Saturday, July 4, 2026
THE POLITICS OF MARRIAGE Strong writing and performances outweigh a staging that plays it safe The worst that can be said of Ray Richmond‘s Another Distraction From the Epstein Files at Ba…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2026
THE WAR THAT FOLLOWED HIM HOME Rather than celebrate a legend, Brian Rohan reveals the man still haunted by war At the outset of World War II, Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) became the first ma…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AM[SHARE]LIFE IN A BLENDER A chaotic solo show anchored by an engaging performer. Kelly Mullis‘s solo show Army Brat at the Broadwater Second Stage carries a very accurate subtitle: “The Fever Dr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:50AM[SHARE]Monday, June 22, 2026
BURNED BY AMBITION Sometimes the bravest artistic choice is asking for help. In Theft of Fire, Garrett Hildebrandt is presentable, well-spoken, talented, and smart. However, he’s not as ta…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:59AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 21, 2026
FROM BARK TO HEART A barking-dog complaint grows into something far more interesting I have been a fan of Richard Lucas since I reviewed his short, humorous, autobiographical novel The Dog L…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 18, 2026
ET TU, SHOESTRING? An ambitious historical comedy collapses under its own weight— but not without flashes of promise There are many different reasons for failure. All of them sting. The Fa…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AM[SHARE]Monday, June 15, 2026
UNDER PRESSURE Ann Noble directs Ann Loud in a nicely twisted mystery set in a multi-crew submersible some 30,000 deep. Ann Loud, who penned the script and plays all five characters, skillfu…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:50PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 14, 2026
CALAMITY JANE MEETS LAS VEGAS A charming tribute delivers plenty of Doris Day favorites, even if the biography occasionally takes a back seat Day After Day (The Life and Music of Doris Day) …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 12, 2026
GHOSTS WITH HEARTBEATS Jon Schnitzer finds warmth and wonder beneath the bumps in the night Something Spooky, written and performed by Jon Schnitzer, is more about heart than haunting. Yes, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2026
A COMMUNITY OF ONE Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer-winning drama finds theatrical poetry in loneliness and hope Primary Trust is the sort of play that reminds us why theater matters. I want to stat…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:43PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 6, 2026
MAD SCIENCE, SANELY STAGED Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s Cold War satire still packs a comic sting The Actors’ Gang has been a pillar of L.A. theater since 1988, when they burst onto the scene…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2026
REACHING FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM Henry Ong’s final play transforms one man’s remarkable life into a timely cautionary tale Ascent is a small gem. It is not ostentatious enough to be affix…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:55AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 17, 2026
LONG LIVE THE ABSURD Michael Michetti’s visually stunning staging transforms Ionesco’s meditation on death into a thing of eerie beauty It is rare, nowadays, when a play by the Romanian …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2026
THE MINOTAUR IN THE MIRROR A powerful performance anchors a portrait that never fully reveals its subject The journey of Picasso: Le Monstre Sacré to the Odyssey Theatre in L.A. is both con…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:07PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2026
A HYMN WITHOUT THE HALLELUJAH A polished, well-acted drama that never quite ignites Hymn by playwright Lolita Chakrabarti is a well-crafted piece, with detailed characters and dialogue that …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:53PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2026
THE KISS OF DEATH A drama overloaded with “dots” that just don’t connect The Ruskin Group Theatre’s production of Stephen Fife’s Blue Kiss starts off with promise. Todd (Casey Morr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:21AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2026
KAFKA IN AMERICA— AND LOST AT SEA Striking visuals adrift in an overlong adaptation Who isn’t familiar with Franz Kafka (1883–1924), the tormented Czech writer? Or The Metamorphosis, K…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2026
LOST IN TRANSLATION— AND INTENTION Pulitzer winner that provokes, puzzles, and occasionally frustrates. Is it a scream into a void or a play? English, by Sanaz Toossi, won the 2023 Pulitze…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2026
FOUNDING FATHERS, FOUND WANTING A promising historical premise undone by uneven writing What Price Freedom, by Tony Blake, having its world premiere at Moving Arts Theatre, recounts one of t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 26, 2026
SUPERSTAR STILL RISES Nocturne Theatre's high-concept staging proves that even a familiar rock opera can still feel fresh, fierce, and electrifying First, a Biblical passage…"Jesus Christ …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:01PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 21, 2026
CIVILITY ON THE BRINK OF CHAOS Jack Heller's polished production reveals Pinter's menace, even if it could use a bit more disorder First, a joke: "How many Harold Pinters does it take to cha…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
A GENDER-FLUID RICHARD III ROOTED IN HISTORY AND PERFORMANCE TRADITION A commanding central performance anchors a sharp, theatrically confident staging The Tragedy of Richard the Third, Will…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
MOZART MEETS THE FINAL FRONTIER Pacific Opera Project boldly goes where singspiel has gone before Begin with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1789 complex and comic singspiel Die Entführung aus …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:15PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 1, 2026
POETRY AS ACTIVISM, MEMORY, AND INVITATION A moving, participatory tribute to June Jordan that insists poetry still matters June Jordan was a seminal feminist poet and essayist who"beyond ge…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 31, 2026
ZANDER RAPHAEL SPINS PUPPETRY INTO GOLD Gilded Spindle offers Shannon L. Reagan's retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin tale with a slight #MeToo twist. While the talents and artistry of Reagan, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:17PM[SHARE]Kind Stranger … A Memory Play, conceived and performed by Rick Simone-Friedland is successful as a historical rendering of Playwright Tennessee Williams' life. It is also successful as a r…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 24, 2026
A SOLO HAMLET BUILT ON PRECISION AND VELOCITY Inside the White-Box World of Izzard: One Performer, Twenty-Two Roles, No Safety Net Suzy Eddie Izzard"formerly known as Eddie Izzard until 2023…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 21, 2026
A MURDEROUSLY FUN MUSICAL SEND-UP OF KIDS-TV STARDOM Nathan Wang and Matthew Leavitt turn wholesome childhood icons into gleeful chaos" fast, filthy, and ridiculously entertaining. Sets are …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:57AM[SHARE]Friday, December 12, 2025
A HOLIDAY PANTO THAT KNOWS WHAT IT'S DOING The Actors' Gang offers a family-friendly fairy tale with teeth Children of the Winter Kingdom " The Bonkers Adventures of Holly and Spruce, now fr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:59AM[SHARE]Friday, November 21, 2025
THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD " IT RINGS THE DOORBELL Priestley's prophetic 1945 masterpiece glows with fierce clarity at Theatre 40 Masquerading as one of those staid drawing room mysteries Agatha…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:39PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 13, 2025
Bluebeard's Castle, A Medieval Musical Thriller by Russian director and playwright Sofia Streisand, making her U.S. debut at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, displays immense ambition that achi…
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