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: […]
Mora, Kerr. Photo by David Datz
Goldwait, Lopez, Kim, Madriaga Sweet. Photo by Francisco Hermosillo III.
The Bahaus Project Against the World 1925-33
After the strong background provided, in profusion, in Part One, the second full evening consists of two plays within the play. In continuing “meta” style, the actors playing the students present […]
Goldwait, Lopez, Kim, Madriaga, Sweet. Photo by Francisco Hermosillo III.
The Bauhaus Project Shows How Past is Prologue
”I hate art history,” declares one student in a remedial program at a fictional art school reminiscent of our own Art Center in Pasadena. In Tom Jacobson’s encyclopedic The Bauhaus Project, […]
Morrow. Photo by Alex Neher.
The Substance of Fire–A Penetrating Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor
The first thing Rob Morrow said, relaxing after an opening weekend performance, was that Jon Robin Baitz was only 27 when he wrote The Substance of Fire. He should know: the two were […]
Renner, Pourvasei. Photo by Phil Cass.
The Spy Who Went Into Rehab is a Spy Spoof with a Soft Heart
And now, for something completely different! I hadn’t been to the west-side’s Pacific Resident Theatre for some time, but last weekend I was delighted to find their theatre spaces humming with […]
Brenda James. Photo courtesy Group Rep.
Group Rep Unleashes Madcap Hijinks in this Beloved Classic Comedy
The Group Rep roars into summer with the beloved “You Can’t Take It With You,” a madcap comedy that has been entertaining folks on Broadway, in Repertory theatres, and at […]