In my most recent review on this site, I discussed my general wariness about imposing new directorial takes or twists on Shakespeare works. Once in a rare while, these changes can illuminate the piece in an...
Category - Theater
Terry Morgan
Lear Redux: A Quantum Fantasia
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...
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...