254 stories by "Abe"
Simon Levy By Graham Sibley The mid-afternoon September sun is scorching as a portable air conditioner blows cool(ish) air into a tight room above The Fountain Theatre. Â Simon Levy, one o…
What's it all about? I've got to get this out, I've been holding onto it for years, and the situation seems to be getting worse. What am I talking about? Audiences! For years, I have watched…
Steel Magnolias By Robert Harling Directed by Laurie Woolery Now Playing through Sunday, October 6, 2013 Actor/East West Players Founder James Hong, Actor/Director Amy Hill, and Actor Jeanne…
THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER (LA GAY AND LESBIAN CENTER): 100% " SWEET SWEET "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later" receives a stunning Los Angeles premiere at the LA Gay & Lesbi…
AH, WILDERNESS! (ACTORS CO-OP): 100% " SWEET SWEET Director Thom Babbes has done a masterful job of harmonizing that requisite appeal with those moments when O'Neill's tale takes a few sligh…
PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE (A NOISE WITHIN): 100% " SWEET SWEET However, A Noise Within's first-rate production presents the story with excellent cohesion, remarkably strong pace, and a tender…
BREATH AND IMAGINATION: 100% " SWEET SWEET The Colony Theatre's Breath and Imagination is one of the finest shows on offer in greater LA. It's one of the finest shows Burbank has ever seen. …
R II (BOSTON COURT): 94% " SWEET Paige Lindsey White and John Sloan in the Theatre @ Boston Court's production of "R II." Pjoto: Ed Krieger. BITTERSWEET A bigger problem is that the actors a…
THE POKEMUSICAL (THEATRE ASYLUM): 86% " SWEET SWEET By the end of Friday's production, I was on my feet clapping, sides sore from laughing non-stop. In other words, The Pokémusical is spect…
THE DREAM OF THE BURNING BOY (MALIBU PLAYHOUSE): 90% " SWEET BITTERSWEET There is a lot of smart dialogue in Read's play, and the characters could be interesting enough if they were not guid…
FUNNY GIRL (3D THEATRICALS): 94% " SWEET SWEET Well, Nicole Parker is living proof that a contemporary actress does indeed have the chops to play Fanny Brice. What a lovely treat this perfor…
COYOTE ON A FENCE (THEATRE ARTS): 100% " SWEET SWEET Solid performances by Rob Nagle and Cody Kearsley as death-row inmates in side-by-side cells distinguish Theatre Arts' production of Bruc…
ORDINARY DAYS (VICTORY THEATRE): 93% " SWEET SWEET It's a pure joy to walk into a theater and not be familiar with a piece and expect very little, only to walk out and feel you have discover…
SON OF SEMELE ENSEMBLE ANNOUNCES THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF "CIVILIZATION (ALL YOU CAN EAT)" Los Angeles, CA (9/15/13) " Award-winning theatre company, Son of Semele Ensemble (SOSE), will pr…
IAMA Theatre Company needs your support to produce our 2013-2014 season! Since 2007, IAMA has been producing unique new works, introducing Los Angeles to emerging contemporary American theat…
The Theatre @ Boston Court announces its 2014 Season. The season begins January 26 with Se Llama Cristina, by Octavio Solis, a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. The s…
A Noise Within presents Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott NOW – Nov 24, 2013 This action-packed production is a tempest-tossed hero's …
They’re back… The award winning show is back again due to popular demand. Tickets to “The Pokémusical” and more at: www.colorandlighttheatre.org Winner! Best Fringe …
Opening Friday the 13th! adaptation by Edward Einhorn music by Henry Akona based on the novel by Philip K. Dick directed by Jaime Robledo (Watson, Stoneface) Promo Video produced by Ben Rock…
The second in a series of interviews with the ensemble of Impro Theatre’s Twilight Zone UnScripted! Edi Patterson, Brian Michael Jones, Lauren Rose Lewis, Paul Rogan, and Michele Spear…
THE OLD SETTLER (PICO PLAYHOUSE): 100% " SWEET SWEET Director William Stanford Davis (an Emmy-winning actor currently appearing in the Showtime series Ray Donovan) may block rudimentally but…
IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY) (PRODUCTION COMPANY): 100% " SWEET SWEET Directed by August Viverito, the play successfully extends well beyond burlesque, sporting shades of Ibsen wh…
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE): 100% " SWEET SWEET It is the deep and sincere understanding of this childish wonder that colors Leason's adaptation with such a refresh…
RED (INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE): 100% " SWEET SWEET In a season that has already included memorable stagings of Around The World In 80 Days, Master Class, and Dead Man's Cell Phone, this ve…
I Am Not Mark Twain (Rogue Machine): 100% – Sweet SWEET Cragg tells his story in graphically sexual terms. He is not a heroic figure. He is a humorist, and his narrative includes humor…
