Review: DESIGN FOR LIVING at Odyssey Theatre
by Amanda Callas - Jul 13, 2024
A glamorous, pansexual, queer 1930s romp through the world of artists, playwrights, interior decorators, and their lovers, Design for Living was an instant hit with the sold-out audience on the afternoon I attended, who loved every minute of it.
Photos: First Look at DESIGN FOR LIVING at The Odyssey; Opens Tonight
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 6, 2024
A rare revival of “Design for Living,” Noël Coward’s witty, charming romantic comedy that was banned in 1930s London for its risqué content and bawdy themes, opens this weekend at the Odyssey Theatre in a production directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Check out the photos here!
THE SOUND OF CHRISTMAS Comes To SoCal This Holiday Season
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2022
Caroling is a time-honored Christmas tradition that brings joy to entire communities. This holiday season the caroling tradition is elevated in three special concerts around the Southland on three consecutive Sundays during December.
Odyssey Theatre to Present A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG in October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 30, 2022
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will present a compelling revival of Nichols’ semi-autobiographical dark comedy, directed by Ethan Maniquis. Public previews begin October 5. Performances will continue through November 21 at the Odyssey’s three-theater complex in West L.A.
Irvine Barclay Theatre Announces Updated 2021-22 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2021
As live performances return to venues throughout Southern California, Irvine Barclay Theatre welcomes a new season featuring an array of renowned performers, from iconic dancers to Grammy-winning artists, the beloved holiday classic The Nutcracker, and Emmy nominee and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, among others.
L.A. Theatre Works Announces Additional Audio Theater Offerings
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 1, 2020
The world's leading producer of audio theater, L.A. Theatre Works offers audiences around the globe free access to state-of-the-art recordings of both contemporary and classic plays, each performed by leading actors of stage and screen.
BWW Review: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE - A Most Potent Showcase for Sheelagh Cullen And Jacque Lynn Colton
by Gil Kaan - Aug 28, 2017
The 1941 ARSENIC AND OLD LACE gets a dusting off from the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble providing a wonderfully expressive vehicle for the acting talents of Sheelagh Cullen and Jacque Lynn Colton as Abby and Martha Brewster, the seemingly harmless and most delightful murderers of their single unattached male boarders. Cullen and Colton totally charm while dithering on ever so casually describing their deadly deeds as calmly as sharing a recipe of elderberry pie.
Laugh Out Loud with ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at the Odyssey
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 23, 2017
Two murderous old ladies, a Theodore Roosevelt impersonator, a Boris Karloff look-alike and a theater critic in love. Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a revival of Joseph Kesserling's infectiously funny black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. Directed by Elina de Santos, opening night is August 26 at the Odyssey Theatre.
Laugh Out Loud with ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at the Odyssey
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 18, 2017
Two murderous old ladies, a Theodore Roosevelt impersonator, a Boris Karloff look-alike and a theater critic in love. Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a revival of Joseph Kesserling's infectiously funny black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. Directed by Elina de Santos, opening night is August 19 at the Odyssey Theatre.
BWW Review: BECKETT5 Shares the Playwright's Bleak Absurdist Style in Five Short Plays
by Shari Barrett - Jan 26, 2017
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) is widely recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, and is best known for his play Waiting for Godot which launched his career in theater. He then went on to write numerous successful full-length plays including Endgame in 1957, Krapp's Last Tape in 1958 and Happy Days in 1960, as well as several short, one-act plays. While his plays may not be for everyone, Beckett's works capture the pathos and ironies of modern life, yet still maintain his faith in man's capacity for compassion and survival no matter how absurd his environment may have become.
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS to Bring Storytelling, Song and Dance to Jacksonville, 12/21
by BWW News Desk - Nov 9, 2015
Take a journey through Christmas in Ireland at Jacksonville's Times-Union Center on December 21, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Celebrate the great traditions of Irish mythology, enjoy superb music-making, the singing of Christmas carols and great storytelling, all led by an award-winning cast of Irish dancers, in a night that sparkles with life and a bit of 'magic!'
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS Returns to Harris Center
by Sally Henry Fuller - Oct 31, 2015
It just wouldn't seem like the holidays at Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom without the wildly successful An Irish Christmas making another welcome return.
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS Coming to Raleigh
by Tyler Peterson - Aug 10, 2015
An Irish Christmas brings just about everything to the table - joy, hope, laughter, friendship, celebration, of life through storytelling, music, song, and dance in a night that sparkles with life and a bit of 'magic!' This year the magic comes to the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh on December 16th at 7:30 p.m. Dancers dance through the generations over brooms, on half doors, around butter churns, into the world of mythology and out again. Songs spinning out of the mists and into the familiar Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy and Carol of the Bells, and superb music of the pipes, flutes, fiddles, button accordion and bodhrans are just the beginning of this great Irish night!
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS Comes to Mesa Arts Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2014
As seen on PBS, the international sensation An Irish Christmas will perform in Mesa Arts Center's Ikeda Theater tonight, Dec. 20 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available at mesaartscenter.com or by calling 480-644-6500
AN IRISH CHRISTMAS to Play Harris Center, 11/28-30
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 28, 2014
It just wouldn't seem like the holidays at Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom without the wildly successful An Irish Christmas making another welcome return. This popular show is a great Irish celebration, bringing joy, hope, laughter, friendship, celebration of life through storytelling, music, song, and dance in a night that sparkles with life and a bit of 'Irish magic'!