Spring Theater Wrap-Up
Let’s hope March showers lead to April flowers, and a theater-filled springtime. Los Angeles has so many plays and musicals, classics and world premieres, [more…]
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Theater Review: The Thin Place
No, Echo Theater Company’s The Thin Place has nothing to do with Ozempic. Playwright Lucas Hnath has created a world with supernatural elements, and [more…]
Theater Review: The Lonely Few
What if they threw a play and a concert broke out? That’s what’s happening at the Geffen Playhouse’s world premiere musical The Lonely Few, [more…]
Theater Review: The Human Comedy
In June 2018, Violet, produced by Actors Co-Op, was the subject of my first theater review for The Larchmont Buzz. Since then, it’s been [more…]
Theater Review: Mutant Olive 2.0
When a set consists of three metal folding chairs and a ladder against black walls, the actor’s performance had better be compelling. And in [more…]
Theater Review: Let Me In
Let Me In opens with that literal demand, as a woman pounds on a bedroom door. She’s worried that her friend, a groom whose [more…]
Theater Deals Galore at Theatre Week LA
Today Tix Group, parent company of ticket purveyor Goldstar, organized Theatre Week LA in 2016. This year, its mission is to get folks back [more…]
Theater Review: Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Isaac J Cruz and Ryan Stiffelman in Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Photo by Khue Cai. The word “pun” is often preceded by “dreadful,” [more…]
Theater Review: How I Learned to Drive
More than 25 years ago, after its off-Broadway premiere, How I Learned to Drive won the Pulitzer Prize (1998). Since then, this disturbing play [more…]
Theater Review: Lifespan of a Fact
Fact-checking is the ultimate behind-the-scenes activity. Writers write, publishers publish, and in between are a number of necessary activities, including editing, art direction and design, [more…]
Nicole Travolta Tells Her Own Story
By her own analysis, Nicole Travolta is “doing alright.” In fact, she’s so sure about it, she’s created a solo show declaring it to [more…]
Theater Review: Come Get Maggie
A Jetsons-esque set and some well-curated pre-show music (“Catch a Falling Star,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” Monty Python’s “Galaxy Song”) set the tone: [more…]
Theater Review: The First Deep Breath
The organ music that opens The First Deep Breath doesn’t just introduce a sermon by pastor and patriarch Albert Jones III (Herb Newsome). It [more…]
J.J. Pyle Explains How to Find a Husband…Or Not
In a unique coming of (middle) age story, J.J. Pyle tells How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer. The playwright-performer has [more…]
Theater Review: Do You Feel Anger?
When a play’s title asks a question, it sets up its audience to answer. And the answer to Circle X Theatre Company’s Do You [more…]
Plan a Weekend With Out-of-Town Theater
Los Angeles has many theater options, but sometimes it’s fun to get out of town. Make theater part of a weekend stay! Here’s what’s [more…]
Theater Review: Twelve O’Clock Tales with Ava Gardner
When you think of midcentury bombshells with acting chops, and a life story custom made for the scandal sheets, who comes to mind? Currently, [more…]
Theater Review: Home Front
C.J. Lindsey and Austin Highsmith Garces in Home Front. Photo by Tim Sullens. The artist’s challenge is to do something that hasn’t been done [more…]
Theater Review: Final Interview
Dana DeRuyck, Gabriel Oliva and Brian Stanton in Final Interview Getting the job is the least of the problems in Final Interview, a world [more…]
Review: Groundlings Lights Up
Need a good laugh? You could take your chances with the latest movie comedy, which might offer a few chuckles. But for true LOLing, [more…]