LA Theatre Bites - Podcast: Recent Episodes
Patrick Chavis
LA Theatre podcast and review bringing attention to the talented Los Angeles Theatre Community. www.latheatrebites.com
For Colored Girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf @ The Last Acting Studio - 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Grease the musical @ Altadena Music Theatre - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! Aug 6 - 16, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Blue Pen Theatre Company Presents: Tunnel of Love @ The Majic Factory - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Aug 1 - 23, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Ben @ Sherry Theatre – 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 31 – September 5, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Macbeth @ Shakespeare by the Sea - Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 26 - July 25, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody @ The Elysian Theater - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! June 2 -3,2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: World Premiere: Playback @ The Broadwater – 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: The Last Palestinian @ The Broadwater – 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! Run has ended. wwww.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: World Premiere: Glurp @ The Broadwater – 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com #theatrereview #comedy #onepersonshow
HFF26: Zombie Joes’s Underground Theatre Group Presents: Something Anxious @ The Mccaden Theatre – Anxious Attachment: 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! Something Ancient: 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: World Premiere: Glossolalia @ Bad Ladder – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 6- 27,2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: Dinosaurs @ The Broadwater – 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! June 7 – 24, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: Day for Knight Productions presents: World Premiere: Strange Beings @ The Broadwater – 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 21 - 27,2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: World Premiere: Freedom in Limbo @ The Madnani Theater – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 20 - 24, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: World Premiere: The Roommates @ Bad Ladder – 6.5 out of 10! Below Average! June 5 – 28, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: World Premiere: The Secrets of Uvhash-Ra @ The Hobgoblin Playhouse - 5.7 out of 10! Bad Show! Bad Show! June 4 - 26, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: Ghosttown @ McCadden Place Theatre - 7 out of 10! Average Show! June 19- 26, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: Hold That Thought While I Scream @ The Hobgoblin Playhouse - 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Hollywood Fringe Pick Recommended! June 6 - 26, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Gia Scott-Heron about her Hollywood Fringe Show Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology
HFF26: Interviewing for the Role of Father @ Bad Ladder - 7 out of 10! Average Show! June 7 – 28,2026. www.latheatrebites.com.
CHW Productions presents: TARTUFF IN 60 MINUTES @ The Hobgoblin Playhouse – 6.7 out of 10! Below Average! June 13 – 27, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
HFF26: Baby Bipolar @ The Hobgoblin Playhouse - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! June 15 - 21, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: O: A Rhapsody In Divorce @ Outside In Theatre - 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 1 - 16, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Dark Library: The Time Machine @ After Hours Theatre Company - 9.5 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen @ Hollywood Pantages - 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 26 - June 21, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Ebony Repertory Theatre in association with Fig Street Films presents: Ain't Misbehavin' @ Nate Holden Performing Arts Center - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: ANTIGONE @ ANTAEUS - 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! MAY 10 - JUNE 15, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Theatre Extempore presents: This Is Our Youth @ VALENCIA TOWN CENTER – 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 8 – 17,2026. www.latheatrebites.com
JFed Players present: Southern Fried Funeral @ AHIAH CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PASADENA - 6.7 out of 10! Below Average! May 2 - 10,2026. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Keep Yourself Safe, or U-Haul Play @ MiViDa – 6.9 out of 10! Below Average! April 30 - May 3, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Warsaw @ International City Theatre - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 1 – 17, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
The Latino Theater Company presents: Storyteller of East LA @ The Los Angeles Theatre Center – 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! APR 9 – MAY 17, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Peace Be With You @ Force of Nature Production – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 10 – 25, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: Mean Girls the musical @ La Mirada Theatre - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Welsh Actress Faye Reynolds now playing in Group Reps Production of Steel Magnolias
THE LAST FIVE YEARS @ Hudson Theatre - 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! March 27 - April 12, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Death of a Salesman @ A Noise Within - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! MARCH 22 - APRIL 19,2026. www.latheatrebites.com
FAILSAFE @ THE BROADWATER - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! March 20 - 23, 2026, Broadwater, March 26 - 28, 2026, Crawlspace LA. www.latheatrebites.com
New Forms presents: 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche @ Glendale Church of the Brethren – 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Chromolume Theatre : The Color Purple the musical @ Zephyr Theatre – 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Catharsis Theatre Collective presents: And What Of The Children? @ The Broadwater – 6.9 out of 10! Below Average! Feb 27 - Mar 15, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Richard III @ A Noise Within – 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Arthur Miller’s The Price @ Pacific Resident Theater – 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Locked in the Attic Productions and Five OHM Productions present - World Premiere: BALLYBUNION BACKS BILL! @ The Broadwater - 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com
Citrus Musical Theatre Workshop presents: Cabaret @ Haugh Performing Arts Center - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
PLAYS WITH PEOPLE AND DANNA HYAMS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE: THE TYPIST @ HUDSON THEATRE - 10 out of 10! Masterpiece! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 30 - March 9, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Righteous Among Us @ Little Fish Theatre in Redondo Beach - 6.9 out of 10! Below Average! Feb 6 - March 1, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Easy Rhino Productions presents: Clown Sh*t! @ Eastwood Perfroming Arts Center - 9.4 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 23 - Feb 2, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Brownstone @ Open Fist Theatre Company - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 24 - Feb 28, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Kind Stranger... a memory play @ Zephyr Theatre - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! Jan 23 - Feb 7, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com. A mistake at the beginning of the podcast “Kind Stranger.”
Kid Gloves @ Skylight Theatre – 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 17 - Feb 15, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
The Notebook musical @ Hollywood Pantages Theatre - 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Jan 6 - 25, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
The Club of Broken Fasts @ Long Beach Playhouse - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! Jan 9 - 11, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Heisenberg @ Skylight Theatre - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! Nov 20 – Dec 22, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Trap Doors @ The Noisy Nest in Beverly Hills - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Dec 11 - 14, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Stereophonic @ Hollywood Pantages - 9.1 out 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! December 9, 2025 – January 2, 2026. www.latheatrebites.com
Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern @ The Montalbán - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 25 - Dec 21, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Group Rep Presents: Our Town @ Group Rep in North Hollywood – 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! Nov 21 – Dec 21, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
BOSTON COURT PASADENA PRESENTS MARIOLOGY @ BOSTON COURT PASADENA - 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! NOV 5-DEC 7, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Chromolume Theatre presents: Passion @ Zephyr Theatre - 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 14 - 30, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Robey Theatre Company presents: The Great Lover @ Los Angeles Theatre Center – 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Dark Library: Edgar Allan Poe @ After Hours Theatre Company - 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 14 – 23, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Last Call Theatre presents: The Butterfly Effect @ Stella Coffee Beverly Hills – 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 8 – Dec 6, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Ravenscroft @ Whittier Community Theatre - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! Nov 7 - 22, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Mom, Are You There? @ Zephyr Theatre - 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! Nov 2, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
KILLER JOE @ Whitmore-Lindley Theatre – Above Average! Oct 24 - Nov 23, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: PETER PAN GOES WRONG @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts – 9.2 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Oct 31 - Nover 23, 2025.
Ghost presents: The Aaron Play @ Independent Shakespeare Company - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 16 – November 16, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat @ Outside in Theatre - 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 23 - November 9, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Queen's Fools presents: HAG @ After Hour Theatre Company - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! October 22 - 29,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
ms. watson - apt 2B @ International City Theatre - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! October 15 - November 2, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
anthropology @ Rogue Machine Theatre - 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 10 - Nov 9, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: littleboy/ littleman @ Geffen Playhouse – 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 1 - Nov 2, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere Lightning Horse Productions presents: Danny Boy @ The Other Space - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sept 19 – Oct 19, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Good Person of Setzuan @ Cal State Northridge - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sep 24 - 27, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Go Play! @ Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! Sept 13 - Nov 2, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Right @ Whitefire Theatre – 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! Sept 5 - October 18,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
King James @ Little Fish Theatre Company - 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sept 12 - 28, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
One Man, Two Guvnors @ A Noise Within - 9.5 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! August 31 – September 28, 2025 www.latheatrebites.com
Goldfish @ Noisy Nest in Beverly Hills - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sep 5 - 28, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
This Week in LA! I run down some of the latest shows coming out in the LA and Orange County Area Sep 1 - 7,2025. This week we covered : 1. Torera @outsideinthtr 2. Fly Me to The Moon @fountaintheatre 3. One Man, Two Guvnors @anoisewithin 4. Goldfish @thenesthollywood 5. Avenue Q @ompatthegem 6. Adolescent Salvation @roguemachinetheatre -#theatre #lathtr #whattosee #livetheatre #socaltheatre #thisweekinlaIf we missed something put it in the comments.
Interview with Radio Roguelike Team after their latest bar Shakespeare performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. www.latheatrebites.com
A Man/Me/Then Jim (With Apologies to Rilo Kiley) @ The Sherry - 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Aug 23 - Sep 7, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Into the Woods @ Wisteria Theater - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Aug 29 - Sept 28,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Camelot Theatre Productions presents: BETRAYAL @ The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute - 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Aug 21 - 24, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Opposite of Love @ Hudson Theatre - Average Show! JULY 24 - AUG 31, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Motherfucker with the Hat @ Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! August 9 - 31, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Theatre Extempore presents: Stupid Fucking Bird @ The Main - 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 25 – August 10, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Echo Theater Company presents: Berta, Berta @ Atwater Village Theatre - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 19 - August 25, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
InHouse Theatre presents: Thank your for your order @ The Brewery Artist Loft - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! July 17 - 28, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Shakespeare by the Sea presents: Julius Caesar @ Altadena: Loma Alta Park – 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Musical Theatre West Presents: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story @ Carpenter Performing Arts Center - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! July 11 – 27, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Hollywood Fringe 2025: Not Without Right @ 905 Cole Theatre - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 6 - 29, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Shakespeare by the Sea presents: As You Like It @ Valley Park in Hermosa Beach – 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Wolf & Snake Collective and Season 10 Stage present: Sinner's Laundry @ Atwater Village Theatre - 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2025: PIPPIN (Hollywood Forever!) @ The Jaxx Theatre – 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! June 20 - 29, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
JuVee Productions and The Robey Theatre Company presents: A Rose Called Candace @ Los Angeles Theatre Center – 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 21 – 29,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: The Time Machine @ The Broadwater – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Parade @ Ahmanson Theatre – 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! June 17 – June 12, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2025: The Attic Collective presents: And Her Children @ The Hobgoblin Playhouse – 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 5 – 28, 2025.
Hollywood Fringe 2025: Heart of Heart Theatre presents: Bedridden @ Eastwood Performing Arts Center – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2025: Day for Knight Productions presents: The Visitor @ McCadden Place Theatre – 7 out of 10! Average Show! June 20 – 28, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Bethesda Repertory Theatre presents: My Brother’s Keeper @ Boston Court Pasadena - 7.5 out of 10! Above Average! June 13 - 15, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2025: Last Call's Worlds Collide @ Thymele Arts - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! June 7 – 27, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2025: A Miracle on Christmas Street @The Broadwater – 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! June 7 - 24, 2025. www.latheatrbites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2025: Near Sex For Work @ Hudson Theatre – 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 9 - 28,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2025: Beth wants the D @ The Broadwater - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 12 - 29,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Hamlet @ Mark Taper Forum - 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 28 – July 6, 2025 www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Hide & Hide @ Skylight Theatre - 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 16 - June 29, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: tasty little rabbit @ Moving Arts Theatre - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! May 2 – June 6, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Outside in Theatre presents: World Premiere: California Story @ Los Angeles City College - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 9 - June 3, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Blue Pen Theatre Company presents: Stupid Fucking Bird @ MiVida in Frogtown - 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 9 - June 7,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World premiere: Fostered @ Pacific Resident Theater - 6.9 out of 10! Below Average! May 8 – June 15, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Just Like Us @ Latino Theatre Company - 10 out of 10! Masterpiece! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: LEGALLY BLONDE The Musical @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts – 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! APRIL 25 – MAY 18, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Cal Rep presents: Alice in Slasherland @ CSULB - 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 24 - May 3, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
West Coast Premiere: Furlough’s Paradise @ Geffen Playhouse - 9.2 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 16 - May 18, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Dark Library: Paris 1925 @ After Hours Theatre Company - 9.2 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 5 - 27,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Playwright Arena Presents: Swipe @ Los Angeles LGBT Center - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! March 26 - April 21, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Robey Theatre Company in Association with The Los Angeles Theatre Center presents: Last Night at Mikell's @ The Los Angeles Theatre Center - 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! April 12 - May 11, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Eight Ball Theatre presents: World Premiere: MEMORY LANE IS A DESERT ROAD - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! April 4th-13th, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
NIC & DESI: Broadway to Hollywood! @ Catalina Jazz Club – 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 10, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Something Rotten! @ USC School of Dramatic Arts – 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 4-12,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Company of Angels presents: World Premiere: Aristotle / Alexander @ Legacy LA - 7.1 out of 10! Average Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 29 - May 4, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
About Productions presents: Adobe Punk @ Plaza De Raza in Lincoln Heights – 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 28 – April 13, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: The Ghost Road Company presents: The Unraveling @ The Broadwater - 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 8 - 30,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
USC School of Dramatic Arts presents: Blue Stockings @ McClintock Theatre - 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! March 14 - 30,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Leonix Movement Theatre presents: Feast. @ The Counts Den - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 8 – April 6, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Schlitzie: Alive and Inside @ Rogue Artists Ensemble - 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! March 14 - 30, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Good Person of Setzuan @ California State University, Los Angeles - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! March 20 - 29,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Wolves @ California State University, Northridge – 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 14 – 29,2025. www.latheatrebites.com Correction: The scenic design was from David Offner
These Shining Lives @ Actors Co-op - 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! February 21 - March 30, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Frou-Frou - A Menagerie of Sort @ Boston Court Pasadena - 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Tragedy Giftshop @ Garage Theatre - 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 7 - April 5, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World premiere: You Cannot Know the Hour @ The Sherry Theater - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! Feb 28 - March 16, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Heart of Heart Theatre Company Presents: Fool for Love @ Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 28 - March 15, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
44: The Obama Musical @ Kirk Douglas Theatre - 7.1 out of 10! Average Show! Feb 23 - Mar 23, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing @ Rogue Machine Theatre - 10 out of 10! Masterpiece! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 25 - March 9, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
The Piano Lesson @ Long Beach Playhouse - 9.2 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 22 - March 22, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child @ Hollywood Pantages – 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! Feb 15 – June 22, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Alabaster @ The Fountain Theatre - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! Feb 12 – March 30, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Three Exorcisms @ The Broadwater – 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 8 – 22, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Love Games @ Last Call Theatre - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 6 - March 2,2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Noises Off @ Geffen Playhouse – 10 out of 10! Masterpiece! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! JAN 29 – MARCH 9, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Something You Don't Know @ Loft Ensemble - 6.9 out of 10! Below Average! Jan 24 - Feb 15, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Here Comes the Night @ Moving Arts Theatre - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 16 - Feb 23, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
Sleeping Giant @ The Road Theatre Company - 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 24 - March 2, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com PHOTO CREDIT: Brian Graves
Jane Austen in 89 Minutes @ Theatre 40 - 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 29 - Feb 9, 2025. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Union Station: A Musical Journey @ The Broadwater - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with 2024 Best Young Actress & Mikvah Girls lead Maya Knell. www.latheatrebites.com
Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd @ Theatre 40 in Beverly Hiils - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! Nov 14 - Dec 15, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
La Cage aux Folles @ Pasadena Playhouse - 9.3 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: It's All Your Fault Tyler Price! @ Hudson Theatre - 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! November 7 - December 15, 2024.
