MAN OF GOD
Friday, February 8th, 2019
The discovery of a spy cam pointing up from inside the hotel bathroom toilet of four Korean-American teens on a mission trip to Thailand sets in motion a wild and unexpected chain of events in Anna Moench’s Man Of God, an East West Players World Premiere as funny, dramatic, and edge-of-your-seat gripping as it is a timely reminder that there are no age restrictions where the #metoo movement is concerned.
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LAST CALL
Monday, February 4th, 2019
Anne Kenney is hardly the first writer to tackle the issues confronting adult children of aging parents but her theatrical debut, Last Call, an Open Fist Theatre Company World Premiere, is as perceptive and powerful as family dramas get.
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DEATH HOUSE
Saturday, January 19th, 2019
What starts off as a capital punishment-vs.-life imprisonment debate develops into something considerably deeper and more powerful in Jason Karasev’s profoundly moving Death House, a Road Theatre Company World Premiere.
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JOCASTA: A MOTHERF**KING TRAGEDY
Sunday, January 13th, 2019Technical marvels and some inventive directorial touches aren’t enough to rescue The Ghost Road Company’s Jocasta: A Motherf**king Tragedy from its performance-artsy approach to Greek tragedy and its lackluster lead.
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SISTERS THREE
Friday, December 21st, 2018A pair of quirky contemporary adult siblings bearing more than a passing resemblance to Anne and Emily Brontë generate dramatic sparks aplenty in Jami Brandli’s Sisters Three, that is until Charlotte shows up near the end and the Inkwell Theater World Premiere turns from a mostly quite absorbing two-hander to a solo performance that goes off the deep end … way off.
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A CAROL CHRISTMAS
Monday, December 3rd, 2018
A bossy, workaholic fashion mogul makes major life changes thanks to a trio of late-night visitors in The Group Rep’s World Premiere holiday musical A Carol Christmas, a tuneful Charles Dickens-inspired crowd-pleaser that with some astute revisions could well end up a regional December delight.
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MIDDLE8
Monday, November 19th, 2018
If Thornton Wilder were still alive to write a rock opera about five musicians dealing with issues of love, life, death, and what comes after, he might choose to title it Our Band. Stefan Marks calls his play-with-songs Middle8, and for anyone who’s seen the playwright-actor-director-musician-designer’s past work, it should come as no surprise that Middle8 is label-defyingly special.
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REMEMBERING BOYLE HEIGHTS
Saturday, November 17th, 2018Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, its past, its present, and the challenges it faces in the future, make for an eye-opening theatrical experience in Casa 0101’s World Premiere docudrama Remembering Boyle Heights.
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