Netflix Review:Sex/Life
If hot and sexy is what you’re looking for but with a plot line more complex than a pizza delivery dude being seduced in the stereotypical tawdry porn film, then maybe you should […]
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Springsteen on Broadway
He’s back, on Broadway that is. As of June 26, 2021, Springsteen on Broadway is the first show to open (or in this case, to reopen) on Broadway. Though tickets are in […]
Vosylius, Sheldon, Police, Estelle. Photo courtesy Chance Theater.
Sweat
Sweat is the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner in the category for drama. Written by the praised playwright Lynn Nottage, Sweat is now making its Orange County debut at The Chance Theater in a […]
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Becoming Dr. Ruth
For those of us who admire chameleon-like actors — Meryl Streep, Danial Day-Lewis, Kate Winslet, and the late James Whitmore, are all members of this disappear-into-their-character club of thespians — another one of these […]
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Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret
Like other professionals, professional soldiers are oath-bound to perform their duties. Beholden to the intractable wars that the U.S. has been steeped in for the bulk of the 21st century, a phrase of respect […]
Burt Reynolds Knew How to Have Fun With Play Scripts
While we wait for the ubiquitous return of live theater in the Southland (Broadway is scheduled to reopen in September) let us engage in the theater of our minds. After […]
Klena, Moreno. Photo Courtesy of Chance Theater
The Story of My Life
Virtual theater isn’t exactly theater in the traditional sense; after all, that which is streamed or screened alters the theater experience making it more akin to a “live” television show or a […]
My Octopus Teacher
Stunningly filmed by Roger Horrocks (director of photography) and smoothly edited by Pippa Ehrlich and Dan Schwalm with overall direction credited to Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, the Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher tells the […]
All In: The Fight for Democracy
As testified by an authority no less impressive than Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia and erstwhile United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Martin Luther King Jr. “shed a […]