I’ve been walking down memory lane lately, retracing the rich history of Los Angeles’ traditional small theatres. Perhaps the oldest of these is the Company of Angels, founded in 1959. Now located […]
Have you heard of a poet named June Jordan? I had not, but I have long understood the intensity of the civil rights era. And that’s all I needed to immerse myself […]
Have you ever seen a play that was so instructive you wanted everyone, happy or sad, to see it? Well, congratulations. I have found just the play for you! Actually, it […]
What Opa Did is an intriguing play, based on a true event during the Holocaust. And I mean that in more ways than one. The story of a young family trying to fly […]
Art Shulman, an academic as well as a prolific playwright, ponders the difference between bias and discrimination in his provocative play, Bias, now onstage at the Hudson in Hollywood. You may be muttering […]
It’s a brisk New England autumn night, and the audience pulls on coats as they exit the theater. An elegant, white-haired gentleman is still weeping (decorously, this is Boston) in […]
