Madama Butterfly
LA Opera took care to ensure that their 2024-25 season opener of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly would be “not just another just another Butterfly.” To achieve this, the company imported the Mario Gas […]
Photo courtesy of LA Opera.
Cast courtesy of Boston Court.
A Going Away Party Play
With the rhetoric in our country so divisive, and the conflicts in the Middle East drawing us in to tensions with Iran, this play could not be more timely. A Going Away […]
Mullican, Aung. Photo by Robin Randolph.
In the Unlikely Event of an Emergency
Have you ever seen your life flash before your eyes? If you’re superstitious, you may think it indicates the end, but in John Mullican’s case, it was only a giant wake-up […]
Carr, Edwards, Baraka. Photo by Jeff Lorch.
Just Who Are the “Good Guys” When It Comes to Guns
No matter what you think about guns in schools, this short, but very thoroughly argued, play reveals the complexities that take place when there is a “good guy with a […]
Edlin, Yeun. Photo Courtesy Jeff Lorch.
What If the Civil War Never Happened
Th*ir*ds is a clever title for this sprawling, somewhat convoluted, ultimately important performance; it describes America as an “Alliance of American States” divided, after the South seceded in the 1860s into […]
Mora, Kerr. Photo by David Datz
Keeping Up the Good Work at Theatre 40
When I first arrived, I remember how I was impressed that one of the most exotic actors in our theatre program was already a member of a professional performing group: […]