One Family’s Escape from Implacable Latin America
One of the features of Los Angeles’ sprawling Fringe Festival is finding important plays tucked among the sea of one-person shows. Eduardo Vega’s Octopus in its Own Ink is such a find. To […]
Webster, Stumman, Lloyd, Kemmet. Photo by Eric Keitel.
What Les Miserables Didn’t Tell You About the French Revolution
Theatre 40 has been around LA’s theatre scene as long as I have. The group routinely combines adventurous offerings with copious opportunities for its members to stretch their wings. Its latest […]
Morales, Rabb, Elliott, and THE BOOK. Photo by Craig Schwartz.
Shakespeare Keeps Giving at A Noise Within
Few of us remember that, in the early 19th Century, this vast country was settled with the help of only two books…the Bible and Shakespeare’s collected works. By mid-Century, the two had […]
Bigley, Thomas. Photo courtesy Porters of Hellsgate.
Porters of Hellsgate Tackle Shakespeare’s Last Play
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 […]
Kozika, Feliciana. Photo by Jeff Lorch.
Smile Shows Its Effort From Inside Out
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 […]
Kerr, Lemire in A Clean Brush. Photo by Eric Keitel.
Theatre 40 Runs Two Shows in Rep
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 […]