Review: THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY at Geffen PlayhouseOctober 18, 2023“How to Ruin a Relationship in One Easy Step,” is a definitive alternate title for, THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY, a smart, little 80-minute, light drama written by Samuel Balm, directed by Darko Tresnjak, currently at the Geffen Playhouse, Gil Cates Theater.
Review: A SOLDIER'S PLAY at AMANSON THEATREMay 30, 2023The production values and cast of the Ahmanson Theatre's, A SOLDIER'S PLAY, are absolutely stellar. But, I had to wonder, is this story 'enough' for the younger African-American audiences of today?
Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Independent ShakespeareApril 29, 2023When you get right down to it, Amanda and Elyot are two people with the enormous blind side of being drawn to one another yet destined to hurt one another; walking a fine line between love and hate, desire and aversion.
Review: CLYDE'S at Mark Taper ForumNovember 26, 2022Quite possibly, a perfect production. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s Tony Award-nominated CLYDE’S at the Mark Taper Forum is heartfelt, funny, and seriously delicious.
Review: RADIO GOLF at A Noise WithinNovember 2, 2022There is a reason why August Wilson is one of the more prolifically produced playwrights in modern American theater. He just gets it. The same could be said for RADIO GOLF director Gregg T. Daniel.
Review: OKLAHOMA at Ahmanson TheatreSeptember 20, 2022It seems everybody is having one of two reactions to Director Daniel Fish’s revival of OKLAHOMA! currently playing at the Ahmanson Theatre. But love it or hate it, so much of this update of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s acclaimed 1943 musical in which a farm girl is courted by two rival suitors, works.
Review: LAVENDER MEN at Skylight TheatreAugust 25, 2022Taffeta’s dialog is often an attack on the audience rather than a composition about Lincoln. A passive character study with a blow-horn built in so that you don’t doze off into your own fantasy about who she is and what SHE represents.
Review: ACROBUFFOS' AIR PLAY at The Broad StageJuly 23, 2022What did our critic think of ACROBUFFOS' AIR PLAY at The Broad Stage?ACROBUFFOS’ AIR PLAY tells its own story of friendship and fun with a little competition in between through fans and props. It is silly and tender, and one of the most beautiful performances you will ever see.