170 stories by "Sarah Taylor Ellis"
The Last Act of Lilka Kadison: Review for Stage & Cinema
NOTHING FEEDS YOUR HEART LIKE A GOOD STORY Truth be told, The Last Act of Lilka Kadison chronicles an entirely conventional story " but Lookingglass Theatre's production elevates this histor…
STEPPENWOLF PROVES ITS WORTHY REPUTATION Will Eno's Middletown suggests that life is a black hole; there will always be a gulf between reality and our perception of it, between our desire fo…
This: Review for EDGE Los Angeles
Sometimes, theater criticism becomes a chore. On several of our recent theater dates, Tony Frankel and I have lamented that writing a review of a mediocre show seems hardly worth our (unpaid…
On Golden Pond: Review for EDGE Los Angeles
Fleetwood Macbeth: Review for EDGE Los Angeles
SING TO THE HAND A literally damning critique of American popular culture, Jerry Springer: The Opera soars in the Chance Theater's Southern California premiere. An opera this critical could …
I was late for The Clock. Starting at 5pm on Thursday, July 28, LACMA screened the complete 24 hours of Christian Marclay’s The Clock in the Bing Theater. Recently awarded the prestigi…
A literally damning critique of American popular culture, Jerry Springer the Opera soars in the Chance Theater's Southern California premiere. An opera this critical could have only originat…
Very few things can be called universal in the human experience, but death is one certainty. In an illuminating and virtuosic solo performance, Anna Deavere Smith embodies a beautiful mos…
It Must Be Him: Review for EDGE Los Angeles
COMING OUT THROUGH SKETCH COMEDY It Must Be Him is in desperate need of a laugh track. Although penned by former writer of The Carol Burnett Show Kenny Solms, this semi-autobiographical roma…
TALKING ABOUT A BETTER WORLD Violence cuts across the walls in The Word Begins; sirens blare as iconic images of bloodshed and warfare, political figures and propaganda are projected larger …
Broadway in Israel 2011. Friday, June 17: After lunch, we loaded the bus and headed to Sahne (or Gan Hashlosha), a warm spring ranked as one of the 20 most beautiful sites in the world in…
John Fleck is a name out of the theater and performance studies history books for me: one of the (in)famous “NEA Four” whose performance art grants were vetoed for “inde…
COCTEAU CALLING A disheveled bed, letters strewn across the floor, a woman quaking by the phone awaiting her lover's last call: Jean Cocteau's 1930 play about the need for human communicatio…
GLORY DAYS GETS ITS GLORY BACK Glory Days is legendary among contemporary musical theater fans. With book by James Gardiner and music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire, this youthful musical recei…
YOUNG IN L.A. For self-proclaimed losers Sarah and Meaghan, a post-college move to Los Angeles promises a total break from the past, if not fame and fortune as well. In Sofia Alvarez's provo…
THE DAY AFTER THE WORLD CHANGED Red and blue emergency vehicle lights cut across the New York City skyline outside Abby's comfortable high rise apartment. It is September 12, 2001, and lover…