Waiting for Godot @ Geffen Playhouse - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Private Eyes @ Theatre Palisades – 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! November 8 – December 15, 2024. latheatrebites.com
Interview with Riley Rose Critchlow and Beth May About their Solo Show "Beth Wants the D"
Heart of Heart Theatre Company: Constellations @ Eastwood Performing Arts Center - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! Nov 9 - 24, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere : A Good Guy @ Rogue Machine - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! September 14 - November 10, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Back To The Future: The Musical @ Pantages Theatre - 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 5 – Dec 1, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL @ LANDMARK THEATRE COMPANY - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! November 1-17, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Cal Rep presents: Small Mouth Sounds @ Cal State Long Beach - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! October 30 - November 2, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: ¡PASAJE! @ Sierra Madre Playhouse - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! October 4 - Novermber 3, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
The Importance of Being Earnest @ Antaeus Theatre Company - 9.3 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Oct 13, 2024 - Nov 18, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Clarkston @ The Echo Theater Company - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 21, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Director/Producer Nick Westrate of The Streetcar Project (A Streetcar Named Desire) www.latheatrebites.com
Trouble In Mind @ Actors Co-op - 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Writer/Director and 2024 LA Theatre Bites Nominee James Ferrero Titus Kills
Kill Move Paradise @ Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sep 11, 2024 – Nov 3, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Cal Rep presents: Urinetown: The Musical @ Cal State Long Beach - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! OCTOBER 2 -13, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
The Roots and Wings Project presents the World Premiere of THE JOY RIDE - 6.9 out of 10! Below Average! SEPTEMBER 20 - OCTOBER 12,2024. www.latheatrebites.com
HERO Theatre presents the world premiere of Nuestro Planeta: COLOMBIA LUZMI @ Inner-City Arts - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 3 - 27, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Electric, I @ Theatre of Note - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! October 4 - 28,2024.
Interview with What the Constitution Means To Me Actress Genny Wilson & Director Kevin O'Rourke @ Hobgoblin Playhouse Oct 3 - 26
THE PASSION OF DRACULA @ Long Beach Playhouse - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sept. 21 – Oct. 19, 2024 www.latheatrebites.com
Completeness @ Eastwood Performing Arts Center – 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! Sep 20 – 28, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Catharsis Theatre Collective presents: Adam Rapp's RED LIGHT WINTER @ Broadwater - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended!September 20-22 & 27-29, Fri./Sat. at 7:30pm, Sun. at 2:30pm; Broadwater Black Box (6322 Santa Monica Blvd) October 3-6 & 10-13, Thur./Fri./Sat. at 7:30pm, Sun. at 2:30pm; The Zephyr Theatre (7456 Melrose Avenue) www.latheatrebites.com
Gruesome Playground Injuries @ The Davidson/Valentini Theatre – 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! September 19 – 29, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
THE POLYCULE: A COMEDY OF MANNERS @ LOFT ENSEMBLE - 6.8 out of 10! Below Average! Sep 14 - October 6, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Tick, Tick, Boom @ Theatre Palisades – 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! Sep 6 – October 13, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Dragon Lady @ Geffen Playhouse – 7.5 out of 10! Above Average! SEPTEMBER 9 - OCTOBER 6TH, 2024 www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with "Our Lady of the Tortilla" Director Izzy Martinez & Actor Adrian Barron, playing Sep 27 - Oct 6, 2024 www.latheatrebites.com
Human Error @ Rogue Machine Theatre - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Aug 24 - Sep 8, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Double V @ International City Theatre – 8.4 out of 10! VERY GOOD SHOW! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! AUG 23 - SEP 8, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Brilliant Traces @ Zephyr Theatre - 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! Aug 15 -17, 22-24, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Here Comes The Night Playwright Lisa Kenner Grissom.www.latheatrebites.com
The Echo Theater Company presents: Dido of Idaho @ Atwater Village Theatre - 9.2 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 20 - August 26, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: If I Needed Someone @ City Garage Theatre - 7.5 out of 10! Above Average! August 2 - September 8, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Baby Teeth Presents: The Grown-Ups in Los Feliz - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! August 2 - 11, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Son of Semele & The Victory Theatre Center Present the World Premiere of CREVASSE @ The Victory Theatre Center - 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! JULY 26 - AUGUST 18, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Occidental Children's Theater Presents Cinderalice in Wonderland @ Occidental College—8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 11 - August 24, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theatre Company presents: Keely and Du @ The Art of Acting Studio - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Troilus and Cressida @ Shakespeare on the Bluff - 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! July 20, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
SheLA Summer Theater Festival presents: World Premiere: Here Comes The Night @ Zephyr Theatre - Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 20, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Waterfront Productions presents: The Pitch @ Odyssey Theatre - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! Jul 12, 2024 – Aug 4, 2024 www.latheatrebites.com
Season 10 Stage Productions Presents: Hedwig & the Angry Inch - 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 12 - 24, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: World Premiere :THE ANTI "YOGI" @ Zephyr Theatre - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! This shows run has ended. www.latheatrebites.com
The Outsider @ International City Theatre - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com June 12 - 30, 2024.
Hollywood Fringe 2024: World Premiere: Mikvah Girls @ The Broadwater - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Through June 30. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: The Wolves @ Eastwood Performing Arts Center - 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Running through June 30, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with The Sphere of Fixed Stars in the Heavens Actress Tiffany Smith. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: Stone Fruit Arts presents: Lines @ The Hudson Theatres - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! June 21 - 29, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: THE SPHERE OF FIXED STARS IN THE HEAVENS @ The Broadwater - 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with George Steeves creator of Songs in the key of A… for Autism! www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: Final Girl: The Musical @ The Broadwater - 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 25 - 30, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: World Premiere: Habla y te Salvas: Stories of a No Sabo Kid & his Guayaco Dad @ The Broadwater – 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com June 22 - 30, 2024.
Hollywood Fringe 2024: Mermaid @ The Broadwater – 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 18 - 25, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: Lemonade Productions presents: Gaslighting is My Love Language – 7.1 out of 10! Average Show! June 22 - 30, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: World Premiere: Red String Productions presents: Amen @ The Actors Company – 7.9 out of 10! Above Average!www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: Last Call Theatre presents: Reforged: An SCP Immersive Experience @ Thymele Arts – 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! June 19 - 29, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: Fables and Rumors presents: Where Within @ Zephyr Theatre - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 23 - 29,2024.www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2024: We Need Better Friends @ The Broadwater – 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 16 - 30, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com Correction, and I apologize, Benvolio’s actor’s name is pronounced Nicole kuh-NUDE-sen.
Hollywood Fringe 2024: The Motherfucker With The Hat @ Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! June 13 - 26, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Femmina Super @ The Broadwater & Hollywood Fringe - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! June 11 - 29, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Oh, Sally Productions presents: Parlour Games @ The Broadwater & Hollywood Fringe 2024 - 6.7 out of 10! Below Average! June 11 - 21, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Chalk Repertory Theatre Presents: World Premiere of PANG SPA - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
A Strange Loop @ Ahmanson Theatre - 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 5 – 30, 2024 www.latheatrebites.com
Reefer Madness @ The Whitley – 9.5 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 6 – July 21, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Frida: Stroke of Passion The Immersive Experience @ 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! May 31 - June 9, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of a German Jewish Boy @ Latino Theater Company - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! May 18 - June 16, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
The Last 5 Years @ Sierra Madre Playhouse - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! May 17 - June 16, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
American Mariachi @ Latino Theater Company - Above Average! May 2 - June 9, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Trailblazer Productions presents Void: An Existential Journey - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 3 - 25, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Misalliance @ A Noise Within - 8.5 OUT OF 10! GREAT SHOW! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! May 12 – June 9, 2024 WWW.LATHEATREBITES.COM
Alma @ Chance Theater – 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 3 – 26, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Could I Have This Dance? @ The Group Rep in North Hollywood - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 29 — May 5, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with A Noise Within King Hedley II Director Gregg T. Daniel. www.latheatrebites.com
1 Son @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre - 7.5 out of 10! Above Average! April 7 - July 6, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
EST/LA Presents the World Premiere of TWO STOP @ Atwater Village Theatre - 10 out of 10! Masterpiece! LA Theatre Bites Recommended!May 2-June 9, 2024 www.latheatrebites.com
Galilee, 34 @ South Coast Repertory – 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 21 – May 12, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
H*TLER'S TASTERS @ Rogue Machine Theatre - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! April 27 - June 3, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Odyssey Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company present: King @ Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 18 - May 5, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Cal Rep presents : Ride the Cyclone @ Cal State Long Beach - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 24 - May 5, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere Co-Production with IAMA Theatre Company & Boston Court Pasadena presents: The Body's Midnight @ Boston Court Pasadena - 7.5 out of 10! Above Average! April 18 - May 26, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
3D Theatricals in association with LA Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment present: Jersey Boys @ LA Mirada Theatre - 9.5 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 19 - May 12, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Prelude to a Kiss @ South Coast Repertory – 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 5 – May 4, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Versified! The Human Equation @ Two Roads Theater - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! April 12 - 27,2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Evil Dead The Musical @ Maverick Theatre – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 5 – May 18, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Tiny Beautiful Things @ Chance Theater – 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! April 5 – 28, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
The Mother F*cker with the Hat @ Wayward Artist – 8.9 out of 10!Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 12 -21, 2024.www.latheatrebites.com
King Hedley II @ A Noise Within - 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 31 - April 28, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Last Call Theatre Presents: Pirates Wanted! An Immersive Pirate Adventure - 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 30th - April 20,2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Ektelo Theatre Group Productions presents: The Pillowman @ The Broadwater - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Funny Girl @ Ahmanson Theatre - Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 2 - 28, 2024. www.latheatrebites.comThe LADCC is thrilled to introduce a “first” for its awards ceremony. We invite you to join us for an online streaming presentation of the awards on Monday, April 8, 2024, at 8 pm, when winners in each category will be announced during a LIVE simulcast on both Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ladramacritics/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ladramacritics).
WORLD PREMIERE: The AllStore @ Theatre of Note - 6.9 out of 10! Below Average! Feb 29 - Apr 7, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
A Shayna Maidel @ Laguna Playhouse – 9.2 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 13 - 31, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Power to the Queendom @ The Loft Ensemble - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 1 - 30, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Heart of Heart Theatre Company: Another Revolution @ Eastwood Performing Arts Center - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 15 - 23, 2024.
World Premiere: August @ The Cat’s Crawl - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! March 7 - 17,2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Season 10 Stage Productions presents: Neil Simon’s CALIFORNIA SUITE @ Zephyr Theatre - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 1 -3, 8 - 10, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Black Cypress Bayou @ Geffen Playhouse - 8.9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Red Jasper Entertainment Presents SEX WITH STRANGERS @ McCadden Place Theatre - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! Feb 17 - March 3, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street @ A Noise Within - 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Feb 11 - Mar 17, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Marilyn, Mom, & Me @ International City Theatre - 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Feb 16 – March 3, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Jeremy Wein Presents: BRUSHSTROKE @ Odyssey Theatre Company - 8.4 out of 10! VERY GOOD SHOW! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! JAN 23 - MARCH 3, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Buried Child @ Costa Mesa Playhouse – 10 out of 10! Masterpiece! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 2-25, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Southgate Productions presents: Once @ Curtis Theatre – 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! February 9 – 25, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com photo credit: Francis Gacad
As We Know Them @ The Larking House – 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! Feb 8 – 10, Feb 15 -17,2024. www.latheatrebites.com Photo credit: Lizzy McCabe
IAMA Theatre Compay presents: ARROWHEAD @ Atwater Village Theatre - 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Feb 3 - March 4, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com Photo by Jeff Lorch
Group Rep presents: Twelve Angry Jurors @ Lonny Chapman Theatre - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 26 - March 3, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Los Angeles Premiere POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive @ Geffen Playhouse - 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 17 - Feb 25, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: Mystic Pizza @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 19 - Feb 11, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Baby Foot @ Rogue Machine Theatre – 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 15 - 29, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
MJ The Musical @ Pantages Theatre - 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Dec 20 - January 28, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com
Last Call Theatre Presents: The Harvest @ The Count's Den - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! Dec 2 - 16,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Meteor Shower @ Little Fish Theatre Company - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 10 - 26, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Rotterdam @ Wayward Artist – 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 10 – 19,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Under the Rose Productions: Castle in the Sky @ James Oviatt Building - 7.9 out of 10! Above Average! Nov 2 - 30, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Day for Knight Productions presents: Titus Kills @ Sherry Theater - 9 out of 10! Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com Oct 27 - Nov 19, 2023
The Electric Company Theatre presents: Once @ Muckenthaler Cultural Center – 9.4 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 6 -22,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Force of Nature Productions presents: Figments @ The Brickhouse Theater - 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 3 - 18, 2023.
