Los Angeles

Brecht Comes Home To Santa Monica With City Garage’s “Arturo Ui”

Posted by Christine Deitner | 12th Jul 2018 | Los Angeles, Review, Translation, United States of America |

There are plays that feel timeless because they strike familiar chords and speak to something at...

“Ameryka”- Critical Mass And Block Party 2018

Posted by Christine Deitner | 5th May 2018 | Los Angeles, Playwriting, Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad, Review |

In 2017, Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group launched a new, and frankly exciting, idea known as...

Molière’s “The School For Wives” At The City Garage Theatre, Santa Monica

Posted by Christine Deitner | 8th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Los Angeles, Review |

Los Angeles can be a tricky theatre city to pin down. Though we do have a theatre district it is...

“Water By The Spoonful” At The Mark Taper Forum

Posted by Christine Deitner | 21st Feb 2018 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America |

From the moment the play begins, it doesn’t take long for anyone to understand why playwright...

“Bright Star” Shines It’s Light on The Ahmanson, Los Angeles

Posted by Christine Deitner | 28th Oct 2017 | Los Angeles, Musical Theatre, United States of America |

With the opening of Bright Star at The Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in Downtown Los...

“The Dance Of Death” At The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Posted by Christine Deitner | 26th Oct 2017 | Adaptation, Los Angeles, United States of America |

Trapped in an atmosphere rife with the air of past punishment and with no concrete tasks to take up their time, Alice [Lizzy Kimball] and The Captain [Darrell Larson] play cards, say they will allow themselves one drink then pour three or more over the course of an evening, and argue with an off-stage cook about a dinner that never arrives. They wonder whether they should take on another lover and recall how the last threesome went. If this doesn’t sound like Strindberg to you, you’ve been missing out for not only is the play as sexually explicit as one could get in its time, it is also brutally funny and Ms. Kimball and Mr. Larson know exactly how to use both elements to their most effective ends as they engage in a slowly building battle for supremacy over the other.

West Coast Premiere – “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” At The Odyssey Theatre

Posted by Christine Deitner | 28th Sep 2017 | Los Angeles, Transmedia, United States of America |

Founded in 1969 by Artistic Director Ron Sossi, The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is Los Angeles’...

“Shout Sister Shout!” at The Pasadena Playhouse

Posted by Christine Deitner | 11th Aug 2017 | Los Angeles, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

“Heisenberg” at the Mark Taper Forum Brings Uncertainty to New Heights

Posted by Christine Deitner | 30th Jul 2017 | Los Angeles, Theatre and Opera |

As Los Angeles’ leading non-profit theatre company, The Centre Theatre Group is known for hosting...

LACMA’s “Chagall: Fantasies for the Stage”

Posted by Lauren Deutsch | 27th Jul 2017 | Los Angeles, Review, Russia, Theatre and Art, United States of America |

Marc Chagall’s theatrical designs (costumes and set designs) demonstrate his love of music and sheer joy in bringing to life the fantastical creatures that live in our imaginations.

A Question of Comedy in Rajiv Joseph’s “Archduke” at the Mark Taper Forum

Posted by Christine Deitner | 10th Jun 2017 | Los Angeles, United States of America |

The first image we were greeted with as audience members arriving to experience Rajiv Joseph’s...

“Interrupted” at The 14th Factory – Immersive Multimedia Performance

Posted by Christine Deitner | 2nd Jun 2017 | Immersive Theatre, Los Angeles, Theatre and Opera, United States of America |

How often are we invited to experience art that is so thoughtfully intertwined with live performances in this manner? How often are we invited to ‘choose our own adventure’ with artists on this level?