170 stories by "Sarah Taylor Ellis"
TRAPPED IN VIRTUAL LIFE Tune into Findlay//Sandsmark's fractured bones / let's get lost for an immersive meditation on the mediatization of contemporary culture. This Norwegian performance a…
The Real Drunk Housewives of the San Fernando Valley: Review for Stage and Cinema
BRING ON THE BOTOX Fans of reality television, rejoice! The Real Drunk Housewives of the San Fernando Valley has just hit the stage " live and in person, sloshed and singing. While this new …
La Cage aux Folles: Review for Stage and Cinema
COME FOR GEORGE HAMILTON, STAY FOR CHRISTOPHER SIEBER The national tour of La Cage aux Folles leaves its audience basking in the warm afterglow of a delightful musical comedy. As an enthused…
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play: Review for Stage and Cinema
I WILL SURVIVE In the opening act of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, a group of campers sits by the warm glow of a trashcan fire and tries to retell a favorite episode of The Simpsons. Matt…
LOLPERA: Review for Stage and Cinema
FINDING CHEEZBURGER AT THE THEATER In a not-too-distant dystopian future in which lolcats are humans' only form of communication, the epic LOLPERA " a lolcat pop opera " links our memes…
The Lights Are Off: Review for Stage and Cinema
A WELCOME MATT In Matt Soson's new dark comedy The Lights Are Off, a college dorm room becomes a hotbed of sex, violence, drug dealing, and explorations of identity. The play centers on room…
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Ghosts: Review for L.A. Weekly
In 1992, my living room echoed with the voices of Newsies, peddling the papers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hurst, and other giants of the newspaper world. Okay, so maybe it was 1…
Lost in Yonkers: Review for Stage & Cinema
SIMON'S LOST IS FOUND The disappointing turnout for The Neil Simon Plays on Broadway in 2009 suggested that Neil Simon's style of dysfunctional family comedy, a mainstay of The Great White W…
The Woman in the Wall: Review for Stage & Cinema
"IF I AM DEAD TO LIFE, WHAT AM I ALIVE TO?" In The Woman in the Wall, Overtone Industries reinvents a tradition of medieval mystery plays in a stunning new chamber opera about a 14th century…