409 stories by "Lemonmeter"
SWEET This splendid cast and band run the gamut of comic and tragic emotions as well as delivering some exuberantly fun song and dance moments. Tristan & Yseult is a very unique theatric…
SWEET Sometimes, it really is just about being entertained. Here, you will be. Frances Baum Nicholson – The Stage Struck Review SWEET February 3, 1959 may well have been, as Don McLean…
SWEET Ultimately it's a tale about setting boundaries and what it really means to be a friend. It's the human factor that wonderfully tops all in this show. People are people in our many for…
SWEET This witty new absurdist comedy by playwright Duncombe helps laugh at our ultimately silly and illogical view of love, life, and death. Sarah A. Spitz – Santa Monica Daily Press …
BITTERSWEET Almost the entire first half of the production, directed by Simon Phillips, is devoted to Edna’s exchanges with the audience. The spontaneity of Edna’s wit is dazzlin…
SWEET With the addition of eerie harmonies and then, in the evening's finale, reconstructed Shaker dances, Early Shaker Spirituals soars beyond a canny ethnomusicological evocation to become…
SWEET In a riveting two-hour performance, the devastating effects of cult and thought-control groups is brought to life in Allen Barton's production, "Disconnection." Based on true events, a…
SWEET Driven by a typically sublime Sondheim score, the production’s other strong assets are Cate Caplin’s vibrant and sassy choreography, Tom Buderwitz’ smart and function…
SWEET Director Simon Levy has assembled an extraordinary cast in his exquisitely well-realized production, which also features impressive design elements, particularly Jeff McLaughlin’…
SWEET The new Odyssey production greatly benefits from the thoughtfulness behind director Kim Rubinstein's often searing images. Physically, it's a great watch. Wilson Chin's zen-minimal set…
SWEET Overall, truly admired the creativity " this is a different type of theatre than what one sees when one goes for the known authors and known works, or even the new authors when their p…
SWEET The overall show is seductive, rich in character and more than just worthy. It is further enhanced by having the multi-talented award winning Terri Hanauer on board as Director, Caitli…
BITTERSWEET Produced by lead performer Presciliana Esparolini and Christopher Amitrano in association with the Aquila Morong acting studio, the staging by Vicky Jenson successfully captures …
BITTERSWEET Playwright David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize winning drama about love, grief, and higher mathematics gets a solid, if not prime (in the Gaussian sense) staging in director John Markl…
SWEET I couldn’t stand the cloying 2012 touring production at the Pantages, yet I was at times quite moved by Kite’s staging of a very strong ensemble at La Mirada, and by Dana S…
BITTERSWEET Running somewhere around two and three quarter hours (with intermission), this is an ambitious but uneven effort: perhaps worth a trip for the notable songs and some of the danci…
SWEET Satie, differentiating her characters by their various European accents and slightly exaggerated demeanors, doesn’t bring these women to life much beyond their childhood tales. B…
BITTERSWEET Ransom, Texas is the second production in the past year that the Virago Theatre Company of northern California has brought down for a run at the Asylum on Hollywood’s Theat…
SWEET Despite script issues, Jack Lemmon Returns is a loving but complicated portrait of a revered man told by the son who obviously adored him. Chris Lemmon not only exposes new dimensions …
BITTER Contrasted against Robledo's 2012 staging of Adam Szymkowicz's comic-book-inspired satire Hearts Like Fists at Theatre of Note, this second collaboration disappoints. Pauline Adamek &…
SWEET What’s more shocking than the setup is that Viral largely pulls it off. Playwright Mac Rogers has an ear for the worlds he’s trafficking in and as bizarre as the premise se…
SWEET The Life of the Night engages us with real people caught in the tides of love and need, and the mysteries of the night. It moves us to suffer with them, and it makes us laugh. And all …
SWEET Playwright Gail Louw's masterpiece drama "Blonde Poison" has its American premiere at Beverly Hills Theatre 40. I was held captive for the entire ninety minutes. The story, based on th…
BITTERSWEET Although the story starts with a bang, the exposition required to catalog all of the exceptions and coincidences responsible for the incredible scenario soon bogs things down. Di…
BITTERSWEET This is a French farce and requires perfection every minute to keep up the comedy, and director Drina Durazo does a good but less-than-perfect job of keeping everything in order.…
