Reviewed by Matt Ritchey If you’ve never seen or read Aristophanes’ The Birds, the new Sacred Fools production is a fun way to experience a story that even 2400-some years later, it’s woefully relevant. Adapted (hardcore big-league adapted) by the... Continue Reading →
Awards will be presented Sunday, June 2nd at The Town Hall in Manhattan Tickets for the ceremony are now available at: DramaDeskAwards.com Press Release Nominations for the 64th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today, and the full list of nominees... Continue Reading →
Pacific Symphony presents a special version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall with life-size puppets designed by Robin Walsh, and a cast consisting of Champan University singers and guests on Jan. 12. Pacific... Continue Reading →
Theatre of NOTE is proud to announce the 23rd Annual Hollywood Performance Marathon, on Saturday, January 20 beginning at 3pm and continuing until dawn, at Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd. (just North of Sunset) in Hollywood. NOTE’s Hollywood... Continue Reading →
by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move I was sitting with a theater director from Chicago recently who asked me to explain hyper-theater. She had never heard the term and was completely curious if it was even a real name,... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Marc Wheeler The beloved children's classic The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi takes on magical new life in Wood Boy Dog Fish now playing at Bootleg Theater. Written by Chelsea Sutton with Rogue Artists Ensemble,... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Marc Wheeler Despite an unexceptional book, ordinary, on-the-nose lyrics and mostly predictable plot, Sam Johnides and Tony Gonzalez’s musical Annabella at the Lounge Theatre, is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser, if primarily for its haunting, glorious score and sensational vocalists.... Continue Reading →
by Tracey Paleo, Gia On the Move "I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was." ~ Bottom I won't mince words here. I'm no bard. I'll get right to the point. The... Continue Reading →
by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move In the darkly comedic, Orwellian pseudo soap, D is for Dog, presented by Rogue Artists Ensemble, we live in a futuristic vision of our 1950’s past, interspersed by Aunt Jemima breakfast commercials, Betty Crocker cake mixes, and... Continue Reading →
Through allegorical collage, puppetry, projection and “animal magnetism” playwright Henry Murray explores the ideas of experientiality versus DNA, sexuality and violence, and prejudice in Monkey Adored, a humorous, modern day Animal Farm, farce. The following is a reprint of the... Continue Reading →
