Los Angeles

ALL OVER TOWN: FROM HOLLYWOOD TO TOPANGA After all is said and sat through, there is no profoundly new revelation in Joel Drake Johnson’s carefully observed Four Places that would finally illuminate the wrenching drama that takes place, but it is nevertheless invigorating to hear the cool intelligence of the writing and the way the…

THE BOYS IN THE BEDROOM In the fifth of the ten scenes which comprise Joe DiPietro’s  Fucking Men, a free-wheeling adaptation of Arthur Schitzler’s  La Ronde, the production at Celebration Theatre finally takes hold and grips its audience in an irresistible vise and doesn’t let go right through the next three scenes. But more about that later….

WHEN THE PLAY’S NOT THE THING, BUT THE ACTING SHINES In the theater, the first-rate performer still holds sway over the second-rate play. I was reminded of this recently when asked by someone what she should see if she sees only one play in New York. I did not recommend August: Osage County or South…