LUTHER BURBANK CENTER FOR THE ART

by Charlie Thomas - March 07, 2025

Pulling into the hi-desert with a head of steam, clash and clatter is Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize winning drama 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.  Theatre 29 has staged a mesmerizing production under the astute direction of Gary Daigneault. The play, featuring Bobbie Breckenridge as the fragil...

by Kay Kudukis - February 22, 2025

What did our critic think of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Revolution Stage Company?...

by Cathy Jakicic - February 22, 2025

What did our critic think of FRANKENSTEIN: THE MUSICAL at Skylight Music Theatre?...

by David Green - February 13, 2025

What did our critic think of AVENUE Q at Revolutiion Stage Company?...

by Kay Kudukis - February 07, 2025

Sometimes I get to see a very good production of a very good play, and I go home feeling satisfied. As a reviewer, I sometimes have to see that same play again at another theatre with an entirely different cast and an entirely different directorial approach. It’s a bit like the remake of a classic. ...

by David Green - January 28, 2025

What did our critic think of TRU at Desert Ensemble Theatre?Since I missed Chuck Yates’s award-winning performance of Jay Presson Allen’s TRU the first time around, I was thrilled to review the reprise of his solo show, playing through February 2, 2025, Desert Ensemble Theatre at the Palm Springs Cu...

by David Green - January 28, 2025

What did our critic think of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA at Coachella Valley Repetory Theatre?Take it from the top: another charming and effective Jimmy Cuomo set that embraces the style and provides the backdrop for The Light in the Piazza. From the piano, Music Director Stephen Hulsey conducts the orc...

by Charlie Thomas - January 27, 2025

What did our critic think of LEGALLY BLONDE, THE MUSICAL at Desert Theatreworks?...

by Charlie Thomas - January 23, 2025

What did our critic think of A VERY SORDID WEDDING at Palm Canyon Theatre?...

by Kay Kudukis - January 21, 2025

I will start off straight away by saying you have to see FAT HAM. And I hope you are lucky enough to see it at Dezart Performs. This cast, in the hands of Michael Shaw, and AD Chuma Gault, form a very realistic, very dysfunctional family coming together at a backyard barbecue in North Carolina resul...