I usually am somewhat wary of “new takes” or “twists” on classic plays, with cause. Changing the time period of a story or modernizing the text is no guarantee that the play will be any fresher or successful...
Category - Theater
Terry Morgan
Voices from the Fringe: Writer/Performer Bryn Woznicki
Making its debut at the Hollywood Fringe is the audaciously raunchy SMUT.
Kurt Gardner
“A Doll’s House, Part 2” now at Pasadena Playhouse
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (1879) is one of the foundational works of modern drama. The play was written and first staged during the Victorian era, which was a time where rigid gender roles were part of the fabric of...
Pauline Adamek
“Life of Pi” reviewed
Sometimes, although not commonly, sheer visual spectacle without significant content is enough to qualify a play as a success. A lot of critics recently have been opining this about the Harry Potter play, which...
“Tasty Little Rabbit” reviewed
There’s a line in Tom Jacobson’s new play, Tasty Little Rabbit, which reads, “Today’s blasphemy is tomorrow’s orthodoxy.” Five words, but they’re imbued with so much historical truth. Almost every attempt to try...
