Audience Spills Oil on Actors and Loads Them Into Body Bags, in a New Play About the BP Oil Spill by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Way of Water: Article for L.A. Weekly

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 3:59am on May 9, 2012☆⚑

Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Road: Pacific Resident Theater by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Road: Review for L.A. Weekly

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 3:49am on May 9, 2012☆⚑

Ghosts: Edgemar Center for the Arts by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Ghosts: Review for L.A. Weekly

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 3:03pm on April 11, 2012☆⚑

Newsies: Nederlander Theater by Sarah Taylor Ellis

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…

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 5:14am on April 11, 2012☆⚑

Lost in Yonkers: The Actors Company Theatre by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Lost in Yonkers: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 4:10am on April 8, 2012☆⚑

The Woman in the Wall: Overtone Industries by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Woman in the Wall: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 10:13am on March 28, 2012☆⚑

Kimberly Akimbo: Malibu Stage Company by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Kimberly Akimbo: Review for LA Weekly After music directing a production of Xanadu for Act III Theatre Ensemble this winter, I am back to writing and reviewing! I am thrilled to be the…

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:56am on March 16, 2012☆⚑

My Town: Reflections on Our Town at The Broad Stage by Sarah Taylor Ellis

According to a woman sitting behind me at the Broad Stage on Sunday afternoon, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town is performed at least once a day somewhere in the United States. The middle ag…

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 6:44am on January 31, 2012☆⚑

O(h): casebolt and smith by Sarah Taylor Ellis

casebolt and smith’s O(h): Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 8:32pm on January 20, 2012☆⚑

Celebrating 2 Years of Blogging by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Two years ago today, I launched my new blog Compositions on Theatre with a Prologue: My roommate Roxanne has urged me for months now to start a blog about all my theatrical adventures " s…

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 5:23pm on January 14, 2012☆⚑

Apologies (and other grey areas): The Paper Industry by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Apologies (and other grey areas): Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 8:06pm on January 6, 2012☆⚑

Kissing Sid James: Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Kissing Sid James: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 7:53pm on January 6, 2012☆⚑

A Year in Theater: 2011 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

2011 has been a whirlwind theatrical year. Last winter, I music directed two incredibly rewarding ensemble shows: Brecht and Weill’s Happy End (with director Hunter Bird) and The Ci…

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 1:22pm on December 20, 2011☆⚑

The Myths We Need " Or " How to Begin by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Myths We Need – Or – How to Begin: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 9:02am on December 14, 2011☆⚑

A Very She & Him Christmas: Or, Why I'm Not Quite a Hipster by Sarah Taylor Ellis

On my recent visit to NYC, I stayed with a designer in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – a hotbed of hipster culture. And on several occasions, friends told me that I would make a good hipster.…

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 9:19pm on November 28, 2011☆⚑

Bring It On The Musical: Ahmanson Theater, 11/11/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Bring It On The Musical: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:32pm on November 15, 2011☆⚑

Stephen Sondheim in Conversation: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 10/29/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Segerstrom Center for the Arts sent an e-mail around 4pm and the LA Times published an article at 5:50, but Jen and I didn’t know the news until we reached the box office last night: W…

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 9:54pm on October 30, 2011☆⚑

The Lord of the Rings in Concert: The Fellowship of the Ring: Honda Center, 10/15/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Lord of the Rings in Concert: The Fellowship of the Ring: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 3:02am on October 20, 2011☆⚑

The Dinosaur Within: The Theatre @ Boston Court, 10/9/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Dinosaur Within: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 6:54pm on October 13, 2011☆⚑

I've Never Been So Happy: Rude Mechs, 10/8/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

I’ve Never Been So Happy: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 5:59pm on October 12, 2011☆⚑

Cymbeline: Fiasco Theater, 9/17/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Cymbeline: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 6:10pm on October 5, 2011☆⚑

Septimus & Clarissa, Ripe Time: 9/20/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Septimus & Clarissa: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:49pm on September 29, 2011☆⚑

Dublin by Lamplight: Inis Nua Theatre, 9/17/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Dublin by Lamplight: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:39pm on September 29, 2011☆⚑

Arias with a Twist: Abrons Arts Center, 9/16/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Arias with a Twist: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 4:22am on September 25, 2011☆⚑

What's Wrong with Angry?: Celebration Theatre, 9/9/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

What’s Wrong with Angry?: Review for Stage & Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:58am on September 17, 2011☆⚑