Closely Related Keys Closely Related Keys, Wendy Graf’s eerily relevant play about the US’s involvement in Iraq and its devastating influences on family members unfolds at International City Theatre. The circumstances feel […]
ISC’s latest outdoor production of The Tempest should remind us all of how much we’ve missed experiencing the magic of theatre shared with strangers,. Mindful of Covid restrictions, ISC has, nonetheless, crafted a […]
John Kolvenbach’s new play, produced by Vs. Theatre Co, and Circle X, is a deceptively thoughtful, participatory piece, and at 70 minutes it is also short! As a result, I can […]
In The Last, Best Small Town that just opened at Theatricum Botanicum, my own experiences growing up are clarified with uncanny specificity. John Guerra’s elegant rendering of Thornton Wilder’s original “Our Town” reinforces […]
One of the joys of any Shakespeare production is the opportunity to apply fully-formed concepts to enhance Shakespeare’s loose dramaturgy. The Claremont-based Ophelia’s Jump enlivens the flood of Shakespearean revivals around […]
What a breath of fresh air — literally — to experience the Fountain Theatre’s new outdoor venue at the opening of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ send-up of Dion Boucicault’s 1859 depiction of […]
An impassioned Josephina Lopez kicked off the press conference to pass SB 805, as it was languishing in the Appropriations Committee. It has been an urgent matter to get the word […]
What a joy to finally experience a live event in company with a socially distanced group of like-minded audience members! That’s what drew me to the second iteration of Tell Him […]
To turn Los Angeles from a backwater town known only for its proximity to Hollywood to an international site of architectural and technological wonder, the powerhouses in aerospace, the automobile […]
Not to be deterred by such complications as Covid19, The Road Theatre opens its 2021 season online with This Bitter Earth, filmed with four cameras, live onstage, and streaming through April 30th. […]
