Romeo and Juliet
Charles Gounod’s operas were enormously popular during the second half of the Nineteenth Century. FAUST, his most famous work, was a staple for all opera companies well into the Twentieth […]
Kim, Edris. Photo by Cory Weaver.
Combs, Denver, Gregory, Kumar. Photo courtesy Theatre West.
Theatre West’s World Premiere Christmas Show
‘ Tis the season for Christmas shows to abound, and Theatre West has come up with a doozy, marrying murder to jolly St. Nick and the happy returns of the season. In […]
Okoro, Smith. Photo by Craig Schwartz.
August Wilson Recovers the Cadence of Northern Migration in The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, the towering playwright of the 20th Century, is a significant part of his 10-play cycle covering “the Great Migration” to the North of African Americans […]
Hawkins Smith, Walker (foreground), Freedom, Rowe, Kalugin. Photo by Kamal Bolden.
Revisit Trouble in Mind at Actors Co-op
The Actors’ Co-op, now producing Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind, has been one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets since it began residency at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood in 1987. Currently running two […]
Photo courtesy of LA Opera.
Madama Butterfly
LA Opera took care to ensure that their 2024-25 season opener of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly would be “not just another just another Butterfly.” To achieve this, the company imported the Mario Gas […]
Cast courtesy of Boston Court.
A Going Away Party Play
With the rhetoric in our country so divisive, and the conflicts in the Middle East drawing us in to tensions with Iran, this play could not be more timely. A Going Away […]