Sadly, the short run is over for this well-conceived rendition of a very messy play written (with John Fletcher) at the end of Shakespeare’s life, and produced, originally, at London’s […]
Smile, the play, turns out to be anything but smiley, as it portrays the complex relationships a young girl must maneuver through cultural layers far beyond what is asked of white girls […]
Always ambitious, Theatre 40 launched two plays in repertory, not only to provide more entertainment, but to accommodate its talented writers and performers. First up, A Clean Brush marks a world premiere by […]
After more than 100 years, few remember that Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts received its first production, not in his native Scandinavia, but in the United States. In the 1880s, the […]
Playwright Jeff Gould hits a funny nerve again with his latest, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Divorce. Sky Pilot Theatre Company delivers this confection with an even-handed production, helmed […]
Theatre 40 continues to surprise with yet another engaging evening of theatre, presenting the English language adaptation of a French comedy that out-Moliere’s Moliere by his would-be successor, Alexis Piron. Never […]
With Trouble the Water, Artistic Director and force behind the Theatricum, Ellen Geer, brings us an important story of a civil war hero, Robert Smalls. Born into slavery, he survived to […]
Director Melissa Chalsma celebrates the diversity of Elizabethan playwrights by unearthing Francis Beaumont’s The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Beaumont, along with his co-writer John Fletcher, took the reins of Shakespeare’s company […]
I can’t stop raving about the latest production of Newsies, now lighting up the BofA Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks. There are only five more performances, ending on Sunday, July 24, […]
Dismay. Anger. Depression. Confusion. These were some of the emotions we all had when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 50-year-old precedent cementing the right to abortion in the […]
