater to both inspire and inflame, and for Los Angeles theatergoers, a chance to see the production that scored director Rebecca Taichman a Tony win two years ago.
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