Hailing the Latest Jitney
Decades ago, I sat in a room at the Rockefeller Foundation as a few of us, chosen from across the country, were tasked with helping the Foundation... Read more →
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Eight Deliver Seven
First, an explanation. Seven is a documentary play that has “made the rounds.” It is highly political and has played all over this country in... Read more →
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A Thanksgiving Celebration of Another Sort
On this Thanksgiving Day, when most theatres are dark in honor of this favorite holiday, it seems fitting to honor a play and production that deserve... Read more →
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A Grand Leap In Every Sense
I know as much about basketball as I do about astrophysics. Sports are not my thing. So what am I doing reviewing a play about basketball and its... Read more →
Crazy Is As Crazy Gets
Between Riverside and Crazy is having its Los Angeles premiere at The Fountain Theatre in Hollywood, and also happens to be only the second play by... Read more →
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How We Let the Light Get In
Going to the theatre can be an act of faith, a search for meaning or simply a search for entertainment. It’s unusual to come across a play that... Read more →
Rigor As Fun & Feistiness
When you do the right thing as you see it, the dominant feeling is that you can't go wrong. So how do two Supreme Court Justices, who also happen to... Read more →
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Gem of the Ocean: Salvation and Memory
Written by three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson in 2003, and now playing at A Noise Within (ANW) in Pasadena, Gem of the Ocean is a late... Read more →
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On Beckett: Language Meets Body
It’s unclear if many of the people attending Bill Irwin’s opening night at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City on September 18 had any... Read more →
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A Coen Poem Not
It doesn’t take an English lit background to get a mild kick out of the world premiere of Ethan Coen’s quintet of one-acters now on view at the... Read more →
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