THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

A star is born in 19-year-old Iain Kohn, whose breakout stage debut as on-the-spectrum amateur detective Christopher Boone is just one reason why Greenway Arts Alliance’s production of Simon Stephens’ The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ought to top any L.A. theatergoer’s must-see list.
(read more)

Tags: , , ,
posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

EIGHT NIGHTS

A Holocaust survivor newly arrived in 1940s New York. An African-American couple who’ve journeyed north in the tumultuous ’60s in hopes of escaping racism down south. The Japanese-American grandson of WWII internment camp detainees circa 1988. A Syrian refugee in Trump-era America. Playwright Jennifer Maisel weaves together these characters and their interconnected stories in her decades-spanning World Premiere drama Eight Nights, an Antaeus Theatre Company triumph.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Drama, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

FRUITION

If dystopian thrillers are your thing, you may buy into the post-apocalyptic world imagined by Alexis DeLaRosa in Fruition, a Theatre Of NOTE World Premiere. If not, you’ll likely find yourself less enthralled by what DeLaRosa imagines in store for the USA as we know it.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Action-Adventure, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere

ANASTASIA

A Disney-style animated flick for the kiddies gets transformed into an epic romantic musical for grown-ups in Anastasia, now evoking oohs and aahs at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts for its gorgeous costumes and spectacular projection designs as well as abundant applause for its trio of thrilling lead performances, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s lush musical score, and Peggy Hickey’s eclectic choreography.
(read more)

Tags: , , , ,
posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

ELIJAH

Strangers find themselves stuck inside a rural TGI Friday’s as a hurricane rages not far from where a serial killer is about to be put to death in Judith Leora’s Elijah, 72 minutes of drama, comedy, mystery, suspense, and hot-button issues that kept me on the edge of my Victory Theatre seat from start to finish.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, WOW!

ORRY

Legendary Hollywood costume designer Orry-Kelly lives again (at his own funeral, no less) in Nick Hardcastle’s entertaining, informative Orry, now playing a limited engagement at West Hollywood’s Lee Strasberg Theatre.
(read more)

Tags: , , ,
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Play With Songs, World Premiere, WOW!

DIAL “M” FOR MURDER

You’ll be dining at the crime scene as you savor the latest tasty delight from The 413 Project, Frederick Knott’s classic mystery-suspense thriller Dial “M” For Murder at Pasadena’s Madeline Garden.
(read more)

Tags: , , ,
posted in Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY

Fountain Theatre scores a major coup by beating out the biggies with the Los Angeles Premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside And Crazy.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

Next PagePrevious Page