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Honesty and Experience: Interview with Deirdre V. Lyons, Actress, VR-Actress and Producer

Posted by Ágnes Bakk | 30th Apr 2022 | Immersive Theatre, Interview, Transmedia, United States of America

Deirdre V. Lyons is currently living in Los Angeles and has been in over 75 Film and Theatrical...

“(It’s Been 76 Years and We’re) Still Waiting for Lefty” – Theatre Unleashed at Hollywood Fringe Festival

Posted by Christine Deitner | 5th Sep 2021 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

Seventy-six years after Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty premiered in New York, Theatre Unleashed...

“WET: A DACAmented Journey” – Powerful Virtual Theatre from The Center Theatre Group

Posted by Christine Deitner | 30th Aug 2021 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

With so many screens in our lives it continues to be a struggle to find the inner strength to...

“Chalk Lines” by Chalk Repertory Theatre – An Immersive, Virtual, Audio Play Tour

Posted by Christine Deitner | 27th Aug 2021 | Immersive Theatre, Los Angeles, Review, Transmedia, United States of America

Since January 2009, Chalk Repertory Theatre has been crafting site-specific theatre in Los...

“The Door You Never Saw Before: A Choosical Musical” at The Geffen

Posted by Christine Deitner | 26th May 2021 | Los Angeles, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

It’s been a decade of a year, and The Geffen Playhouse (or Geffen Stayhouse as they have been...

“Inside the Box” at the Geffen Playhouse – A Puzzler’s Delight

Posted by Christine Deitner | 29th Oct 2020 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

I won’t be the first or last person to note that 2020 has been a challenging year. It has...

Alana Dietze is in Search of Transcendental Feelings and Solutions to Problems

Posted by Jessica Doherty | 27th Jan 2020 | Directing, Interview, Los Angeles, United States of America

Alana Dietze is an actress and director in Los Angeles. She is a company member and literary...

Amanda Levie: Founder-Director of No Peeking Theatre

Posted by Madeline Engelsman | 18th Dec 2019 | Directing, Interview, United States of America

Amanda Levie is the founder and director of No Peeking Theatre, Jersey City-based theatre company,...

“The Great Leap” at Pasadena Playhouse

Posted by Christine Deitner | 5th Dec 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

Saul: It is always your turn. Every time you are on that court, it is always your turn. Wen...

“A Play is a Poem” by Ethan Coen at Mark Taper Forum

Posted by Christine Deitner | 30th Sep 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

“Das Boot – on a boat.” The Center Theatre Group presents a particularly...

Block Party and “Rotterdam” at the Kirk Douglas

Posted 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...

“The Bourgeois Gentlemen” at the City Garage Theatre, Santa Monica CA

Posted by Christine Deitner | 24th Mar 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

The City Garage once again shows its audiences in Santa Monica, CA how much Moliere’s work is both relevant and necessary with their revival of “The Bourgeois Gentleman”. Originally produced by the company in 2008 with a new English translation from the show’s director Frédérique Michel and the producer/production designer Charles A. Duncombe, the play centers on a wealthy merchant with dreams of becoming a member of the aristocracy.

David Henry Hwang On Theatre, Trump, And Asian-American Identity

Posted by Mevlut Katik | 15th Mar 2019 | Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

American writers don’t get much bigger than David Henry Hwang. The award-winning playwright’s...

“Paradise” at Odyssey Theatre – STEM and The Teenage Brain

Posted by Christine Deitner | 2nd Feb 2019 | Los Angeles, Theatre and Religion, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Odyssey Theatre presents us with another thought-provoking play in Paradise by Laura Maria...

“Time Is Love/Tiempo Es Amore” at The Finborough Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Mainstream theatre is often a huge treasure chest, blazing with jewels and flashing lights, while...

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...

“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...

“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

First founded in 1917 as the Pasadena Community Playhouse by Gilmor Brown, who began his career as a producer in a renovated burlesque theatre, The Pasadena Playhouse was named the official state theatre of California in 1937 after Brown and his company successfully produced the entire Shakespeare canon on a single stage (a unique feat […]