“Tale of the Lion King” at Disney California Adventure Park – An Interview with Creative Director, Susana Tubert
Visitors to Disney California Adventure Park should be sure to check their schedules and make time...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 30th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, Interview, Los Angeles, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Film, United States of America
Visitors to Disney California Adventure Park should be sure to check their schedules and make time...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 29th Jun 2019 | Hollywood Fringe 2019, Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
Kevin and Stephanie Connelly look like just another happy couple celebrating their (fifth) wedding...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 28th Jun 2019 | Los Angeles, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America
When attending the Hollywood Fringe Festival, it’s often best you leave expectations at the door. ...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 27th Jun 2019 | Festivals, Hollywood Fringe 2019, Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
Kick Boom Theater Company launches its inaugural production Scarlett Fever at Hollywood Fringe...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 27th Jun 2019 | Festivals, Hollywood Fringe 2019, Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
If you are a fan of The Beatles, you might not be faulted for thinking that there is no new...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 19th Jun 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
The Fountain Theatre production of Michael McKeever’s 2018 off-Broadway hit “Daniel’s Husband” has...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 18th Jun 2019 | Festivals, Hollywood Fringe 2019, Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
It’s been a challenge to know exactly where to begin with any kind of description of...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 17th Jun 2019 | Festivals, Hollywood Fringe 2019, Los Angeles, Review, Theatre and Dance, United States of America
Though everywhere you look in Hollywood, CA these days it seems more old school bungalows and...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 9th Jun 2019 | Festivals, Hollywood Fringe 2019, Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
On its 10th Anniversary, the Hollywood Fringe Festival and its almost 400 shows, events and...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 8th Jun 2019 | Festivals, Hollywood Fringe 2019, Los Angeles, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America
It’s Hollywood Fringe Festival time here in Los Angeles, and for those of you who are not...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 25th May 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
“Begin your day, Winnie.” In Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, Dianne Wiest’s enviable range and...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 25th Apr 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
A young woman with no family to fall back on earns a meager living as a shopgirl but her salary is...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 21st Apr 2019 | Los Angeles, Puppetry, Review, United States of America
The press for the show promises audience interaction and improv but the way both are utilized here is utterly impressive. In three of those many “Master of the House” reprises, Flati and Makarayk sing songs about three members of the audience who have volunteered and base their verses off of the volunteers entirely. This is a talented cast of truly funny people who can really, really sing. And if you are a fan of any Muppet-inspired vehicle, it’s hard not to be jealous of those three volunteers for they get to interact with such beautifully crafted characters.
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 13th Apr 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
With a President in the White House whose ethics seem to be in question on an hourly, if not daily, basis and the tragic recent Boeing crashes taking the lives of hundreds of people for no clear reason other than one that saved the company money, it’s little wonder that Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” might be of interest. Gary Lee Reed directs the Wasatch Theatrical Ventures presentation of the play at The Lounge Theatre in Hollywood, CA and as he states in his note in the program “the devastating impact of lies and denial are often never exposed… until it’s too late.” With the revelation of these lies and the inevitable betrayals they engender, Mr. Reed oversees a talented cast but there are questions about the emotional depths and lengths to which they go to shed light on this complex question.
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 11th Apr 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, Theatre and Age, United States of America
The latest guest production at Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles is Grant Woods’ The Things We...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Diego | 6th Apr 2019 | Interview, Los Angeles, United States of America
Jonathan Dorf is a Los Angeles playwright and screenwriter with work produced worldwide. He’s...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 5th Apr 2019 | LGBTQ Theatre, Los Angeles, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America
The Center Theatre Group’s second Block Party show at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Century City is...
Read MorePosted by Colin McIsaac | 4th Apr 2019 | Interview, Los Angeles, United States of America
Phil Burgers is an award-winning comedy writer and performer who has moved from clowning in France...
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 30th Mar 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America
It is the Odyssey Theatre’s 50th Anniversary Season and in honor of this wonderful accomplishment the company starts off with an intimate and powerful bang with Brian Friel’s “Faith Healer” as directed by Ron Sossi, the company’s artistic director. In the program notes Mr. Sossi points out that though the theatre launched in 1969 and the play didn’t appear on the scene until the late 1970s, the play seems a “most apt prelude to the[ir] retrospective” season due to its innovative role in developing what we now know as the ‘monologue play’. It was also the first play the company performed when they opened their new/current space 30 years prior on S. Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles.
Read MorePosted by Christine Deitner | 28th Mar 2019 | Los Angeles, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Science, United States of America
es, it’s possible if not likely the play has simply conjured up all of this complexity of feeling and that nothing ever existed between Ada and Babbage beyond their shared vision. Yes, I know, there have been multiple instances over time where Ada’s contribution to the invention of the first computing machine has been questioned and tested and even dismissed.None of that matters, for the romantic liaison that Gunderson has crafted and Powers has brought to life delivers one of the loveliest and mature romantic moments I’ve seen on stage.
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