The Deco District’s flagship theater takes on a Broadway behemoth, and the result is practically perfect in every way. In the early 2000s, when Disney started mining its film properties for theatrical gold after the...
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Kurt Gardner
“Bad Jews” at the Geffen Playhouse – Los Angeles theater review
It’s disconcerting to begin watching a one-act play billed as a comedy (per the press release) only to discover it’s not at all funny. Dark, yes, and full of sharp observations, but not amusing, at least to me. Bad Jews...
Pauline Adamek
“The Trojans” – San Francisco Opera mounts spectacular production of Berlioz masterpiece – Opera review
Hector Berlioz felt a strong connection to Virgil’s epic poem Aeneid and so when he began to compose his opera The Trojans / Les Troyens, based on Books 2 & 4 of the poem, it was a labor of love. Berlioz wrote the...
Ash Revell
EXIT REVIEW of “Lady Into Fox” — Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015 – an ArtsBeatLA vlog – Los Angeles theater review video
Presenting Exit Reviews, a series of ‘vlogs’ or video reviews. Here’s the newest Exit Review for the play Lady Into Fox, which is part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2015. Lady Into Fox adapted by Sam Hunter, from...
“Belleville” and “Jason & (Medea)” – Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015 – Los Angeles theater review for Stage Raw
Hello readers and theater-goers, Here is my newest reviews for Stage Raw, the critical website providing arts and theater coverage. Belleville Amy Herzog’s one-act play about a young married couple, Abby (Emily Rutan)...
