Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles Theater Review’
KING OF THE YEES
Sunday, May 29th, 2022
Sierra Madre Playhouse is back in business with Lauren Yee’s affectionate, affecting, winningly amusing tribute to her Chinese-American dad in King Of The Yees.
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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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UNTITLED BABY PLAY
Friday, May 27th, 2022Performances are impeccable (and laughs are abundant, at least in Act One), but by the time Laila Ayad, Anna Rose Hopkins, Courtney Sauls, Sonal Shah, Jenny Soo, and Sarah Utterback finally take their bows (at close to 11:00 p.m. on Opening Night), a more suitable title for Nina Braddock’s Untitled Baby Play would be Interminable Baby Play.
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THE PLAY’S THE THING
Monday, May 23rd, 2022There’s a reason why so-called “old chestnuts” are rarely revived, evidence of which can be found in Theatre 40’s mostly sluggish 2022 revival of Ferenc Molnar’s 1920s chestnut The Play’s The Thing.
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GOD OF CARNAGE
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
Yasmina Reza’s God Of Carnage has returned to Los Angeles eleven years after it broke Ahmanson box office records, this time round at the Odyssey Theatre, an intimate setting that better suits Reza’s hilariously edgy comedy of manners (and lack thereof), terrifically performed by a crackerjack ensemble of four.
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HAMLET
Saturday, May 21st, 2022
Ramón de Ocampo’s bravura lead performance, Elizabeth Swain’s insightful direction, and a striking production design are just three reasons to celebrate Antaeus Theatre Company’s return to in-person productions with their meaty, three-hour long Hamlet.
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METAMORPHOSES
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
A Noise Within closes its 2021-2022 season with what may well be the classical theater company’s most breathtakingly gorgeous production ever, Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses.
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NEWSIES
Sunday, May 15th, 2022
3-D Theatricals is back in business doing what it does best, treating audiences of all ages to Broadway-caliber productions like Newsies The Musical, now wowing audiences at the Cerritos Center For The Performing Arts.
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