Dracula @ Westminster Community Playhouse – 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! Nov 3 - 19,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere : Lewis & Tolkien @ Actors Co-op - 8.4 out of 10! Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 27 - December 3, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Sea Of Terror @ Hudson Theatre - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 29, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Quixote Nuevo @ South Coast Repertory - 10 out of 10! Masterpiece! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sept 30 - Oct 28, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com PC: Jenny Graham
Birds of North America @ Odyssey Theatre - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sep 22, 2023 – Nov 19, 2023 #theatre #lathr #lathtr #2hander
The Shape of Things @ No Square Theatre – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 6 – 15,2023.
By the Bog of Cats @ Fullerton College - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 12 – 14, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Towne Street Theatre Presents: 10 Minute Play Festival - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! 7.3 out of 10! October 6 - 22, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
HADESTOWN @ Ahmanson Theatre - 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! October 3 – 15, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
MEASURE STILL FOR MEASURE @ Boston Court Pasadena - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! SEP 7 - OCT 15,2023 www.latheatrebites.com
WORLD PREMIERE Kill Shelter @ Theatre of Note - 9.1 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Aug 24 - Oct 14, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
The Travelers @ Latino Theater Company – 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! September 21 - October 15, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Voice and Dialect coach Anne Mignon Whitaker about Costa Mesa Playhouse’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane. www.latheatrebites.com
Hair @ Altadena Music Theatre - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sep 14 - 24,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Every Brilliant Thing @ Geffen Playhouse - 7.5 out of 10! Above Average! 09.06 – 10.15.2023 www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Ghost Land @ City Garage Theatre - 7.4 out of 10! Average Show! September 8 - October 15, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Heroes of the Fourth Turning @ Rogue Machine Theatre – 9.4 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! -#theatre #theatrereview #lathr #latheatre www.latheatrebites.com
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord @ Kirk Douglas Theatre - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! August 20 – September 17, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Elephant Shavings @ Odyssey Theatre Ensemble – 6.8 out of 10! Below Average! Aug 25 – Oct 1, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike @ Little Fish Theatre Company - 7.5 out of 10! Above Average! Aug 18 - Sep 3, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE @ Maverick Theater – 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! August 11 – 26, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Rent @ Chance Theater - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 21 — August 20, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Anemoia Films presents: You Can't Disappear In Studio City @ 3 Line Studio - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! July 22 - Aug 6, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Avenue Q @ The Wayward Artist in Santa Ana – 8.3 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 14 – 30,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Stew @ Pasadena Playhouse - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 12 — August 6, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts – 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! July 11 – 23, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Hero Theatre Presents : Nothing, Nothing @ FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH IN PASADENA - 9.2 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 14 - 29, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Rent @ Costa Mesa Playhouse – 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! July 7 - July 23, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Independent Shakespeare Company: Julius Caesar at the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! July 5 - July 30, 2023.
Hollywood Fringe 2023: IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT @ The Broadwater – 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! This shows run has ended www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Keeper @ The Actors Company - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 8, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Jackie @ The Broadwater - 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Winona @ The Madnani Theater - 6.7 out of 10! Okay! www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Karma in a Fishbowl - 7.1 out of 10! Average Show! The show's run has ended. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Restoration @ Thymele Arts - 6.8 out of 10! Okay! The show run has ended. www.latheatrebites.com
Curtis Theatre & Begins and Ends with ‘A’ presents: The Revolutionists @ Curtis Theatre – 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 16 – 25, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: DETROIT @ ACTORS COMPANY - 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 23 -24, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Hoo Hah House productions: BRAVE FACE @ 3 CLUBS - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 22 - 24, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
The Mountaintop @ Geffen Playhouse - 9.3 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! 06.06 – 07.09.2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Veil Theatre Company Presents: The Nether @ Hudson Theatre - 8.6 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 16 - 25,2023.
Hollywood Fringe 2023: If I'm Good @ Broadwater - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! June 17 - 24, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Last Call Theatre presents: The Collective: A 1920s Mafia Immersive Experience @ Broadwater - 9 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com June 12 - 24, 2023.
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Sick @ Broadwater - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 15 - 24,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: #Dont @ McCadden Theatre - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 18 – 25, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: M.A.D.D. ABOUT THE BOY @ Studio/Stage - 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 17 - 24, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: WE GOT YOUR SIX @ McCadden Theatre - 7.2 out of 10! - Average Show! June 17 - 24, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Holy Waters @ Actors Company - 7.5 out of 10! Average Show! June 4 - 11,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: "Tripping On Life" by Lin Shaye @ Hudson Theatre www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Cadenza @ The Hudson Theatre – 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! JUNE 3 – 24,2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Heart of Golden Tar @ Broadwater - 6.7 out of 10! Okay! June 6 - 20,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: The Box @ Zephyr Theatre - 7.8 out of 10! Above Average! June 10 - 18,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Valley of Light @ The Broadwater - 6.6 out of 10! Okay! June 9 - 24, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Waiting For A Show @ The Broadwater – 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Hedda Gabler @ Broadwater – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! June 4 - 24, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Behind the Six @ Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood - 7.6 out of 10! Above Average! June 3 - 25, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe 2023: Grown Up Orphan Annie @ Broadwater - 7 out of 10! Average Show! June 8 - 22, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
GUNFIGHT AT THE NOT-SO-OK SALOON @ McCadden Theatre - 7.1 out of 10! Average Show! June 3 - 18,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
CABARET @ ALTADENA MUSIC THEATRE - 8.1 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 25 - June 2,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
A Little Night Music @ Pasadena Playhouse – 10 out of 10! MASTERPIECE! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 25 - May 28,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
West Coast Premiere of Under the Skin @ International City Theatre - 7.2 out of 10! Average Show! April 28 - May 14, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time @ Saddleback College in Mission Viejo – 8.5 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! May 5 - 13, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
The Realistic Joneses @ Laguna Playhouse – 8 out of 10! Good Show! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! April 26 - May 14, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Coleman ’72 @ South Coast Repertory – 7.7 out of 10! Above Average! April 23 - May 14,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Private Lives @ Independent Shakespeare Company - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! April 6 - May 7, 2023.
World Premiere of WHITTIER BOULEVARD @ Latino Theatre Company - 9 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 20 - May 28,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Actress Danielle Moné Truitt on her ONE-WOMAN PLAY "3: BLACK GIRL BLUES" playing May 19 - June 4, 2023 at the Hudson Theatre Los Angeles. www.latheatrebites.com
Phở Runs Deep: Colonialism is Terrible, But Phở is Delicious @ Chance Theater – 8.7 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 31 – April 30, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
The Cloister Years: In the Green @ Wayward Artist in Santa Ana – 9.2 out of 10! Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 14 -30, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
1776 @ Ahmanson Theatre - 8.7 out of 10! - Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 11 – May 7, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
MORE MSG PLEASE That’s Flavor! : NO MSG ADDED Presents: The Empress of OZ - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! April 13,20, 27, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
The Human Comedy @ Actors Co-op - 9 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 10 - April 23, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Boston Court and Playwrights’ Arena Present: Unrivaled @ Boston Court Pasadena - 7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! March 16 - Apr 23, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
LA Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and MB Artists, INC. Presents: World Premiere: Did you see what Walter Paisley Did Today? @ LA Mirada Theatre - 8.9 out of 10 - Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 16 - April 2, 2023.
Interview with Battlesong of Boudica Actress/Fight Choreographer Jen Albert. Jen Albert trained with Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) fight master David Woolley and is certified in Unarmed, Rapier and Dagger, Smallsword, Broadsword, Sword and Shield, and Quarterstaff. She is also a martial artist and an original company member of Babes with Blades, Chicago’s only all-female stage combat company. She is the first female to win the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for Fight Choreography for the School of Night’s production of Punch and Judy. In addition, she received the 2019 Stage Raw award for Fight Choreography for Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood. She also won the 2019 Ovation Award for Fight Direction for Sucker Punch at Coeurage Theatre Company and was nominated again in 2020 for The School of Night’s Production of Klingon Tamburlaine. In addition, Jen choreographs for film, TV, and theatre. Taken from the press release. www.latheatrebites.com
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 @ Mark Taper Forum - 8.9 out of 10 - Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 8 - April 9,2023.
Unrivaled is a co-production between Boston Court and Playwrights' Arena'. Interview with Unrivaled Director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck @ Boston Court Pasadena. The play runs from March 16 - April 23, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com Synopsis: 11th-century Ladies-in-Waiting Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon are, to this day, two of Japan’s most beloved writers. They also kind of hated each other. This play is about friendship, heartbreak, and what it means to be a female artist. Perhaps most of all, it’s about how no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same… even after a thousand years.
Echo Theater Company Presents: The Thin Place @ Atwater Village Theatre – 8.1 out of 10 - Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 18 - April 24, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
weirdo or (make nice) @ The Larking House – 8.6 out of 10 - Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 16 - 19,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: The Lonely Few @ Geffen Playhouse - 8 out of 10 - Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 2 - April 30,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
West Coast Premiere: La Egoista @ Skylight Theatre - 8.2 out of 10 - Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! March 4 - April 9, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Much Ado About Nothing @ A Noise Within - 9 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 5 - March 12, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Love and Information @ Antaeus Theatre Company – 7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! Feb 26 - Apr 3, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
tick, tick...Boom! @ International City Theatre in Long Beach - 7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! Feb 17 - Mar 5, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
The World Premiere of COME GET MAGGIE @ Rogue Machine Theatre - 8.8 out of 10! Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 11 - Mar 26,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
The Little Foxes @ South Coast Repertory – 7.6 out of 10 - Above Average! Jan 29 – Feb 26, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: Electric Company Theatre Presents: The Leo Fender Project – 8.1 out of 10 - Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 14 - 18,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Ghost Road presents: The Dry Years @ Broadwater - 8.5 out of 10 - Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 4 - Mar 4, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
West Coast Premiere: The First Deep Breath @ Geffen Playhouse - 6.9 out of 10 - Okay! Feb 1 - Mar 5, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
Appropriate @ South Coast Repertory – 8.9 out of 10 - Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 28 - Feb 26, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Claire Trevor School of Arts Presents: Airness @ UCI – 7.8 out 10! Above Average! Feb 4 – 12,2023. https://theorangecurtainrev.com/claire-trevor-school-of-arts-presents-airness-uci-review/
California Premiere of Ride the Cyclone @ Chance Theater in Anaheim – 8.8 out of 10 - Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan www.latheatrebites.com January 27 – February 26, 2023
Misery @ Maverick Theatre in Fullerton – 8.4 out of 10 - Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 20 - Feb 26,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
Clybourne Park @ Costa Mesa Playhouse – 8.7 out of 10 - Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 20 - Feb 12,2023. www.latheatrebite.com
Circle X Theatre Company's West Coast premiere production of Do You Feel Anger? @ Atwater Village Theatre - 10 out of 10 - Masterpiece! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! JAN 21 - FEB 25,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere: BROTHERS PLAY @ LA Legacy - 7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! JANUARY 14 – FEBRUARY 5, 2023 www.latheatrebites.com
A Public Reading Of An Unproduced Screenplay About The Death Of Walt Disney @ Zephyr Theatre - 8 out of 10 - Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Jan 19 -22,2023. www.latheatrebites.com
West Coast Premiere: Home Front @ Victory Theatre in Burbank 7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com JAN 13 - FEB 12, 2023
Interview with Set Designer Eli Smith LA Theatre Bites Best Set Award Winner 2022. http://www.elismith.xyz/about
World Premiere : Little Theatre @ Rogue Machine Theatre - 7.3 out of 10! Average Show! Dec 8 - Jan 8, 2023. The world premiere of the latest comedy from playwright and local legend Justin Tanner spills the secrets in this hilarious backstage look at life in the intimate theatre scene during 90s Los Angeles.www.latheatrebites.com
World Premiere of Sustained Release @ The Larking House Theatre Company – 8 out of 10 - GOOD SHOW! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! DEC 8 - 17,2022. www.latheatrebites.com Note: Mistake on this podcast - The scenic designers were Matthew M. Hayashi and Spike Pulice.The Larking House presents Sustained Release, a World Premiere play that follows Hailey, Alex and Robert, three friends in Hershey, Pennsylvania desperately trying to navigate the recent death of Robert's Father. When emotions run over making a once easy dynamic messy and contentious, the three must fight to understand and be understood by one another before it is too late to reconcile their fractured friendships.
Clyde's @ Mark Taper Forum - 8.5 out of 10. Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! NOV 16 – DEC 18, 2022 www.latheatrebites.com
IAMA Theatre Company presents Smile @ Atwater Village Theatre - 6.6 out of 10 - Okay! November 9- December 5, 2022.
