A toothless drama, Bernard Weinraub’s Above the Fold takes an inflammatory crime ‘ripped-from-the-headlines’ (based on the 2006 Duke University Lacrosse team rape case) and fails to convert it into compelling theater...
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Pauline Adamek
“An Ideal Husband” – Oscar Wilde’s classic at Sierra Madre Playhouse – Los Angeles theater review
Oscar Wilde is famous for his sparkling wit, but there’s not much spark to this humdrum production of An Ideal Husband, Wilde’s moral-minded comedy about a prominent public figure facing a choice between sacrificing his...
Deborah Klugman
“On the Money” – Los Angeles theater review
In Kos Kostmayer’s On the Money, directed by Tom Ormeny, three overworked and underpaid employees with pressing financial problems debate whether or not to steal from their boss whose sole concern is his own profit. ...
“Lovecraft: Nightmare Suite” – spooky horror at the Lex – Los Angeles theater review
Superb acting paired with great storytelling—The Visceral Company presents a return engagement of their highly acclaimed presentation Lovecraft: Nightmare Suite. Throughout the briskly paced and entrancing 80-minute...
“The Elephant Man” – a tour de force performance – Los Angeles theater review
Given the chance to embody John Merrick—aka ‘The Elephant Man’—on stage is probably something most actors would jump at with the same alacrity they would for the opportunity to tackle Hamlet or Richard III. It’s...