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Chicago Theater Review: OEDIPUS EL REY (Victory Gardens Theater)
OEDIPUS REX POTENTLY UPDATED TO THE BARRIO Oedipus El Rey is Luis Alfaro’s vision of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex seen through the prism of modern Latino life, specifically gang culture as it melds with the traditions and values of the barrio in east Los Angeles. The drama at Victory Gardens is powerful and riveting, which proves that a…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: THE IRISH CURSE (Odyssey Theatre in West L.A.)
I AM NOT MY COCK When a new Godzilla movie came out in 1998 the marketing pundits urged, “Size does matter.” But when it comes to a woman’s sexual satisfaction with her partner’s penis size, apparently size doesn’t matter, at least, not to most women. Yet, many men seem to be obsessed with the size…
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Los Angeles Theater “Reviews”: PLAYS IN THE PARK (Santa Monica Playhouse) and GRACE NOTES & ANVILS (Odyssey Theatre)
TWO CRITICS; TWO STAGED READINGS; BASICALLY ONE OPINION From Jason Rohrer: Plays in the Park, Brian Conners’ collection of one-acts (only one of which is set in a park), intends to showcase its writer (who also directs) in the glow of its rotating cast of Actors’ Studio headliners. Mark Rydell, Ed Asner and Esai Morales…
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Theater Review: THREE SISTERS (Steppenwolf Theatre)
TRACY LETTS ADAPTS THREE SISTERS FOR STEPPENWOLF Tracy Letts calls his version of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters an adaptation, but other than some changes in language it’s still the great Russian dramatist’s play, a human and humane account of characters mired in boredom, disappointment, failure, loneliness, and frustration. The Steppenwolf is premiering Letts’ revision in…
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Chicago Theater Review: THE MAGIC PARLOUR (The House Theatre at The Palmer House Hilton Hotel)
WATKINS HAS US IN THE PALM OF HIS HANDS I had one reservation headed into The House Theatre of Chicago’s The Magic Parlour: almost every magic show I had ever been to has been obnoxiously showy, laughably cheap, or both. I grew up seeing magicians at birthday parties, went to magic shops and learned card…
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Theater Review: DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI (House Theatre of Chicago)
MAGIC ALL AROUND Death and Harry Houdini was the House Theatre’s first production back in 2001 and it’s been something of a meal ticket for the company over the years. The production played in Chicago earlier this year, transferred to Miami for a successful run, and is now back at the Chopin Theatre, selling out…
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Regional Theater Review: INHERIT THE WIND (The Old Globe in San Diego)
CREATIONISM VS. EVOLUTION; RELEVANCE VS. TIMELESSNESS Dubbed “The Trial of the Century” (with rhetorical apologies to O.J.), the actual 1925 trial that inspired Inherit the Wind marks a milestone in the American legal system: The first time science vs. religion found its way to the public courthouse. The Scopes trial (named after defendant John Scopes,…
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: FLYING SNAKES IN 3D (New Ohio Theatre)
HISS HISS BANG BANG Four writers stand onstage and in unison announce their thesis, “We thought that making a show strictly about our poverty and history of abuse would make us severely unpopular: so we decided to splice our story with a science fiction narrative about snakes.” So begins Flying Snakes in 3D!!, a campy…
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San Diego Theater Feature: THE OLD GLOBE 2012 SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (Lowell Davies Festival Theatre)
ALL THE WORLD’S A GLOBE After previewing in the month of June, The Old Globe officially opens the 2012 Shakespeare Festival this week. Adrian Noble returns for his third season as the internationally renowned festival’s Artistic Director, taking the helm on both Inherit the Wind and As You Like It, while British director Lindsay Posner…
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Regional Theater Review: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY (Woolly Mammoth in D.C.)