Actually @ Wayward Artist in Santa Ana - 9 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 11 - 20,2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Center Theatre Group presents: 2:22 A Ghost Story @ Ahmanson Theatre - 9.2 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Nov 4 - Dec 4, 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Almost, Maine @ Cypress College - 7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! October 28 - November 6, 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with the playwright of Broken Story Cyndy Marion, playing November 4-27,2022 at The Sherry Theater www.latheatrebites.com
Daddy Issues @ Complex Theatre in Hollywood - 6.9 out of 10 - Okay! October 14 - November 13, 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Nina Simone: Four Women @ South Coast Repertory – 8.7 out of 10 - GREAT SHOW! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! www.latheatrebites.com October 2 -23,2022
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity @ Chance Theater 8.7 out of 10 - GREAT SHOW! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! September 23 — October 23,2022 www.latheatrebites.com
Annual LA Theatre Bites Awards - where we celebrate and show recognition to the shows that really stood out to us in 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
SHIZUKA @ Zephyr Theatre - 7.6 out of 10 - Above Average! September 16 -October 9, 2022 www.latheatrebites.com
Rogue Machine presents: A Great Wilderness @ Matrix Theatre - 8.1 out of 10 - GOOD SHOW! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED! www.latheatrebites.com
Crimson Square Presents: Lost Lake @ Beverly Hills Playhouse 8.4 out of 10 - A Very Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! September 23 - October 9, 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
East West Players presents: The Great Jheri Curl Debate @ David Henry Hwang Theatre 8.6 out of 10 - Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! September 15-October 9, 2022 www.latheatrebites.com
The Whale @ Costa Mesa Playhouse – 9.4 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Sep 2 - 25,2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Barker Room Rep presents the World Premiere of MONIECE CLARK @ The Broadwater - 7.2 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com September 15 - October 2, 2022. Exploring culture’s obsession with true-crime, LaShea Delaney’s Moniece Clark considers what makes one woman more valuable than another in this weird and funny play that follows Moniece Clark, a woman who has vanished from a California desert town. Her sister, Mimi, must trace her whereabouts with the help of a burnt-out television detective and the online sleuth community that has never given up on Moniece’s case. Moniece Clark brings themes of feminism, race, intersectionality, and media bias to the fore, while examining elements of true crime TV, camming (as in cam girls), Law and Order: SVU, suburban sprawl, and the desert at night.
Hero Theatre Presents Rise: An Immersive Exploration of Gun Violence 8.6 out of 10 - A Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! August 27 - September 18, 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
The Eighth Wonder of the World King Kong @ The Maverick Theatre 8.6 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! LA Theatre Bite Recommended! August 12 – September 3, 2022, www.latheatrebites.com
The Good, the Bad & The Ugly Duckling @ Occidental College in Eagle Rock - 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 7 - August 20,2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Noises Off @ Costa Mesa Playhouse 9 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended July 8 – 31,2022 Brimming with slapstick comedy, Noises Off is a delightful backstage farce, complete with slamming doors, falling trousers, and -- of course -- flying sardines!
If I Forget @ Fountain Theatre 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! July 23 – Sep 10, 2022 In the final months before 9/11, liberal Jewish studies professor Michael Fischer has reunited with his two sisters to celebrate their father’s seventy-fifth birthday. Each deeply invested in their own version of family history, the siblings clash over everything from Michael’s controversial scholarly work to the mounting pressures of caring for an ailing parent. As destructive secrets and long-held resentments bubble to the surface, the three negotiate—with biting humor and razor-sharp insight—how much of the past they’re willing to sacrifice for a chance at a new beginning. IF I FORGET tells a powerful tale of a family and a culture at odds with itself.
Interview with Almanya Narula the creator of Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy www.latheatrebites.com Show playing at the Broadwater in Hollywood Aug 5 - 19, 2022.
Freestyle Love Supreme @ Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena 7.7 out of 10 - Above Average! July 12-Aug 7,2022. www.latheatrebites.com
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Interview with Roger Q. Mason Playwright of Lavender Men @ Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz. Enter the historical fantasia of Taffeta, a self-proclaimed “fabulous queer creation of color,” as she invades the private world of Abraham Lincoln to confront issues of LGBTQ+ inclusion and visibility that still challenge us today. August 6 – September 4,2022 https://skylighttheatre.org/event/lavender-men-play/
Hollywood Fringe 2022: DI LADY DI @ Broadwater - Review 7.6 out of 10- Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com A searingly innovative and comedic take on an oft-told story, DI LADY DI eschews the fairytale glamor of the people’s princess to illuminate her struggles in a paternalistic society and dysfunctional family. Under pressure to sacrifice self and conform to oppressive external demands, the Queen of people’s hearts bravely relinquishes illusory dreams to emerge from her crucible-chrysalis as an empowered woman of influence, transcending celebrity and transforming the monarchy. DI LADY DI reveals what is under the looking glass, taking an unflinching gaze into the heart and mind of an icon in turmoil, evocatively expressing lessons learned from her private journey. Through beautiful, multi-layered harmonies and incisive lyrics, DI LADY DI celebrates the transformative possibilities of looking inward, overcoming familial trauma, and the ineffable power of a woman’s intuition.
Hollywood Fringe 2022: NOOR INAYAT KHAN: THE FORGOTTEN SPY@ Broadwater - Review 8.2 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2022: A Terrible Show for Terrible People @ Broadwater - Review 7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2022: Made in America @ The Complex Theatre - Review 8.6 out of 10 - A Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended www.latheatrebites.com
Doobie Doobie Doobie: Reefer Madness @ Maverick Theatre in Fullerton – Review 8.5 out of 10 - Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended June 10 – July 17,2022. This side-splitting musical parody of the 1936 film is our musical offering for our twentieth season! Reefer Madness premiered in 1999 in Los Angeles; the original production received five Ovation Awards and seven Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards before transferring to Off-Broadway.
Hollywood Fringe 2022: The Pig Farm @ Broadwater 8.1 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended June 3 - 25,2022 www.latheatrebites.com In the wee hours of the morning, two young, devoted Christian women find their faith in the Lord tested as they attempt to dispose of the evidence of a recent overzealous display of faith by feeding it to pigs housed on a rural farm. Caught in the act, these young women find the evening becomes progressively more complex, morbid and dangerous as they encounter test after test of both super and natural origin. Their attempts to assuage their God, explain away their actions, and save their own lives and souls, turns into a rollicking debate on faith, the afterlife, and the existence of the devil herself.
Hollywood Fringe 2022: Reconsider Me @ LGBT Center - Review 8.1 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended www.latheatrebites.com June 22 - 25,2022. A motley crew of actor friends gather at a mountain retreat to bury – errr… plant – one of their own. Randy’s star was rising fast when he was suddenly felled by an undiagnosed heart condition. His surviving partner, Madi, seems curiously at peace with the loss, tossing around quotes from Socrates and Epictetus, to the confoundment of her comrades. Is she in denial or in possession of genuine spiritual enlightenment? Meanwhile, Kevin and Cameron are best friends from a time gone-by who once toyed with the idea of a romantic relationship, but went on to lose touch and partner up with others. Added to the mix are TV stars Collette Stone and Dr. Brad, who may have been involved in a love triangle with the deceased; Jane, a pregnant spouse with deep suspicions of her husband; and a strange and mysterious new philosophy-of-life called “Naoism.”
Hollywood Fringe 2022: Meeting Across the River @ LGBT Center - Review 7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com June 19 -26,2022. A disgruntled team of female con artists meet after a successful heist but mutiny boils under the surface as accusations are hurled and lines are drawn. Old resentments threaten the stability of a criminal team that finds itself teetering on the brink of compromised exposure and threat of betrayal.
Hollywood Fringe 2022: Are you lovin' it? @ McCadden Theatre - Review 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended www.latheatrebites.com Gumbo Theatre in a wacky romp that is distinctly Japanese. A hit at fringe fests around the world. Take a Japanese TV game show, mix in anime, Trump, Krazy Kitty and Japanese “Businessman”.
Hollywood Fringe 2022: SOMETHING IN THE AIR @ Hudson Theatre - Review 6.9 out of 10 - Okay!. www.latheatrebites.com Where is the in-between? In the wake of the anti-Asian hate crimes across our country, Something In The Air is a play that focuses on the lives of eight very different Asian/Asian-American college students living in America. These eight individuals come from different walks of life and from all over the diaspora, representing the diverse realities of AAPI college students in the country. They arrive at the infamous Denver Airport, ready to take flight for spring break, and, given its otherworldly nature– are forced to deal with issues within fiction and reality. A story that combines mystery, conspiracy theories, myths, and generational stories.
Hollywood Fringe 2022: The Tanner @ Broadwater – Review 7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com June 15 - 25,2022.
Hollywood Fringe 2022: The Lost Continent of Atlantis & Vine @ Broadwater – Review 6.7 out of 10 - Okay! www.latheatrebites.com June 5 – 24,2022
Hollywood Fringe 2022: Camp Ginger: An Original Musical @ The Actors Company - Review 7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com June 5 -16,2022
Hollywood Fringe 2022: Beautiful Monsterz @ Broadwater – Review 6.9 out of 10 - Okay! www.latheatrebites.com June 12 – 21,2022
Hollywood Fringe 2022: Clearglass Productions presents: Cock @ Los Angeles LGBT Center - Review 8.3 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended June 11 -25,2022 www.latheatrebites.com
McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents: In the Heights @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts – Review 10 out of 10 - A Masterpiece! LA Theatre Bites Recommended. www.latheatrebites.com
The World Premiere of A Terminal Event @ The Victory Theatre Center in Burbank - Review 8.5 out 10 - A Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended. June 3- July 10, 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Quirky Hamlet: Hamlet @ Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale – Review 8.6 out of 10 - A Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended May 15 - June 20, 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Latino Theatre Company Presents: The World Premiere - Sleep with the Angels @ LA Theatre Center - Review 7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com May 27 - June 26,2022
IAMA Theatre Company presents The World Premiere - Untitled Baby Play @ Atwater Village Theatre - Review 9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended www.latheatrebites.com May 26 - June 27,2022
Time Stands Still @ Bold Theatre in La Palma – Review 7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com May 13 – 29,2022
The Complete Works of Willam Shakespeare @ Costa Mesa Playhouse in Costa Mesa – Review 7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com May 13th – June 5th, 2022
Tiger Style! @ South Coast Repertory – Review 8.9 out of 10 - Excellent Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended www.latheatrebites.com May 15 – June 5,2022
Metamorphoses @ A Noise Within in Pasadena – Review 8.3 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended www.latheatrebites.com Primal storytelling and modern sensibility collide in a sensual re-envisioning of Greek myths, as gods and mortals alike endure love, loss, and transformation—all while immersed in a pool of water on stage. Taken from the website.
3-D Theatricals presents: NEWSIES @ Cerritos Performing Arts Center in Cerritos - Review 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended. www.latheatrebites.com May 13 - 29,2022
King Lear @ Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts 7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com May 10 - Jun 05,2022
Our Town @ South Coast Repertory 8.5 out of 10 - A Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended www.latheatrebites.com May 14-June 4, 2022
Holding Court @ Hudson Theatre in West Hollywood - Review 7.6 out of 10 - Above Average! April 6 - May 18, 2022. www.latheatrebites.com
Tambo & Bones @ Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City - Review May 1 - May 29, 2022, 8.6 out of 10 - A Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com
Sixty Six Production Presents The Effect @ Marilyn Monroe Theatre - Review 8.7 out of 10 - A Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended. www.latheatrebites.com April 29 - May 21, 2022
Toxic Avenger the Musical @ Wayward Artist in Santa Ana – Review 8.7 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Toxic Avenger, the Musical is playing now at the Wayward Artist in Santa Ana from April 22nd – May 8th. The Wayward Artist put on a loud, frantic, and generally hilarious take on this silly rock musical. Fans of the material and fans of raunchy humor will enjoy this production.
Hero Theatre Presents Tea @ Inner-City Arts in Downtown LA - Review 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! www.latheatrebites.com Correction: Sorry, I accidentally said the wrong dates in the recorded podcast. The correct dates are April 21 – May 15, 2022.
Orange County Premiere of Cry It Out @ Chance Theater. 9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended. Acclaimed writer Molly Smith Metzler (Shameless, Orange is the New Black, and Maid) holds both a microscope and a megaphone to the joys and perils that today’s mothers face. www.latheatrebites.com
LA Theatre Bites Presents: HOUSE OF DOGS – An Original Audio Play
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There is nothing more important than family–at least that’s what Jake’s mother says. With Mom out of town, 14-year old Jake is given no choice but to stay with his needlessly strict relatives. But what begins as a sub-par sleepover quickly has Jake realizing he has more in common with the kennel dogs than he ever imagined.
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Apartment Living @Skylight Theatre – Review 7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com March 12 - April 24, 2022 Shared walls. Shared experiences. Neighbors in a Los Angeles apartment building are forced into tighter quarters and the walls of their comfort begin to close in. What happens when these relationships get too close?
A 24th Street Theatre Production In Association with The Wallis – Rapunzel Alone @ Wallis Annenberg Center – Review 8.6 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com https://thewallis.org/rapunzel
The WORLD PREMIERE of Detained @ The Fountain Theatre - Review7.3 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com
Wildcat Jackson is the self-proclaimed monarch of the west. With his silly yet edgy brand of comedy magic, he entertains as an old-west showman in a modern world. This bargain-basement Buffalo Bill Cody works a crowd with his larger-than-life charisma and offbeat carnival-style show. Taken from the website. Dates: Feb. 25 & 26 @ 8pm, Feb. 27 @ 2pm, 2022.
Interview with the creators of Dragon Show Nick Rheinwald-Jones and Katelyn Schiller. Cross into another realm and become part of an epic fantasy tale spanning thousands of years... encounter mystical and whimsical creatures... enjoy songs and festivities... but beware, because Here Be Dragons! Taken from the website. https://spybrunch.com/dragon-show January 28 through February 19,2022 www.latheatrebites.com
The How and the Why @ The Beverly Hills playhouse is a 7.7 out of 10 - it’s Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com Jan 28 - Feb 20, 2022. "Evolution and emotion collide in Sarah Treem's thought-provoking and sharp play about science, family, and survival of the fittest." Taken from the press release.
The Serpent @ The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble 7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! October 23 – December 12, 2021. www.latheatrebites.com
The Wolfe & The Bird @ The Matrix Theatre - Review. 8.8 out of 10 - A Great Show! Sept. 18 through Oct. 10, 2021 www.latheatrebites.com No time to sleep. No room for error. No pleasing mom. A young girl struggles to find herself against the backdrop of 1980s small-town America in the world premiere of The Wolfe & The Bird.
An Iliad @ A Noise Within - 7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com September 12 - October 3,2021. The lone witness of an ancient and ravaged Trojan battlefield weaves a tale of tragedy and triumph, with an enduring love for every victim of war. The Poet, an eternal being tasked with a passionate examination of deadly conflict, grapples with grief and dualities of victory and loss, power and fragility, heroism and hubris in an unforgettable modern take on Homer’s classic.
