Anita W. HarrisFeb 273 minPasadenaANW’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ keeps it minimal and melancholicStephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical dark-comedy “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” has continued to enthrall...
Anita W. HarrisSep 13, 20233 minPasadenaANW’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ gazes intently at internalized racismLydia R. Diamond’s adaptation “The Bluest Eye”—deftly dramatizing Toni Morrison’s novel of the same name—is gracing Pasadena’s A Noise...
Anita W. HarrisAug 30, 20233 minCulver CityTeen-girl drama meets ‘The Crucible’ in ‘Our Dear Dead Drug Lord’ at Kirk Douglas Theatre A collaboration between Center Theatre Group and IAMA Theatre Company, Alexis Scheer’s “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” finds four young women...
Anita W. HarrisMay 18, 20233 minPasadenaReview: Smart, funny and poignant ‘The Book of Will’ at A Noise WithinLauren Gunderson’s 2018 play “The Book of Will”—continuing at Pasadena’s A Noise Within (ANW) through June 4—dramatizes how William...