In Adam Bock’s “A Small Fire,” we watch a woman lose her senses through a mysterious disease, yet she persists…
Theater
Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ is not a play or even a musical – it’s a show. There’s no plot or story…
Exceprts from an interview with Emily Mendel. Her review of “Octet” is here. On the human voice:“I was the stereotypical…
After a 13 year incubation, during which time gestation began with a single song, Hadestown came to fruition in 2019…
The rock musical, “Passing Strange,” is a quirky amalgam of the autobiography of a young Black American, a raucous comedy,…
In the dead of night, a university professor returns unannounced to his childhood home in a scruffy part of London…
A whirlwind has been let loose on the Ahmanson stage. The National Theatre production of “Lehman Trilogy” has arrived. You…
Theatre for a New Audience’s searing and brilliant new production of “The Merchant of Venice” (a co-production with DC’s Shakespeare…
On Broadway “Slave Play” earned twelve Tony nominations – the most of any play ever — but did not take…
Early on in Trouble in Mind, veteran actress Wiletta Mayer (Ramona Keller) sits down with newbie John Nevins (Michael Zachary…
The world premiere “Swept Away” is the tragic tale of four starving shipwrecked sailors — and it’s a musical. But…