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Regional Theater Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Cygnet Theatre at The Old Town Theatre in San Diego)
CYGNET’S GLASS MENAGERIE SPARKLES It is easy to see why Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie was an immediate hit when it debuted in 1944. In an era of everyone keeping up appearances, hiding any real pains at home, personal struggles could make one feel painfully alone. Williams gave the masses a chance to sneak a…
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Chicago Theater Review: A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE (Profiles Theatre)
HAND OVER GIST Martin McDonagh, the English dramatist known for his quirky and violent plays set in rural Ireland, sets A Behanding in Spokane in the United States, but the setting hasn’t inspired him to create the rich ethnic canvas that makes his Irish plays such vivid playgoing experiences. Although it is not a great…
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Bay Area Theater Review: RACE (American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco)
PRINCIPLES ON TRIAL Playwright David Mamet is a master of provocative, gut-wrenching truths packed in fast-paced, blue dialogue, and Race, his 90-minute, one-act take on racism and the American legal system, is chock-a-block with his shining, confrontational style. The verdict on A.C.T.’s production (a west coast premiere following last year’s Broadway run) is that it…
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Theater Review: GYPSY (ion theater company in San Diego)
MOSTLY EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES For most theater lovers, Gypsy equals Ethel Merman as Mama Rose, even if you never saw her do it. After a single time hearing Merman’s larger-than-life rendition of “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” it’s hard to imagine anyone else belting out that role. So when one hears that ion theater company…
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Chicago Theater Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Drury Lane Theatre)
A RESONANT AND RESOUNDING SOUND OF MUSIC Although the Drury Lane Theatre extended the run of its revival of THE SOUND OF MUSIC even before the show opened, the laudable theater company might want to consider adding yet another extension. Director Rachel Rockwell returns after her triumphant production of Sweeney Todd to create an evening that…
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Chicago Theater Review: IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS (The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire)
I’M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS THAT WORKS It is possible that Irving Berlin’s White Christmas might succeed with audiences. Possible, that is, if they are willing to tolerate a lame, cliché-ridden plot in exchange for large samplings of the Irving Berlin songbook. The musical is an adaptation of a 1954 motion picture (simply called…
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Movie Review: THE RUM DIARY directed by Bruce Robinson
ALL ABOUT JOURNALISM (Reviewer’s note: What do you do when you really like a film but disagree with it? You write a review like this.) I’ll start my review of The Rum Diary with a short explanation of why I ceased to be a journalist some time ago. Very simply, I never knew a journalist…
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Off Broadway Theater Review: ASUNCION (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater @ Cherry Lane)
ASUNCION DESCENDING Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that after you get an Oscar nomination, for the next five years everyone will return your phone calls. It seems Jesse Eisenberg has decided to parlay his Oscar clout into a production of Asuncion, a play he wrote and stars in at the Cherry Lane Theatre produced by…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: ALL MY SONS (Matrix Theatre)
AN ANACHRONISTIC LOOK AT RACE IN AMERICA There’s no doubt that Arthur Miller’s 1947 play All My Sons is an astonishing piece of theatre. Not only is the writing brilliant, but the themes addressed are timeless and important. It’s difficult to imagine how the play could possibly be improved. Yet that is exactly what the…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: PEACE IN OUR TIME (Antaeus Company at Deaf West Theatre)
A COWARD IN PEACETIME [Undelivered letter to Noël Coward discovered in North Hollywood:] My Darling Noël: Sir Anthony here, writing to you from the palm-drenched regions of Los Angeles, where I am taking a much-needed holiday from the horrors of war. (Let me know, Dear Boy, if I could peddle some of your film scripts…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: GROUNDLINGS SCIENCE FAIR (The Groundlings Theatre)
THIS FAIR IS JUST THAT: FAIR Science Fairs are an opportunity for students to apply scientific methods to an experiment and present them at a competition. The best way to take first prize from the judges is to make a genuine breakthrough or invent something new. Judges admire creativity and innovation, and look for novel…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: BUSTING OUT! (The Hayworth Theatre)
THE REALLY BIGGIE TITTY COMMITTEE What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you’re told that you’re going to see a show with two women (Emma Powell and Mandi Lodge) who are going to display their tits on stage in amusing ways that are calculated to make us laugh? You probably don’t even have…
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Bay Area Theater Review: BELLWETHER (Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley)
AN UNFORGETTABLE FAIRY TALE FOR GROWN-UPS Just in time for Halloween, Marin Theatre Company’s Bellwether takes its audiences into a deliciously spooky fairy tale world they won’t soon forget. Continuing an association between MTC and former playwright-in-residence Steve Yockey, company producing director Ryan Rilette and his cast have a ball with Bellwether‘s many twists and…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM (ICT in Long Beach)
A BRIDEGROOM ROBBED OF ITS CHARM Anxiously anticipating The Robber Bridegroom at International City Theatre (ICT), I felt like an excited bride who had already slept with her soon-to-be husband, but found on the wedding night that her bridegroom was cold, unimaginative, and flaccid. If every bridegroom on the planet had the qualities of Todd…
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: THE DUMB WAITER (National Asian American Theater Company)
WAITING FOR PINTER National Asian American Theater Company (NAATCO) takes a steampunk spin on The Dumb Waiter, Harold Pinter’s classic absurdist thriller. Director Andrew Pang makes great use of the ambient details of a run-down building and masterfully guides two very fine actors, Louis Ozawa Changchien and Steven Park, in a suspenseful study of two…
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Chicago Theater Review: FOLLIES (Chicago Shakespeare Theater)
‘TIS FOLLY TO OVERPRAISE FOLLIES The buzz in the lobby of Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) on opening night of Stephen Sondheim’s landmark 1971 musical Follies was palpable; people from around the world were clamoring to see this rarely produced work – and for good reason. The original Broadway production is legendary: people lucky enough to…
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Off Broadway Review: SONS OF THE PROPHET (Roundabout at Laura Pels Theatre)
LOVE, FONTANA, COMPASSION One of the joys of seeing theatre in New York City Off-Broadway is that, every so often, you get to see a special star-of-the-future appear in the firmament and watch his wattage increase with each role. Santino Fontana’s performance as Joseph in the Roundabout Theatre’s production of Stephen Karam’s lovely new play…
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Interview: SANTINO FONTANA (Starring in ‘Sons of the Prophet’ at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre)
HIS BRILLIANT CAREER (SO FAR) Still in his twenties, Santino Fontana has performed in quite a respectable number of productions that many actors would hope to accomplish in a life time: most recently The Importance of Being Earnest (Clarence Derwent Award), the short lived Brighton Beach Memoirs (Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor), Billy…
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San Diego Theater Review: MIXTAPE (Lamb’s Players Theatre at Horton Grand Theater)
A SWEET TRIP BACK IN TIME Some shows really make you think. Others are designed to move you to tears. And then there’s miXtape, which is pretty much two full hours of cleverly-performed, good-hearted fun. If that’s beneath you, move on immediately. But if you don’t mind the idea of smiling, laughing, and even catching…
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Off Broadway Theater Review: BAIT N’ SWISH (Stage Left Studio)
GAYER TUNA In “Bait” – the first of the two interconnected one-acts in Bait n’ Swish – we meet Charlie and Justin, best friends looking for Mr. Right at Gay Bait, a gay speed-dating event in a Manhattan Howard Johnson’s. In their 3-minute rotating gay dates, they meet a horde of men looking for an…
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