JENNETTE MCCURDY’s I’m Glad My Mom Died @ Hudson Theatre in West Hollywood Sep 3- 25, 2021 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended. www.latheatrebites.com
90069: WEST HOLLYWOOD BRUNCH, INTERRUPTED 7.4 out of 10 - An Average Show! 90026: ECHO PARK $10 AND A TAMBOURINE 8.3 out of 10 - A Good Show! 90303: INGLEWOOD THE VIG 6.9 out of 10 - Okay, but needs work. 91331: Pacoima Gold & Shine 6.6 out of 10 - Okay, but needs work. 91601: North Hollywood End of the Line 8.3 out of 10 - A Good Show! 91754: Monterey Park 8.4 out of 10 - A Very Good Show! www.latheatrebites.com Join us again as we celebrate the culture and history of LA with six new original audio plays, written by Playwrights Lab members and recorded by Antaeus Actors. All six plays are now available at no cost. https://antaeus.org/plays-events/the-zip-code-plays-season-two/
8.3 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA theatre Bites Recommended. www.latheatrebites.com https://secure.anoisewithin.org/Online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=395641B1-461A-49A7-8A98-F6CDF3CEF47C Through a sophisticated and theatrical audio odyssey, Sonnets for an Old Century invites you to stroll through the beaches of Puerto Rico, waft through the windows of a quiet Seattle neighborhood, and take flight from a mythical tower high above the sea. Oscar-nominated writer José Rivera weaves a tapestry of poetic, magical meditations in this highly produced sonic journey exploring yearning, connection, and community.
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com In Anyone But Me, Carrasco dissects the psyches of women who struggle with self-identity, exploring the personas we create in order to get by. From the local grocery clerk, to your neighbor's teenage daughter, to that lady from the cult — this play is about women who want to be someone they’re not. Someone better, easier, stronger... anyone but them.
7.3 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com Mistake: Runtime 1 hour and 4 minutes. Set on the 500th day of quarantine, LaMadrid’s The Oxy Complex is a dark comedy exploring love, sex, loneliness, trauma and the hormone that affects it all — Oxytocin, also known as “the cuddle” or “love” hormone.
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com THE GAZE is a cycle of plays that examines the process of building culturally specific and queer works of color in historically white spaces. It tackles hard topics like racism head-on. It wrestles with the question:
Interview with Lori Meeker, the creator of the Immersive play, Welcome to Meadowlark Falls: Christmas at Home. Click on this link to learn more: https://www.meadowlarkfalls.com/. Alina Mae Wilson also helped with the interview.
Speakeasy - 7 out of 10 Average Show! Annexing the Palisades- 8.5 out of 10 - A Great Show! Plucker - 6.4 out of 10 - It's Okay All Information Herein Is Classified - 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! Salvage - 6.3 out of 10 - It's Okay Clara and Serra and The Talking Bear 6 out of 10 - It's Okay
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Celebrate the culture and history of the diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles from the safety of your home. Antaeus Theatre Company presents The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles, a series of six original audio plays, each set in a different L.A. zip code. Hosted by two-time Audiofile Award-winner Ramón de Ocampo and featuring original music by Ellen Mandel and audio by audio producer, sound designer and foley artist Jeff Gardner, the series will be available to podcast listeners beginning Thursday, Nov. 12 at www.antaeus.org, or wherever you get your podcasts. Taken from the press release.
6.2 out of 10 - Okay! Streamed November 11th at 7:00 pm. Tickets & Info: www.whitefiretheatre.com www.latheatrebites.com Riding Two Cultures, an evening of performance and poetry, written and performed by Ella Turenne, directed by Timothy Prolific Edwaujonte, follows Ella as she journeys towards the discovery of her culture and heritage. Born on one island (New York) and tied ancestrally to another (Haiti), Ella struggles to reconcile her American self with her Haitian self. They don't always get along. With help from an ancient freedom fighter, she journeys to Haiti, climbing the Citadel - the Eighth Wonder of the World - to learn about who she really is. Streamed November 11th at 7:00 pm. Tickets & Info: www.whitefiretheatre.com
6.2 out of 10 - Okay, but it needs work. www.latheatrebites.com In These Uncertain Times is a digitally-devised performance piece, made specifically for its medium. It is a new dramaturgy defined by dystopia, and it is a love letter to the art of theatre. Stemming from a group of artists wondering if COVID-19 is the death of theatre as we know it, In These Uncertain Times is a tragicomic, Chekhovian Zoom performance. From drinking competitions, sad Chekhov monologues, and corona-virus meme collages, In These Uncertain Times’ focal point is the impossibility of theatre as we’ve known it, and forges a new path in the artform, while grieving for the past. Taken from the press release.
A quick recap on some of the shows this year we had a chance to see. www.latheatrebites.com https://www.octheatreguild.org/relief-fund
8.7 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com I Decided I’m Fine: A Roach Play considers hoarding, an American phenomenon which is often stigmatized but rarely discussed. After the sudden death of the their infant child, Ellen and Stephen find themselves faced with the difficult task of moving on from the objects that remind them of the incident. For Ellen, this proves to be too overwhelming of a task, leading to years of compulsive accumulation. Juxtaposed with the play’s realism is a second layer of the play which utilizes clowning, comedy, and a cockroach musical to steer the audience through the many different ways hoarding is perceived and portrayed in society.
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! Feb 12 - Mar 07,2020 www.latheatrebites.com WORLD PREMIERE: The Wallis and L.A.-based Four Larks (in their Wallis debut) are developing Frankenstein, an exuberant amalgamation of dynamic physical theatre, live music and experiential design bringing Mary Shelley's tale to life in a modern take that spotlights the dangers of unregulated technology.
9.1 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! www.latheatrebites.com André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, and her husband, Antoine. Or was André an engineer, whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pajamas, and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control.
8.7 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com What if you awoke to find yourself married to someone you didn’t know? With a daughter you’ve never met? And what if you spent each day re-learning things about your past that only proved you never really knew what your life was like? From Tony/Pulitzer-nominated playwright Lee Blessing, comes the story of three people searching for lifelong answers to fundamental questions about our purpose, our past and our future. And all the answers may be found in A Body of Water.
“WE’RE GONNA DIE” features a single Singer, accompanied by a full rock bad, as she shares stories about death, grief and loneliness from her life. These stories range from the mundane to the tragic, from discovering her first white hair to her father’s sudden and tragic death from lung cancer as he waited for an experimental treatment. Lee’s songs and stories demystify grief, creating a community space that provides the solace that we need to get through those difficult moments. Thursday, February 20th, 2020 http://latheatrebites.com/interview-with-director-monty-cole-of-were-gonna-die-the-bootleg-theater-in-los-angeles/
8.7 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Neil Simon's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age memory play, set in Yonkers in 1942, is a tale of family dysfunction at its best. Arty and Jay, two teenage brothers are forced to live with their mentally-challenged aunt and stern, bitter grandmother while their ne'er-do-well father takes to the road as a traveling salesman to pay off his debts to a loan shark.
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! January 17 - Feb 9, 2020 www.latheatrebites.com Claudia is young, parentless, minimally employed, and almost without family or friends but she remains upbeat about her future and confident in her quest to form a personal tribe for herself and her boyfriend Johnny. But Johnny has problems of his own. He has launched into adulthood but still struggles to cut the cord from his concerned mother while searching for a connection to his long-absent father. As the few people Claudia has in her life begin to fall away and the problems in her relationship are laid bare, she teeters on the brink of catastrophe.
6.8 out of 10 - Needs Work! December 31 - February 1,2020 www.latheatrebites.com This hysterical comedy follows Jack Chesney who loves Kitty Verdun and Charley who loves Miss Amy Spettigue. They invite the ladies to meet Charley's wealthy aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from." Canceling her visit at the last minute, the millionaire aunt sends the boys into cataclysmic confusion. What do they do now? The problem is solved by drafting their pal into impersonating "Charley's Aunt". This beautiful and hysterical production is set in the 1920s, adding a fun modern take to this timeless show!
Matthew Robinson interviews Associate Artistic & Development Director Suzanne Dean of the Little Fish Theatre Company about their upcoming 2020 show lineup. www.latheatrebites.com https://www.littlefishtheatre.org/pond/
9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! December 14 - February 3,2020 www.latheatrebite.com In the future, aging and death have become annoyances of the past thanks to a process of the downloading of the digitized soul into another host body, or Module. This is something only the very wealthy can afford and if you are rich enough you can be anyone you desire. A comedic look at greed and the value of life – and death.
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Toby and Mia are graduate students with a bright future ahead of them: a baby on the way and a college coaching job for Toby. But when Toby stumbles across a secret that threatens to derail their future, he and Mia must decide between honesty and loyalty, and whether doing something wrong is the only way to do what's right. Will Mia be loyal to the institutions that support her, the family she's part of, or herself?
An update on the newest theatre shows in Los Angeles on the week of December 1 -8,2019. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Robot Teammate the creators of Pockets The Musical. www.latheatrebites.com https://www.robotteammate.com/ December 11 -22,2019.
7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com October 31 - December 16,2019. Set in one apartment in New York over the span of several generations, this World Premiere follows the poignant journey of a German Jewish refugee and her family in this heartfelt, lyrical portrait of a woman haunted by the past but resiliently moving toward the future.
8.7 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Returning from World War II, disillusioned Frank McCloud travels to a hotel in Key Largo to pay his respects to the widow of a fallen friend. What McCloud doesn’t count on is an entirely different battle with mobsters who have overtaken the hotel, led by the ruthless Johnny Rocco (Academy Award nominee Andy Garcia). As a hurricane barrels toward the Keys, McCloud must face his demons in order to take down a monster.
8.4 out of 10 - A Very Good Show! November 6 - December 1,2019 As two men from different cultures reunite and find themselves at a crossroads – one man struggling to keep his career alive and an old friend flourishing in a career he never wanted – a young Chinese-American gets lost in the Tiananmen Square Protest and finds himself at the accidental center of international attention. All three men must face their past and struggle to find their own personal victories. www.latheatrebites.com .
Interview with Edwin Wong the writer of The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected. www.latheatrebites.com
Hello LA Theatre Bites listeners Los Angeles only theatre review podcast is going down the list of our favorite shows this year in 2019. The show will cover our top 5 favorite shows, Best Set, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Ensemble and so much more. We will also have Comedian Brodie Reed with comedy segment and a specific awards segment for Orange County Theatre. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Writer/Director Matt Ritchey of Romeo and Juliet in Hell. www.latheatrebites.com Romeo and Juliet, dead, wake up to find themselves stuck in their Personal Hell – forced to listen to WEST SIDE STORY music for eternity. To escape, they must suffer through a production of their life story performed by the other inhabitants of Hell – Shakespeare’s dead characters – who butcher the story in hysterical ways!
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN @ Boston Court 8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com SEP 19-OCT 27,2019 A travel writer who never travels. A Japanese architect who can’t figure out how to build a simple tea house. A gifted tattoo artist who resists the power of his talents. And a homeless girl who lives under a weeping willow tree in the Japanese Garden. Four lonely people, their stories written on paper, earth, and skin, find each other when one of them falls apart. Together they realize the heart is as strong as it is fragile, and that the safety of home might be found in the most fearsome explorations.
Seven strangers barricade themselves inside a Pennsylvania farmhouse, attempting to escape the bloodthirsty, flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the countryside. Beset by the walking dead outside, and ever-rising interpersonal tensions within, the group begins their desperate attempt to survive the night. www.latheatrebites.com October 4 - November 10,2019
OPERATION AJAX 7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebite.com October 3 - 27,2019 Operation Ajax is the name of the 1953 CIA covert operation to overthrow the Prime Minister of Iran. The consequences of this coup are still with us today.
8.1 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Sep 22 - Oct 22,2019. Two strangers are waiting for the bus on a cold road at night… next to a cemetery. The bus is late. The woman’s coat is too thin. And this fast-talking teenager waiting at the same bus stop won’t leave her alone. He works hard to get her to talk to him, using everything from philosophical riffs to brash seduction. Just around the corner is a liquor store, whose owner is waiting for a special delivery. All three people have no idea what this fateful night holds in store… and that it may provide the answers they’ve all been looking for.
DEAF WEST PRESENTS: THE SOLID LIFE OF SUGAR www.latheatrebites.com 7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com Candid, uninhibited and visceral. A Deaf couple’s relationship is revealed through their lovemaking in a startlingly intimate portrait of a marriage.
Hello, I’m Patrick Chavis and you are listening to LA Theatre Bites Review of The Solid Life of Sugar Water Playing now at Inner City Arts in Downtown Los Angeles September 5th - October 13th, 2019.
The Solid Life of Sugar Water gives you a raw, tragic and honest portrayal of a relationship. The ups, the downs and even bigger downs through the relationship of a deaf couple. The strong acting and voice over from the cast keep you and pull you in with some incredibly powerful moments. But it’s also attached to other moments and ideas that seem more interested in sounding poetic then actually doing anything interesting.
The Solid Life of Sugar Water is the story of a Deaf Couple. Alice played by Sandra Mae Frank and her partner Phil played by Tad Cooley. We get to experience an intense amount of intimacy as we watch the couple share their intimate moments during sex. Their stories of how they met and also a very tragic situation in their relationship.
This is my first show at the Deaf West Theatre and also my first deaf show I’ve ever seen, and I loved how blocking wise the show was set up. I’m not deaf and I don’t read sign much of the language being communicated in the way doesn’t really communicate much to me besides the beauty of form you can admire without fully understanding something like not being able to read Japanese but being able to appreciate the art in creating the symbols.
Because nothing is spoken out loud by the actors but from somewhere else, you feel like you’re inside the actors heads the entire show. Even though these are deaf characters and they are communicating right in front of you with sign.
Watching this show is like asking someone you just met, how they met, and they told you that and way, way more then you ever wanted to know. And in that way the show can feel a little heavy emotionally and feel monotonous. But it’s also very human because of this very reason.
The set of the play is dimly lit bedroom inverted so the bed is facing the audience as if we are looking down at the room from the ceiling.
This is an adult show as a good majority of the show is about sex and all those spicy details about this couple’s relationship.
