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Review: The Group Rep’s ‘Four Top’ at Lonny Chapman Theatre
The Group Rep’s “Four Top,” an original new comedy by Michael B. Kaplan at the Lonny Chapman Theatre, opens with a one-night stand, or at...
Anthony Gutierrez
Oct 29, 20242 min read


Review: ‘Shipping’ at The Elysian
When the house lights dim for “Shipping” at The Elysian and a cloaked woman wanders the stage picking shellfish from the water, eating...
Anthony Gutierrez
Oct 22, 20242 min read


Singing and story shine in ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ at Hollywood Pantages
If you’re wondering whether the hype is real about “Kimberly Akimbo” – which won five Tony Awards following its 2022 Broadway run,...
Anita W. Harris
Oct 21, 20242 min read


Review: “Robbin, from the Hood” at Road Theatre Company
Road Theatre Company’s “Robbin, from the Hood” opens with an elderly Percy Woods (William L. Warren) browsing TV channels from his...
Anthony Gutierrez
Oct 17, 20243 min read


ANW’s zany ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ succeeds in breaking the rules
“The Skin of Our Teeth”—continuing through Sept. 29—is a weird play excellently executed by A Noise Within (ANW) with compelling acting...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 11, 20244 min read


Riveting ‘Memnon’ at Getty Villa evokes Greek tragedy with modern feel
Eric Berryman (Memnon) in Classical Theatre of Harlem's "Memnon" at Getty Villa (Photo courtesy Getty Villa) The Classical Theatre of...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 9, 20243 min read


‘The Brothers Size’ at Geffen Playhouse blends myth with gritty reality
From left: Sheaun McKinney (Ogun) and Alani iLongwe (Oshoosi) in "The Brothers Size" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch) Though...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 2, 20243 min read


Gender-swapped ‘Company’ dazzles at the Pantages
The 2022 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1971 “Company” soars at the Hollywood Pantages through Aug. 18....
Anita W. Harris
Aug 15, 20244 min read


‘A Strange Loop’ at the Ahmanson is strangely loopy
From left: Jordan Barbour, J. Cameron Barnett, Malachi McCaskill, Tarra Conner Jones and Jamari Johnson Williams in "A Strange Loop" at...
Anita W. Harris
Jun 25, 20244 min read


Troubadours get no- no- notorious with ‘Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra’
The Troubadour Theater Company doesn't miss a beat with its latest music-meets-classic story mashup, “Duran DurAntony & Cleopatra,”...
Anita W. Harris
Jun 11, 20243 min read


Review: Melancholic beauty of ‘Girl from the North Country’ at the Pantages
Sharaé Moultrie (Marianne Laine) in "Girl from the North Country" at Hollywood Pantages (Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade) It’s a...
Anita W. Harris
May 20, 20244 min read


Charmed magic of an American dream in ‘The Hope Theory’ at Geffen Playhouse
The world premiere of “The Hope Theory” – extended at Geffen Playhouse through July 14 – makes an American immigrant tale magical....
Anita W. Harris
May 7, 20243 min read


‘Stalin’s Master Class’ of cultural oppression at Odyssey Theatre
Though billed as a comedy, the Odyssey Theatre’s “Stalin’s Master Class” by David Pownall is more like a lively character portrait of...
Anita W. Harris
Apr 30, 20243 min read


Fountain Theatre’s verbatim ‘Fatherland’ portrays Jan. 6 from the inside
With an election coming up and possible presidential pardon for those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 – or a possible former...
Anita W. Harris
Apr 19, 20243 min read


‘Fat Ham’ at Geffen Playhouse flips Shakespeare’s script
From left: Marcel Spears (Juicy) and Nikki Crawford (Tedra) in Geffen Playhouse's "Fat Ham" (Photo by Jeff Lorch) If you Vitamixed the...
Anita W. Harris
Apr 10, 20244 min read


‘Message in a Bottle’ stuns at the Hollywood Pantages
On the surface, “Message in a Bottle” seems an unlikely combination of the music of Sting with Kate Prince’s high-energy choreography....
Anita W. Harris
Feb 10, 20243 min read


Transcendent tragedy: Matthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ at the Ahmanson
Making its North American debut at the Ahmanson Theatre through Feb. 25, choreographer Matthew Bourne’s “Romeo + Juliet” resets...
Anita W. Harris
Feb 3, 20243 min read


Women run wild in Geffen Playhouse’s ‘POTUS’
From left to right: Celeste Den (Jean) and Shannon Cochran (Harriet) in "POTUS" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch). About an hour before curtain at the Geffen Playhouse last Friday night, Vice President Kamala Harris was purported to be dining around the corner in Westwood, escorted by a police motorcade flashing red and blue to a restaurant on Glendon Ave. barricaded by large SUVs. Coincidence? Though the vice president was not immediately visible at the Geffen Play
Anita W. Harris
Jan 29, 20244 min read


The Geffen's ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ grapples with suicide, but emotion is lost in translation
“Every Brilliant Thing,” continuing at the Geffen Playhouse’s Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater through Oct. 15, explores the effects of a...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 18, 20234 min read


Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ delights at the Pantages with culturally appropriate cast
The national touring company of Disney’s “Aladdin,” performing at the Hollywood Pantages through Sept. 23, features a more ethnically...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 14, 20233 min read
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