“The Body’s Midnight” by Tira Palmquist — having its world premiere through May 26 at Boston Court Pasadena (BCP), co-produced with IAMA...

Though billed as a comedy, the Odyssey Theatre’s “Stalin’s Master Class” by David Pownall is more like a lively character portrait of...

From left: Jonathon Lamer, Aubrey Saverino and Sam Mistry in Chance Theater's "Tiny Beautiful Things" (Photo by Francis Gacad) In her...

This review was published in the Long Beach Watchdog on April 22, 2024. On a cold Dec. 4, 1956, four now legendary musicians happened to...

With an election coming up and possible presidential pardon for those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 – or a possible former...

Actors Indira Varma, Judith Light and John Lithgow recognized for achievement in theatre Marquis of The Anthem in Washington, D.C. on...

Director Simon Godwin’s smoldering wartime version of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” featuring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma,...

From left: Marcel Spears (Juicy) and Nikki Crawford (Tedra) in Geffen Playhouse's "Fat Ham" (Photo by Jeff Lorch) If you Vitamixed the...

Three men telling a family story spanning three generations over the course of three hours and two intermissions doesn’t sound like a...

This review was published in the Long Beach Post's "Hi-lo" culture section on March 10, 2024. You may recall snippets of Williams Wyler’s...

Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical dark-comedy “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” has continued to enthrall...

This review was published in the Long Beach Post's "Hi-lo" culture section on Feb. 25, 2024. Luke Yankee’s autobiographical drama...

This review was published in the Long Beach Post's "Hi-lo" culture section on Feb. 18, 2024. If you are a fan of Broadway musicals, look...

On the surface, “Message in a Bottle” seems an unlikely combination of the music of Sting with Kate Prince’s high-energy choreography....

From left to right: Julia Eichten and Ariadne Greif in Long Beach Opera's "Isola" (Photo by J.J. Geiger for Long Beach Opera) Though it...

Ugwana Dlamini as Rafiki in Disney's "The Lion King" national tour (Photo courtesy SCFTA) Disney’s “The Lion King” musical—based on the...

This article was originally published in Mountain Views News, vol. 18, no. 5, Feb. 3, 2024, p. 8 Alison Arngrim’s one-woman show...

Making its North American debut at the Ahmanson Theatre through Feb. 25, choreographer Matthew Bourne’s “Romeo + Juliet” resets...

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

Sometimes you see a show that begs the question, “Why can’t all Shakespeare be like this?” Shakespeare Theatre Company’s staging of “As...