Why does this show work because you can feel the intimacy between Frank and Cooley.
Sandra Mae Frank pulls off a heart wrenching and dramatic performance with phenomenal physical movement.
I give the Solid Life of Sugar Water. A 7.9 out of 10 - It’s Above Average!
Thank you for Listening!
ROGUE MACHINE PRESENTS : MISS LILLY GETS BONED @ ELECTRIC LODGE IN VENICE www.latheatrebites.com 9.2 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! A virginal Sunday school teacher has a sexual awakening, while across the world, a doctor tries to communicate with an elephant. Sex, faith, and violence intersect in Bekah Brunstetter's Miss Lilly Gets Boned, which is an an exploration of how tenuous and permeable are the boundaries that separate our civilized sides from our more animal ones, and how we continue to destroy the earth that does not belong to us.
SKINTIGHT @ GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Hanging on by a thread after her ex-husband gets engaged to a much younger woman, Jodi (Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, Rent, Wicked) retreats to her dad’s swanky Manhattan townhouse. But rather than the comforts of home, she instead finds her aging father’s new live-in boyfriend, Trey—who is 20. In his new comedy, Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Significant Other) brings neurotic family drama to the forefront as father and daughter contend with the age-old questions of how to age gracefully in a world obsessed with youth and where love fits into it all.
Echo Theatre Company presents: The World Premiere of Handjob @ Atwater Village Theatre 6.9 out of 10 - It Needs Work! www.latheatrebites.com When a gay writer hires a man to work as a “shirtless cleaner,” homophobia, racism and issues of consent bubble to the surface. Erik Patterson’s (One of the Nice Ones) dark comedy explores the deepest sensitivities in our culture — with unexpected and hilarious consequences.
The Lonesome West @ Little Fish Theatre 7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com Journey to the west of Ireland where McDonagh’s vision of small-town despair, restlessness, and plain old boredom inspire behavior of the homicidal sort. Two brothers squabble over the inheritance left by their recently deceased father. Also, there’s a rumor about town that one of them may have murdered the father over a haircut-related insult. The local parish priest and a young girl from the community, also their bootleg whiskey supplier, make futile attempts to keep the brothers from quarreling.
7.3 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com Set in the beautiful but dangerous landscape of the desert in a future reality, this production of Macbeth offers an alternate perspective of ambition, specifically through the lens of youth. When promised the deepest desire of his soul, Macbeth is faced with the choice to become the man he has dreamed he could be. Influenced and supported by the powerful love of his “dearest partner of greatness”, he goes against his nature to seize his destiny, ultimately bringing on the destruction of his sanity and the future he sought to create. It is a cautionary coming of age story about the decisions we face in pursuit of our goals and the futileness of satisfaction.
FRANKENSTEIN @ A Noise Within 10 out of 10 - A Masterpiece! www.latheatrebites.com This electrifying tale of a creature cast away by his creator into a hostile world—only to wind his way back in a dangerous game of destruction—has captivated audiences for over 200 years. The gothic story comes to life with Nick Dear’s adaptation of the chilling fable by Mary Shelley, animating the themes of social rejection, intellectual hubris, and the nascency of good and evil.
Puffs @ STAGEStheatre in Fullerton 8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com August 9 - September 1,2019. Puffs is for anyone who has ever felt like a secondary character in someone else’s story. Join a familiar adventure from the perspective of three new heroes just trying to make it through magic school. Alongside them are the Puffs, a group of well-meaning, loyal rejects with a thing for badgers "who are so lovable and relatable, you’ll leave the theater wishing they were in the stories all along.
8.2 out of 10 - GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Famous historical characters and a rich score propel Ragtime through a spectacular re-creation of turn-of-the-20th-century New York. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s acclaimed novel, this 13-time Tony-nominated musical paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of three people — a stifled married woman from the upper classes, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a daring young musician from Harlem — whose fates become unexpectedly intertwined. With music and lyrics by the Tony Award-winning team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, the show boasts a Tony Award-winning book by Terrence McNally and such memorable songs as “Getting Ready Rag,” “Wheels of a Dream,” “Till We Reach That Day” and “Make Them Hear You.”
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com We are proud to present the world premiere of Strong Arm, written by The Wayward Artist’s very-own, Wyn Moreno. An adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s, The Seagull, Strong Arm explores fame, parental love, sacrifice, and unfulfilled dreams. Following the lives of Elaine, a famous tennis player, her athletic superstar of a son, and her professional baseball-playing boyfriend, Strong Arm examines the life-changing consequences brought about by the complex web of professional sports and a mother’s love and sacrifice for her son.
Interview with writer Wyn Moreno about his World Premiere play "Strong Arm" playing at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.
7 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com
LOST VOICES – Three Women live ordinary lives. Behind their eyes lurks a secret each has kept buried in the deepest part of their souls until today. Today they can no longer hide their voices. Today, 7.6 Billion peoples lives hang in the balance and these three women don’t even know it. Written by Rodney Nugent
DEATH UNIT – East Texas Prison. Basement. Mr. Shoehorn has long worked transporting bodies to the Coroners Car. Assisting him is Mr. Redstone, this is his first day, unnerved at being with a dead body, elevator not working, and frazzled as lights flicker. Is this a job for Mr. Redstone? Mr.Shoehorn wants to know. Written by Robert Gardner
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Imogen and Frederick have come to this national park on their 24th anniversary in a desperate attempt to rekindle their passion. Frederick, who is played by a femme-identifying actor, is looking forward to the perfect anniversary: hiking the park’s trails, wading in the lake, and, most importantly, tracking the whereabouts of a particular bird: the Dickinson Blue-Breasted Warbler. But for Imogen, who is played by a masc-identifying actor, the woods are an entirely undesirable and ultimately unromantic place to spend an anniversary. In the very same campsite, October has arrived for a family campout to find that no one else in her family has shown up. Rather than go home, she decides to use this time to tackle the personal demons she has been running from. Meanwhile, a pair of camp hosts, Mumbo & Jumbo, are working with Ranger Dave to find the party responsible for a string of apparent campsite robberies. A true ensemble play, The Last Croissant employs magical realism, clowning, and whimsy to tell the story of nine crowded campers who hope to find what they’re looking for in the woods.
7 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com Actress Jennifer Lawrence has some pretty intense fears, and she's about to tackle her first one; a spider.
7.1 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com Alysha and Nick have been together for 7 years, never married and no children. After Nick arrives home beyond fashionably late for a much needed date night out, he and Alysha begin down the road of discussing their relationship. Through arguing over things all couples can relate to, laughing at old memories , sharing secrets, insecurities, and honest thoughts of how their life could be, they ultimately remind themselves how deep their love is. A knock on the door, however, brings the world crashing down around them.
8 out of 10 - GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com How do you kill a man who doesn’t exist? In this dark comedy, two roommates in a mental institution complain to their doctor about an imaginary man. A highly physical, absurdist exploration of mental health and sanity, featuring choreography and direction from the team behind HFF17’s Best in Dance and Physical Theatre and Ripest Show Award winner Definition of Man.
Breathe… Inhale 1-2-3, exhale 1-2-3…
7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! latheatrebites.com Isaac Easton, a recently retired boxer, and his former sports manager open a gym together to help advance the popularity of female boxing. When their first female boxer gets into trouble only three weeks from the fight, they scramble to find a new fighter to train. Enter Zoey Jones, a young and shy fighter who has never fought in the professional circuit. Easton and Jones take a crash course in trusting and learning from each other over three weeks in preparation for the fight, and the two often butt heads. Can Jones pull out a win and save Easton’s reputation and gym? Through voice overs and grueling workouts in preparation for the fight, this one act play shows the audience how intimate a platonic relationship between a man and woman can be, the beauty of physical strength, and what happens when you are stuck in fight or flight mode.
8.2 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com When an Asian girl tells her parents she doesn’t want to be a doctor anymore, she wishes on a shooting star for supportive white parents.
8.6 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com In 1980, Lee Atwater was a scrappy Southern political strategist. By 1990, he’d changed American politics forever. A year later, he was dead, his spectacular career over in a flash, and his legacy just another story to spin. SON OF A BITCH chronicles Atwater’s journey from ambitious campaign manager to the “Bad Boy” of the Republican Party.
6.9 out of 10 - It Needs Work! www.latheatrebites.com To begin her first novel, a cynical writer must resist the temptation to fill the void left by the nonsensical death of her admired brother. However, her only writing apparatus is her indentured Humanoid—a personal robot stocked with Netflix, porn, and existential angst.
Interview with Estella Church creator of RESONANT: STUDENT VOICES ANTHOLOGY. www.latheatrebites.com A group of young people have come together to write a series of 10-minute plays on topics and issues they find most pressing among their generation. This anthology is nearly 5-years in the making and covers a variety of topics including, but not limited to, police brutality, self-harm, bullying, LGBTQ+ visibility, trauma, poverty, and voice. Each piece that makes up the collective is a winner of the Young Writers Project of Hollywood. “Resonant: Student Voices Anthology” conveys the fears, love, and passions of Generation Z. It’s an exploration of race, gender, and identity from their perspectives. Furthermore, it is a manifestation of their hopes and wishes for the world and it’s time we all listened.
7 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com JUNE 8TH - JUNE 30,2019 Victim or accomplice? Trapped or willing agent? Melania Trump is an enigma; her actions and words contradictory. As both media and public speculate about the First Lady’s true emotions concerning her husband and the presidency, she maintains an air of mystery, perhaps on purpose.
Join Melania at an exclusive press conference, as she tries to get re-elected as the First Lady of the United States, and discover the answers to questions such as: “Which was Melania’s favorite movie as a little girl growing up in Slovenia? Will she be able to turn FLYLF into a hashtag? Will we find out which character from GoT Melania identifies with?"
8.2 out of 10 - GOOD SHOW! JUNE 7 - JUNE 23,2019 www.latheatrebites.com Cupid comes out of retirement to save modern love.
6.8 out of 10 - It Needs Work! JUNE 26TH - JUNE 28TH, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Told through the creation of his first three films, ‘George’ is the story of how a young man from Modesto, California became George Lucas. With each act following a different film, George will learn all of the skills that eventually led to the creation of ‘Star Wars.’
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com On a ranch in Nevada, Grant Wilson rules a made-up nation through empty shows of power and ridiculous propaganda, with his family as his only subjects. When his son takes the mission too far and his daughter questions everything, Grant fights for control in the face of family, country, and reality.
6.4 out of 10 - It Needs Work! www.latheatrebites.com The School of Night is proud to present Christopher Marlowe’s medieval pageant of will, war and conquest re-imagined as epic sci-fi spectacle. Tragedy! Romance! Mighty verse! Great battles waged on land and in space! Honor and glory! Qapla’! An unofficial fan production adapted from Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great, Parts I and II.
6.7 out of 10 - It Needs Work! www.latheatrebites.com One summer evening, five friends gather to drink and celebrate a big accomplishment. Over the course of the party, tensions arise and truths are revealed as the group comes to terms with who they were, who they are, and who they are about to become. How To Adult, a serio-comedy in the style of hyper-realism, embraces and celebrates our constant-evolving identities, relationships, and personhoods.
6.9 out of 10 - It Needs Work! www.latheatrebites.com Otto Sparks and Reggie Spencer are two online activists with dreams of changing the world. When Otto decides to take a leap out from behind the computer and into the business of vigilante justice, he and Reggie are cast on an adventure that sets them on a collision course with colorful characters and powerful figures they only thought existed in comic books. But how will they know who the bad guys are? And do the good guys ever really win?
The second Hollywood Fringe project from writer/actor John Patrick Daly, following 2018’s Encore winner New Kid on the Block, How I Became A Superhero is a tale of humor, heart, and what it really takes to be someone amazing.
7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com June 15 - June 28,2019 “And Now It’s All This!” follows John Lennon during the height of Beatlemania in 1966 when he made his infamous quote that “the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.” From the moment John says these words, we see him and the Beatles manager, Brian Epstein grappling with the fallout with the American Press; with the burning of Beatles records and the numerous death threats to every member of the group. Should John be forced to apologize for mere words that he believes are a fact? And if he doesn’t, what then? In this present day where celebrities apologize almost daily for their thoughts on social media – “And Now It’s All This!” captures a moment in history when a Beatle turned from lovable moptop to that legendary peacenik and activist that the world grew to love and respect.
8.1 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! June 16 - 30,2019 www.latheatrebites.com An epic medieval fantasy comedy, where kickass women rule.
6.8 out of 10 - It needs work! www.latheatrebites.com James Fritz’s Start Swimming is a surrealistic play drenched in political upheaval that asks what power young people have to create change. In a room: there are five people with nothing to go on other than their instincts and their desire to live. Is it worth taking risks when a misstep can destroy all they’ve worked for? How do they fight the unseen powers, that manipulate their fear in an attempt to abuse control…all when the rules keep changing? Using Pavlovian consequences, Orwellian overtones, and theatre of cruelty style, this play questions authority, the definition of freedom, and explores the journey of resistance and revolution.
7.7 out of 10 - Above Average! June 15 - June 26,2019 Stranded outside of a bar at 2AM on Halloween in L.A., four young women, dressed in what’s left of their costumes, deal with an existential crisis, some shenanigans, Magic Mike, and Frankenstein’s monster, all while waiting for an elusive Uber that someone was supposed to call…but maybe didn’t?!
7.2 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com June 6 - June 16,2019. Shakespeare’s lost play: The Porters of Hellsgate present DOUBLE FALSEHOOD by Lewis Theobald, adapted from the lost manuscript of CARDENIO by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. This adaptation of Shakespeare’s play reemerged in the 18th century. 55-minutes; directed by Alex Parker.
The Color Collective @ The Hollywood Fringe 2019. www.latheatrebites.com https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5183
7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com GRAIL PROJECT IS BACK!! Last year’s OVATION AWARD WINNER (BEST ENSEMBLE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CHOREOGRAPHER) returns to LA. Theatre Movement Bazaar continues its investigation into classic texts, this time inspired by the Arthur Legend and Grail Myth. Co-creators and company founders, Kronis + Alger, are joined by an ensemble of 9 actors to present this surprising and dynamic new work. GRAIL PROJECT guides us through the labyrinthine intrigues of Arthurian court life, then spins out into Perceval’s Quest for the Holy Grail and his Squire’s longing to be a knight. One of the most influential myths of the Western world is given a contemporary voice in this woven tapestry of original text, song, dance, humor, and expressive physicality.
