It’s refreshing to experience a play about ideas, and not simply character or story. John Logan’s incendiary play Red is a two-character bio-drama about abstract expressionist fine artist Mark Rothko in conversation...
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“Elmina’s Kitchen” – LA theater review for LA Weekly
Gentle readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Elmina’s Kitchen, a drama by Kwame Kwei-Armah, now playing at the Lost Studios on La Brea. Click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater page and...
Pure magic — “Mary Poppins” musical at the Ahmanson, LA theater review
The beloved tale of the efficient Victorian nanny Mary Poppins is back at the Ahmanson Theatre for a four-week run. With its magnificent staging, gorgeous costumes and sets and complicated song and dance numbers...
Pussy power! “Hearts Like Fists” at Theatre of NOTE, LA theater review
A chop-socky cartoon on stage, Hearts Like Fists, written by Adam Szymkowicz, is an action-packed adventure romance set in the surreal world of female crime-fighting superheroes. Nurses by day, skilled warriors...
“All My Sons” — LA theater review for LA Weekly
Hello readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Arthur Miller’s classic tragedy All My Sons. Click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater page — it’s at the top this time! ~ OR...