I WILL SURVIVE In the opening act of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, a group of campers sits by the warm glow of a trashcan fire and tries to retell a favorite episode of The Simpsons. Matt (the ever-energetic Steve Rosen) recalls and reperforms “Cape Feare” with entertaining accuracy. Maria (Jenna Sokolowski) and Jenny (Kimberly…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT (Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach)
GRIN AND SMILE AND LAUGH-ALOT Full disclosure: I am a big fan of Monty Python and have seen five productions of Monty Python’s Spamalot. On Broadway, in Vegas, two touring companies in Los Angeles and now Musical Theatre West’s production currently running at The Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. High art it is…
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Chicago Theater Review: REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALI MAKE ME HOT (National Pastime)
A LUKEWARM PRODUCTION OF A HOT SCRIPT This July, Pastime Theatre is ripping off their clothes and inviting audiences to join in on the fun. “Naked July: Art Stripped Down” is a theatre festival, part in celebration of the human body, part in celebration of the opening of Pastime’s new space – which, oddly enough,…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: THAT GOOD NIGHT (The Road Theatre in North Hollywood)
THIS ALMOST GREAT NIGHT Andrew Dolan, a working actor perhaps better known as a writer, had his second completed play produced first, in a Los Angeles world premiere: last season’s knockout EST production of his very smart race-and-academic politics piece, The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King. That play exemplifies all that is most promising…
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: TRIASSIC PARQ (SoHo Playhouse)
DOWNTOWN DINOSAURS The Off-Broadway Musical is an endangered species. The perfect storm of escalating real estate rents, union expectations, and production costs render producing commercial Off-Broadway musicals a dubious venture at best. Enter Triassic Parq, The Musical, the 2010 Award-Winning FringeNYC show for Best Musical, eager to please and ready to challenge the conventional wisdom….
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Chicago Theater Review: FLOYD COLLINS (BoHo Theatre Ensemble at Theater Wit)
THE YODELING ROCKS, THE SHOW DOES NOT Before Adam Guettel was declared the next Sondheim by many for his beautiful, swelling Light in the Piazza score, he drew on the rich folk sounds of Kentucky for the tale of Floyd Collins. This lesser-known musical is the true-life story about a passionate Kentucky spelunker whose foot…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: WAR HORSE (Ahmanson Theatre)
WHO’LL SAVE THE PLOW HORSE? War Horse is almost critic-proof. It has been garnering all sorts of Best Play awards, but, in truth, there are all sorts of new, unrecognized categories for which War Horse can compete and still come out a winner. Let’s mention a few, why don’t we? The Most Imaginative Use of…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: A MISSIONARY POSITION (REDCAT in Los Angeles)
LEARNING OF A DEATH PENALTY FOR ONE’S EXISTENCE Uganda has an alarming history when it comes to human rights violations, but recent developments against gay people are horrifying. In 2005, Ugandan police arrested a lesbian couple in their home, strip-searched and fondled them, and then released them without filing charges. In 2008, the couple won…
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Los Angeles Theater Review and Commentary: JITNEY (Pasadena Playhouse)
THE SIZZLE’S A FIZZLE It is an uncontestable fact that every play August Wilson wrote justifies being looked at again and again. It has been fascinating to see how the moral, political and emotional life of African-Americans has been given the sweep of history by concentrating on the ten decades of a tumultuous century and…
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Off-Broadway Review: MORE OF OUR PARTS (Clurman Theater)
MORE IS LESS THE SUM OF ITS PARTS When making a show consisting of several short plays about the disabled, one must be concerned, it seems, with the possibility of the whole thing becoming more about message than art. It’s unlikely under such circumstance that, for example, a disabled character, say a wheelchair-bound girl, feed…
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Chicago Theater Review: THE LOVER (Soul Theatre at A Red Orchid Theatre)
LET ME GO, LOVER I’ll be the first to admit as a twenty-something that I don’t know what it’s like to feel like your sex life has passed you by – something I’m told that many couples experience in their later years. Harold Pinter’s one-act The Lover seeks to explore one middle-aged couple’s attempt to spice…
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