Interview with Ross Jackson Stage Manager @ The Geffen Playhouse. www.latheatrebites.com
7.1 out of 10 - Average Show! June 9 - June 27,2019 www.latheatrebites.com Jack and Erica find love after a one-night stand leaves them hopelessly trying to uncover more of each other. She wants to be a famous actress and he’s a mysterious Irishman who has the money to make her dreams come true – until a Russian screenplay, two million dollars in unmarked bills and taboo desires threaten to tear them apart. How much is too much?
7.8 OUT OF 10 - ABOVE AVERAGE! JUNE 1 - JULY 29, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com In the aftermath of a hate crime, grade school pariah Goon befriends one of the victims, Carly, the only black girl in school. While the town plans an assembly "to destroy racism forever," a youthful romance blossoms and the two must navigate the pitfalls of falling in love while dealing with the town's prying eyes, especially those of Wikipedia Jones, the crime-solving son of the chief of police.
Patrick Chavis & Matthew Robinson talk about different shows playing this year at the Hollywood Fringe 2019. June 13 - 30,2019
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Interview with the cast of “Disrobed: Why so clothes-minded?” The play @ Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019. www.latheatrebites.com June 9 - 28,2019 https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/6210?tab=tickets
8.3 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! May 16 - June 9,2019 www.latheatrebites.com Dead Accounts is the story of a brother, a sister, and a surprise reunion that turns their family upside down. A $27 million secret proves that the truth can be complicated.
7.8 out of 10 - ABOVE AVERAGE! April 18 – May 12, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Una Madre en busca de su hijo desaparecido en un régimen totalitario enfrenta el devenir de la pérdida a través de los tiempos; cuestionándolo todo. Los románticos libertadores terminan oprimiendo la eterna rebeldía. La madre vive hasta que muere el sol, y hay que quemar el cielo si es preciso, por vivir. Las revoluciones siempre serán cíclicas.
A Mother in search of her disappeared son in a totalitarian regime faces the evolution of the loss through the times; questioning everything. The liberating romantics end up oppressing eternal rebellion. The mother lives until the sun dies, and you have to burn the sky if necessary, to live. Revolutions will always be cyclical.
7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved victorian classic, The Secret Garden, blossoms anew in this enchanting musical by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon. When young Mary Lennox loses her parents to a cholera outbreak in India, she is sent to live with her uncle, hermit Archibald Craven, who lives in an imposing, secluded manor on the British heath. Inside the haunting house upon the hill, Mary finds a reclusive, long-suffering collection of souls. Since her aunt Lily’s death, Mary’s uncle has pushed away his surviving loved ones, leaving his bedridden son, Colin, alone. Sickly Colin, hidden away in the depths of the manner, bears the guilt of his mother’s death on his crippled shoulders. When Mary discovers her Aunt Lily’s hidden garden, locked shot and overgrown with vines, stubborn Mary is determined to revive the beauty that once was. Surrounded by spirits from the past, who both warn and welcome her, determined Mary begins to peel away the layers of sadness that cover the house and the garden, showing us the power that “one small girl” can have when she “wants things to grow.”
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Set in 1994, FAMOUS takes audiences into a world ruled by sex, money, and power taken at any cost. Just nominated for his first Oscar, Jason Mast is throwing a celebratory party at his Hollywood Hills home that serves as the backdrop for an intricate plan to confront his past with the night unfolding at an adrenaline-rushed pace. Driven by a devastating need to expose the truth, Jason’s attempt to control the outcome of the evening ignites a chain of events that push the boundaries of real friendship and reveals the true cost of fame.
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Set in 1994, FAMOUS takes audiences into a world ruled by sex, money, and power taken at any cost. Just nominated for his first Oscar, Jason Mast is throwing a celebratory party at his Hollywood Hills home that serves as the backdrop for an intricate plan to confront his past with the night unfolding at an adrenaline-rushed pace.
9.3 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! www.latheatrebites.com April 19, 2019 — May 19, 2019 On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires. Can they find their way back to each other, or has the time for their tumultuous romance reached its end?
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! April 26 - May 18,2019 www.latheatrebites.com This dark comedy is about a marital triangle in which the wife tries to save the marriage, the husband seeks self understanding and the waif like mistress craves attention. Originally produced by the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago to glowing reviews.
Interview with Homeward LA Founder Jason Lesner. http://homewardla.org/ April 26 to May 5 Over 10 days in April 2018, nearly 300 actors performed in 26 productions of monologues, based on stories from people who have been homeless. The productions were seen by nearly 2,000 people in venues all around Los Angeles, raising approximately $55,000 for The Midnight Mission.This year, from April 26 to May 5, Homeward LA will be staging new stories from those who strive to find their way home in 50 productions across the city. Join us as we inspire the community to come together and end homelessness.Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go to The Midnight Mission, a nonprofit on Skid Row that provides shelter, food, education and more to LA’s homeless population. If you cannot attend, please consider donating to the cause via the donate button below.
7.2 out of 10 - Average Show! April 5 - April 27, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com The story follows the bitter and melodramatic rivalry between the Lajarra and Azucar families, Mexico's biggest wine and tequila makers, and their fight for power. Passion, revenge, betrayal, grapes and tequila are all in a day's work.
7.7 out of 10 - Above Average! April 10 — May 5 www.latheatrebites.com Nia Vardalos reprises the role she originated in her stage adaptation of acclaimed author Cheryl Strayed’s New YorkTimes Bestseller of the same name. Conceived by Vardalos (writer/actor of My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Thomas Kail (Director of Hamilton) and Marshall Heyman (Journalist, WallStreet Journal), this uniquely uplifting New York Times Critics’ Pick is about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken and finding the courage to take on the questions which have no answers. The Playhouse brings you The Public Theater’s production of this touching new play.
7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! In this “barnburner of a play” (The Washington Post), two extraordinary women square off in a high-stakes academic debate over race, reputation and who gets the final word on how American history is written. When university professor Janine and her brilliant student Zoe don’t see eye to eye, their routine office hours discussion unexpectedly careens off course—and threatens to derail their careers, lives and the status quo.
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7 out of 10 - An Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com A normal production of the Broadway legend Les Misérables is overtaken by a bunch of foul-mouthed puppets who want to throw a revolution of their own. Both a loving tribute and a brutal deconstruction of the "greatest musical of all time," this show is full of clever twists on classic songs, improvisation, and audience interaction. Warning: This production contains offensive language, sexual situations, and musical theater. It should not be viewed by children.
8.2 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com The Wayward Artist is pleased to produce the pop/rock, hit musical 'Next to Normal'! Join Diana Goodman and her family in their anything-but-normal suburban home. 'Next to Normal' explores the effects of extreme loss and the tolls mental illness can have on a modern-day family.
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Set in a small town beauty salon in Louisiana, Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias celebrates the bond of friendship between six women in the midst of life’s challenges. Based on the playwright’s upbringing, and later adapted into the critically praised film, Steel Magnolias is a humorous, yet devastating journey of friendship, loss, and love.
9 out of 10 - EXCEPTIONAL SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com In this fresh retelling of the classic Greek myth, Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece has been reframed for our time. Join the fantastic voyage and encounter Hercules, Hera, sirens, centaurs, and more—familiar mythological figures imbued with unexpected character and depth.
Interview with Amberly Chamberlain Director of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot playing now @ Santa Ana College. A hilarious, poignant, thought-provoking work, boasting a zany cast of characters that asks one of the most plaguing questions in the Christian ideology: What happened to Judas Iscariot and should we care? Remaining performances:Friday, April 5 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall TheatreSaturday, April 6 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall TheatreSunday, April 7 at 6:30PM, Phillips Hall Theatre www.latheatrebites.com
7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com March 15 - April 14, 2019 In 1968, a year of watershed moments in the United States: The assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, lunar space exploration and the Vietnam War, Connie, a single mother gets a job at Sears in Boyle Heights, an economic hub in Los Angeles where people of all cultures and nationalities shop and work. When Connie’s son gets drafted and is sent to Vietnam, her mother makes her pray to La Virgen de Guadalupe for his protection. As Connie tries to remember how to pray, La Virgen appears to her and their friendship grows as she navigates work, love, war and her new independence.
Interview with Alana Dietze Director of The Wolves playing now @ Atwater Village Theatre. March 16 – April 22,2019 Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals. www.latheatrebites.com
Written and directed by comedy partners Nathan Makaryk and Geneviève Flati (both cc'ed here!)—who double as the raucous Thenardiers—this irreverent parody lampoons every aspect of the famous musical, movie, and novel. Both Les Misérables enthusiasts and haters alike will love the show, which features new versions of classic songs, tons of improvisation and audience interaction. www.latheatrebites.com April 5- May 11,2016
7.6 out of 10 - Above Average! March 1st – March 31st, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Katha and Ryu have become allergic to their 21st century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950’s re-enactors, they forsake cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors – and they themselves – are willing to sacrifice for happiness.
8.4 out of 10 - A VERY GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com It’s 1940, and celebrated psychologist William Moulton Marston has decided that he wants to create a comic book heroine who stands for valor and love in a world dominated by men and war. Over the course of a single evening, Marston, his wife Elizabeth, and their lover Olive must convince DC Comics executive Max Gaines of the value of such a heroine while downplaying their own unorthodox lifestyle.
8.7 out of 10 - GREAT SHOW! February 22 - March 24, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com (Canyon) takes a look at what happens when the lives of two families are rocked by an unpredictable accident. We meet a newlywed couple and a Mexican father and son as they all try their best to find a better view. A look at gender, citizenship, and the costs of trying to live a conventional, American life.
6.7 out of 10 - Okay! www.latheatrebites.com Mathematics has a fragile nobility that can be drawn between two numbers...just as it can be drawn between two people. When one woman accepts the help of another, her dependence leaves a few variables for filling, and nothing comes out even. With the introduction of a third, male, party, the equation gets more complicated.
(Correction: the show runs March 5 - April 21st, 2019.) 7.3 out of 10 - An Average Show! MAR 5 – APR 21, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Lackawanna Blues is a reminiscence of his 1950s childhood in a small town on the banks of Lake Erie. Santiago-Hudson takes on more than 20 colorful characters—from would-be philosophers and petty hustlers to lost souls and abandoned lovers—in a brilliant celebration of the eccentric boardinghouse he grew up in.
8.8 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! March 3-24, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Rosalind Franklin was a British pioneer in science in the early 1950s, yet her groundbreaking role in the discovery of DNA’s double helix structure is still often overlooked. Based on a true story, Photograph 51 presents an intriguing portrait of a complex, courageous woman making her way in a male-dominated field. While rival teams of researchers compete for a breakthrough, Rosalind, focused and unbending, is locked in a race of her own.
8.6 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! FEB 23RD – APRIL 14TH,2019 www.latheatrebites.com A diverse hip-hop trio is on the verge of making it big on national TV when a police shooting of a Black teen shakes the band to its core, forcing them to confront questions of race, gender, privilege, appropriation, and when to use artistic expression as an act of social protest.
7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! Feb 10 - April 28,2019 www.latheatrebites.com The Bard’s most intimate of family tragedies about the terrible force of love and the breakdown of a man who has everything—power, position, and passion—only to find his world decimated through intense mind games with his ensign. Prescient in its searing social commentary of prejudice, betrayal, and thwarted ambition, Shakespeare’s thunderous drama examines who we trust and the price we pay for choosing wrong.
8.2 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW!!! www.latheatrebites.com February 24 - April 26, 2019 An innocuous visit from a potential suitor unsettles the sheltered Wingfield family. Matriarch Amanda fiercely protects her adult children from the harshness of others, but doesn’t realize that her own eccentricities are the biggest threat to their psychological survival.
8.6 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! Feb 21 – Mar 17, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com A delightfully funny comedy about three Jewish widows who meet routinely to commiserate about their late husbands’ attributes and shortcomings over tea. With playful zingers and one-line gags.
7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com Take a trip with Denny and the Dreamers, a fledgling doo-wop singing group preparing to enter the Big Whopper Radio contest to realize their dreams of making it to the big time!
Interview with Director of Cultural Programming Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx, Artistic Director of Celebration Theatre Michael Shepard, Artistic Director of the Trans Chorus of LA Abdullah Hall about the new NOISE NOW Initiative at A NOISE WITH IN. http://www.anoisewithin.org/noise-now/
8.8 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! February 15 - March 3, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder centers on Monty Navarro, a lowborn young Englishman and distant heir to a family fortune, who sets out to elevate his social standing by speeding up the line of succession.
10 out of 10 - A Masterpiece! February 5 — March 9,2019 www.latheatrebites.com Ragtime tells the story of three families at the turn of the 20th Century in pursuit of the American dream.
7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com In pursuit of the American Dream, six pregnant Filipina women risk everything. Confined to a one-bedroom, one-bath unit in Hollywood the women do their best to overcome fears of jail and deportation so that their children can have a better life. Playwright Boni B. Alvarez examines the promise of U.S. Citizenship and ask, “How far would you go to give your child a future?”
9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! February 5 - March 24, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Tony and Olivier Award-nominee Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor imagine Nat "King" Cole as he faces the final Christmastime broadcast of his groundbreaking variety show and weighs the advice of his friend Sammy Davis Jr. to "go out with a bang."
Interview with actors Michael Manuel (Iago) and Tania Verafield (Emilia) about their new production at A Noise Within Shakespeare's Othello. Feb 10 - April 28, 2019
The Bard’s most intimate of family tragedies about the terrible force of love and the breakdown of a man who has everything—power, position, and passion—only to find his world decimated through intense mind games with his ensign. Prescient in its searing social commentary of prejudice, betrayal, and thwarted ambition, Shakespeare’s thunderous drama examines who we trust and the price we pay for choosing wrong.
