by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move Sometimes being too clever can get you into trouble. In playwright/showbusiness historian Jordan R. Young’s 30 minute solo play turned film, “Bela Lugosi Meets Edna St. Vincent Millay,” actress Susanne Pinedo intertwines the loosely related lives... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Guy Picot Copyright © 2020 Gia On The Move The Blank Theatre has a long history of developing and championing new plays through its Living Room Series of rehearsed readings. Hot Tragic Dead Thing by Ashley Rose Wellman... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Guy Picot Copyright © 2020 Gia On The Move Sometimes the social and political climate makes a centuries-old play seem supernaturally prophetic. So it is with Measure for Measure, currently being staged by Antaeus Theatre Company. The sparse... Continue Reading →
by Matt Ritchey Copyright © 2020 Gia On The Move Rorschach Fest is Open Fist’s 30th Anniversary repertory festival featuring short works from John O’Keefe, Harold Pinter, Daniel McIvor, and Caryl Churchill. The purpose of the chosen works, according to... Continue Reading →
An interview with playwright Bob DeRosa and director Rebecca Larson By Matt Ritchey Copyright © 2020 Gia On The Move Every weekend, it seems, a new superhero movie opens at the box office; stories of humans with special gifts that,... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Guy Picot With a wall being built, and harrowing stories of children being separated from their parents, the border with Mexico has been very much in the news recently. Timely then, that playwright Carlos Lacamara should revise his... Continue Reading →
Co-reviewed by Matt Ritchey and Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move There’s a wonderful Christmas story about a man dissatisfied with his life, who lives alone, and who has terrible thoughts about other people. And one magical night, he realizes... Continue Reading →
Co-Reviewed by Matt Ritchey and Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move There was a time (waaaaaay back in the 90’s) when Hollywood was hell-bent on producing lavishly decorated period pieces. All the trades opined that actors were having a difficult... Continue Reading →
by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move What happens after Troy? When it falls? When it fails its populace against the rising tide? When the army of gentrification marches through the city? Laying waste to communities, remapping grids, upgrading rents,... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Matt Ritchey, Growing Gills To Drown in the Desert, playing at Loft Ensemble, is an unusual title. It’s also fitting. But as it’s a bit difficult to get the gist of the plot from the title, here’s a... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Guy Picot The past is always with us in haunting Hanukkah history. Jennifer Maisel's family drama Eight Nights, in repertoire through December 15 at Antaeus Theatre Company, has a neat device: Show one night of Hanukkah each decade... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Matt Ritchey Joy Regullano’s inspired musical about reconciling oneself with how they were raised has moved from its debut at the Hollywood Fringe Festival and into The Second City Hollywood’s Second Floor theater (6560 Hollywood Blvd.), playing Fridays... Continue Reading →
