Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
by Melissa Heckscher - June 23, 2024
While it’s true that the story lacks the emotional punch of Broadway faves like Dear Evan Hansen or Les Miserables—or the catchy pop hits of Tony winners like Hamilton or Moulin Rouge—Encore Theatre Group's production of Addams Family is simple and digestible fun....
Review: TINY FATHER at The Geffen Playhouse
by Andrew Child - June 22, 2024
Mike Lew’s two-hander feels ‘of a time’— and it is impressive how quickly these plays that seem to cater to the art sector’s regrowth post-quarantine both in content and structure already feel stale and dated....
Review: REEFER MADNESS at The Reefer Den
by Harker Jones - June 18, 2024
Everyone is phenomenal, from the performers to the musicians to the set director. It’s manically goofy, laugh-out-loud funny, and sexy in its degradation....
Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE at Pantages Theatre
by Harker Jones - June 16, 2024
The problem is not that it’s bad — it’s certainly serviceable — so much as it’s unmemorable. Something that should never be said about a character as dynamic as Mrs. Doubtfire....
Review: MAGIC FOR ANIMALS at Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Andrew Child - June 14, 2024
As the mystical opening chords begin to play and Liz Toonkel emerges in a stunning sequined costume designed by Stephen James, one might relax back into their seat, assured that a flashy, polished magic show which meekly follows the formula made popular by Copperfield and Blaine is about to unfold...
Review: JELLY'S LAST JAM at Pasadena Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - June 14, 2024
Director Kent Gash’s production in Pasadena serves up equal parts heat and cool, a slick and sweaty celebration of a man who was as vibrant and dangerous as his music. Under the musical direction of Darryl Archibald and choreography of Dell Howlett – both of which are first-rate – the evening cooks....
Review: THE SANDWICH MINISTRY at Skylight Theatre
by Amanda Callas - June 13, 2024
The Sandwich Ministry is an intimate, small town story. It is about faith, smelly church centers, natural disasters, loss, sandwich fixings, and the struggle to find meaning and community. Playwright Miranda Rose Hall celebrates the unassuming, rich beauty of female friendship and the things that k...
Review: THE WINTER'S TALE at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
by Amanda Callas - June 13, 2024
The Winter’s Tale at Will Geer Theatricum Botanical is a true joy of a production. There is a terrific cast of lively, powerhouse performers and many irresistible moments of magic, delight, drama, and fall-out-your-chair-laughing hilarity. I absolutely loved it....