ACCORDING TO THE CHORUS
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
Backstage comedies pretty much have me at hello. No wonder then that I’ve fallen head over Capezios for According To The Chorus, Arlene Hutton’s captivating journey back in time to Broadway circa 1984, the latest World Premiere delight from North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company.
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NORMAL NOISES
Saturday, August 27th, 2022
If laughter is indeed the best medicine, then you’re bound to leave Normal Noises, Clara Rodriguez’s quirky sextet of “plays about real life, only more so” in the halest of health.
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MUD
Monday, August 22nd, 2022Loft Ensemble imagines a dystopian future populated by ten nameless, genderless global calamity survivors in Mud, a World Premiere drama I found alternately pretentious and preachy
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THE TWYLIGHT ZONE: THE 6TH DIMENSION
Saturday, August 6th, 2022Production values are minimal, but there’s maximum laughter to be found in The Twylight Zone: The 6th Dimension, David Gallic’s cleverly written, ingeniously staged parody of the iconic 1960s TV series of a differently spelled name.
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THE DESPERATE HOURS
Monday, June 6th, 2022Joseph Hayes’ The Desperate Hours may have won a Tony as the Best Play of 1955, but the 67-year-old suspense melodrama is showing its age these days with its stilted dialog and Father Knows Best-meets-Dragnet characters, and some questionable casting choices don’t help its 2022 revival at the Group Rep.
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BELOVED
Saturday, May 28th, 2022
The Road Theatre Company’s three-shows-in-a-row return season goes from good to better to best of all with the World Premiere of Arthur Holden’s Beloved, a suspense-filled, twist-packed stunner that will leave you blown-away and breathless.
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BRIGHT HALF LIFE
Saturday, April 9th, 2022
An interracial same-sex couple embark upon a four-decade-long roller-coaster ride of romantic highs and lows in the Road Theatre Company’s Los Angeles Premiere of Tanya Barfield’s Bright Half Life, as funny and sad and moving a two-character dramedy as I’ve seen in ages.
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L.A. NOW AND THEN
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
The longer you’ve lived in Los Angeles, the more Bruce Kimmel’s L.A. Now And Then is likely to resonate with you, but even if names like Sheriff John and Engineer Bill don’t ring a bell, you’ll likely find much to enjoy in this musical love letter to the City of Angels, now playing at the Group Rep Theatre in North Hollywood.
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