9.3 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! Feb 8 - March 17,2019 www.latheatrebites.com Helen Edmudson’s Anna Karenina is an upside-down telling of Leo Tolstoy’s classic tale. A story wrapped in temptation, passion, and moral conflict, this eight-person dramatic event is a fast-paced examination of love, adultery, and marriage.
8.4 out of 10 - A Very Good Show!!! www.latheatrebites.com Punk-rock opera that explores the bloody legend of America’s favorite axe-wielding sweetheart-diva-heroine-enigma-psychopath, Lizzie Borden. Accused of brutally killing her father and stepmother in 1892, Lizzie was eventually acquitted by a jury of her peers, leaving the horrific crime unsolved. What really happened on the fateful night of the dual killings?
8.4 out of 10 - A Very Good Show! February 8th – March 16th, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com The year is 1933. Our story begins with a talented but as yet untrusted film director who is rapidly preparing to set sail with a hired crew. Why is he going? To shoot a film of course. Where is he going? He’s not telling. Without a care for the irritations and suspicions that this secrecy arouses, he finds himself a down-on-her-luck actress willing to accompany him on his mad voyage to film the greatest beast he can find halfway around the world. His attempts at encountering the creature are successful when halfway around the world they discover (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER BEWARE THE SPOILER) the legendary monstrosity himself, King Kong.
(warning podcast has some bad language) www.latheatrebites.com Interview with Playwright Phil Keeling about his latest play Suprema @ STAGEStheatre. March 9th – March 30th, 2019
It’s 1940, and celebrated psychologist William Moulton Marston has decided that he wants to create a comic book heroine who stands for valor and love in a world dominated by men and war. Over the course of a single evening, Marston, his wife Elizabeth, and their lover Olive must convince DC Comics executive Max Gaines of the value of such a heroine while downplaying their own unorthodox lifestyle.
8.9 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Feb 4 - 23, 2019 Devastated when his New York City church kicks him out for being gay, Griffin escapes across the world to volunteer in a small village. His "good intentions" are tested against the backdrop of an incurable epidemic, corruption and a dangerous abduction that leaves him questioning everything he has ever known.
9.2 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! www.latheatrebites.com A hidden discovery in a hotel bathroom changes the lives of four Korean American Christian girls on a mission trip to Thailand. Samantha is hurt that someone she trusted could betray her. Jen is worried about how this might affect her college applications. Kyung-Hwa thinks everyone should adjust their expectations. Mimi’s out for blood. Amid the neon lights and go-go bars in Bangkok, the girls plot revenge in this funny, feminist thriller.
8.2 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Feb 5- 17, 2019 COME FROM AWAY tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed, and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.
9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! www.latheatrebites.com Jan 17- March 11, 2019. Dreams are in short supply on Inishmaan, especially for Billy Claven. So when a Hollywood filmmaker arrives on the neighboring island to make a movie, Billy goes after a part in the film, hoping to escape from the cruelty and bleakness of his life in master storyteller Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic Irish yarn.
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com JAN 17 – FEB 7, 2019 GRAY PEOPLE tells a story of constantly shifting trust and loyalties as James, Jenny and Adam tensely await a late-night delivery in the woods...unsure what to believe about each other, and increasingly uncertain of their fate.
7.2 out of 10 - Average Show! Jan 18 – Feb 23, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com The Vaughn family’s go-to defense mechanism of sarcasm and mordant humor falls short when the aging parents hatch a not-so-funny way to avoid the retirement home.
7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! January 11-27, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com The Long Weekend is a play about two couples spending a long weekend together in the country. We discover the two friends’ spouses are having affairs, and the audience witnesses what happens to the characters due to their choices.
7.3 out 10 - An Average show! www.latheatrebites.com January 18th - February 10, 2019. Murder on the Nile is set on a river cruise in Egypt. Nine characters get on the boat with different reasons for being there and bring their personal dramas aboard the ship. When the drama unfolds someone is murdered, and the character Canon Pennefather, a priest played by Lawrence Ingalls, investigates before the cops arrive.
8.8 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW!!! www.latheatrebites.com Jan 11 – Feb 3, 2019 1776, the electrifying musical about the founding of America. Featuring a contemporary cast, this Tony Award-winning smash begins with a deadlocked Congress – sound familiar? Its attempts to adopt the Declaration of Independence are boiling over in heated confrontations.
9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! www.latheatrebites.com January 5-20,2019 Estranged brothers Frank and Jesse reunite to plan a kidnapping in a squalid motel room on a hellish day in Barstow. When day turns into night and their hostage is brought out of the trunk, the siblings find their troubles have just begun.
End of the year 2019 podcast with Los Angeles playwrights and directors. As we talk about the theatre scene in 2018. www.latheatrebites.com
Paul Rush is a founder of the Sixty-six Theater Co, located at the historic Marilyn Monroe Theatre in West Hollywood. He fell in love with theater while studying at the University of Maine. His disciplined and heartfelt approach he attributes to his time in the woods of Maine and in his service in the U.S. Air Force. He is dedicated to engaging audiences with honest and thought-provoking theater. He has produced numerous films and theater on both East and West coasts. A quote from Henry David Thoreau has been present throughout his life, ‘Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.’
Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm is a Los Angeles-based playwright, book writer, lyricist, screenwriter, and actor. He’s had over 170 productions of his plays and musicals staged in four countries. His play WOUNDED just premiered Off-Broadway at the Soho Playhouse as part of the “Fringe Encore Series” (chosen from thousands of Fringe shows from all over the world). He’s won and placed for over twenty playwriting awards, including being a Finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference and the David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists Grant. Taken from the website.
Patrick’s Top 5 List of 2018 1. Still…. The play inspired by 4:44 @ The Complex Theatre in Hollywood
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Native Son @ The Antaeus Company in Glendale
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The Glass Menagerie @ International City Theatre in Long Beach
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Valley of the Heart @ Mark Taper Forum in Downtown Los Angeles
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Big Fish The Musical @ The Chance Theatre in Anaheim
Matthew’s Top 5 List of 2018 1. Sunny Afternoon @ The Complex Theatre in Hollywood
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Wounded @ The Lounge Theatre in Hollywood
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I can hear you now @ Complex Theatre in Hollywood
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Bliss (or Emily Post is dead) @ The Atwater Theatre in Atwater Village
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This Almost Joy @ Hudson Theatre in Hollywood
8 out of 10 - A Good Show!! www.latheatrebites.com Nov 17 – Dec 15,2018 The spooky adventures of Hansel and Gretel comes to the operatic stage with 12-foot-tall creatures, fantastical sets and elaborate special effects. Diva extraordinaire Susan Graham stars as the uproariously wicked witch, eager to lure her young victims into a delicious trap, but last-minute ingenuity saves the day and the plucky children emerge triumphant in the heartfelt conclusion.
6.8 out of 10 - Okay. www.latheatrebites.com In 1978, People's Temple, a progressive, Black multiracial church, self-destructed in a Guyana settlement named after its leader, the Reverend Jim Jones. A riveting story of complicity and resistance; loyalty and betrayal; black struggle and black sacrifice told through the voices of Black women.
Interview with Writer/Actor Fred Blanco in Little Big Stage Productions : A Christmas Carol @ Whitmore Lindley Theatre Center in North Hollywood. Dec 1 - Dec 9 2018. www.latheatrebites.com
7.1 out of 10 - Average Show!! www.latheatrebites.com Nov 10 - Dec 2nd 2018 Much like an episode of Dr. Who, this fantasy musical breathes light into the dark side of the universe of death, loss, and those who struggle with suicide. So strap in and take a Dickensian sprint across the universe with Link our isolated soul as he falls in love with Lady Death and her never ending knowledge of the cosmos.
8.3 out of 10 - A VERY GOOD SHOW!!! www.latheatrebites.comt is fall in the midwest, Curt a cop who wants to be a park ranger, is the lead officer in taking down a Naughty but Nice ‘massage parlor.’ The combined efforts of Curt and bumbling partner Doug fail at doing what appears to be an easy job. As the play unfolds we watch Curt and Sandy, a young masseuse from Naughty but Nice strive to identify themselves as something more than their history has dictated.
8.8 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW!!! OCT 30 – DEC 9, 2018 Mark Taper Forum Downtown Los Angeles www.latheatrebites.com The Yamaguchis and the Montaños are two immigrant families struggling to provide a future for their American-born children after the Great Depression on the farmland they share. But as their oldest children fall in love—secretly—the attack on Pearl Harbor throws these Mexican and Japanese American families into uncertainty and turmoil.
Interview with Lisa Dring and Chelsea Sutton the writers and creators of the Kaidan Project. http://latheatrebites.com/interview-with-the-creators-of-the-kaidan-project-lisa-dring-and-chelsea-sutton/
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW!!! September 14 – October 7, 2018 www.latheatrebites.com A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN is a musical journey celebrating Janis and her biggest musical influences—icons like Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, who inspired one of rock & roll’s greatest legends.
8.7 out 10 - A GREAT SHOW! September 5 — September 30 www.latheatrebites.com An attorney on the rise and his very pregnant wife couldn’t feel more welcomed by their new neighbors. But when a friendly disagreement about the lay of the land escalates into a backyard brawl, cultures collide and mudslinging ensues…literally.
6.5 out of 10 - Okay! July 26 - August 23, 2018 www.latheatrebites.com On a snowy night in a rural farmhouse, three siblings huddle together in the dark with a flashlight, while the audience (unseen by them) gathers closely around.
8.6 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW!!!! June 29 - July 29, 2018 www.latheatrebites.com Correction: Misspelled Name : Rachel Oliveros Catalano Adapted from Daniel Wallace’s novel and Tim Burton’s acclaimed film, and featuring spine-tinglingly beautiful music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family and The Wild Party), Big Fish is a fantastical musical that illustrates the larger-than-life anecdotes of Edward Bloom, a man nearing the end of his life. This fact has compelled his grown son Will to embark on an adventure of his own — to unravel his real dad from the myths of his tall tales. Filled with magic, love, luck, and crazy coincidences, this rollicking fantasy set in the American South is a tribute to the power of dreaming big.
7.9 out of 10 - Above Average www.latheatrebites.com THE STUDY takes place during a psychological clinical test of the flight-or-fight response set in a college lecture hall. The audience’s reactions and answers determine the outcome of each performance; in this immersive, audience-interactive, video game and theatre-inspired piece. Created by Jared Tyrel Pixler and David Evan Stolworthy, the creators of THE VIDEO GAMES, which ran for nearly three years. THE STUDY has a cast of eleven characters, many of which are from the worlds of the creator’s premiere plays; Let Me Out and Roommates. No show will be like the last in this scripted, choose-your-own adventure style play.
9.2 out of 10 - Exceptional Show!!! www.latheatrebites.com June 22nd Each brother has their own plans for their parents’ estate as well as their own secret they have been hiding. The lifelong misunderstandings, resentments, and secrets come to surface jeopardizing the fragile family’s survival in the living room of their parents’ home.
7.2 out of 10 - An Average Show!!!! www.latheatrebites.com June 15 - 23, 2018 The City of Happymont is your typical small but growing city, and while the Happymont City Council tries to keep order and get business done, the Public, or at least those who participate in Public Comment, takes up the Council’s time with Conspiracy theories, rants, and musical numbers. The council tries to get rid of Public Comment but the Public won’t give it up without a fight. It all boils down to one man who has never spoken before giving the speech of his life and saving Public Comment.
Interview with Dan Sugimoto writer of White People Drinking. Playing June 22, 2018. A bored billionaire and his wife hold a charade of a dinner party. When their guests arrive, they take their coats and strip away societal constructs, what remains is…all too human. www.latheatrebites.com http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5232?tab=tickets
9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show!!! June 16 - 24, 2018 www.latheatrebites.com Emotional support pandas, group therapy in a porta-potty, and other anxious adventures await. Both hilarious and moving, this story follows a girl with OCD through the struggles and triumphs of treatment, the quirky shenanigans of growing up anxious, and comedic growing pains that accompany meaningful change.
8.2 out of 10 - A Good Show!!!! June 15th - June 22,2018 www.latheatrebites.com In this immersive, intimate virtual reality theatre experience, audiences peer inside the memories of a recently broken-up couple and attempt to figure out “what went wrong” with their relationship. But nothing is ever quite as easy as it seems, especially when the human mind and heart are involved…
Welcome to Closure Inc., a brand new start-up with an age-old goal: Helping failed couples figure out where their relationship fell apart.
Using high-tech headsets, Closure Inc. employees can “view” the memories of both parties and then create an objectively analytical report of what went wrong. A lack of intimacy? Neediness? Failure to communicate? All of our client’s most crushing personal flaws will be on display, but at the end of the day they will rest easy knowing what exactly tore apart their love.
6.2 out of 10 - Okay, but it needs work. www.latheatrebites.com SHATTERED GLASS is a multi-media stage play chronicling the story of a woman named Shairi who disentangles herself from a toxic relationship in order to rediscover, in her words, “the smile of that girl in those pictures they say is me.” Shairi embodies the messages of our time – #timesup, #metoo, #timeisnow, #nomore. Demonstrating the healing power of the arts through spoken word, dramatization, live music, and visual art, SHATTERED GLASS takes its participants on a journey of transcendence, capturing the resilience of the human spirit. With an MC that connects the stage performance with audience participation at key points, you will also begin the process of discovering the power of your voice.
6.9 out of 10 - Okay show!!! www.latheatrebites.com What do King Kong, the Fringe and annoying cellphones have in common? They’re all real important in three comedy scenes from Lloyd J. Schwartz (Brady Bunch, Gilligan’s Island). http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5379?tab=tickets
7.6 out of 10 - Above Average www.latheatrebites.com June 10 - June 17, 2018 Six years after Jonathan massacred thirteen students he is giving his first interview. Rachel, an up and coming journalist, is given the opportunity of a lifetime to interview him. When the two meet Rachel discovers that Jonathan is not what the media made him out to be. Starring Jordan Klomp and Gemma Alfaro. http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5273
7.4 out of 10 - An Average Show www.latheatrebites.com There’s more to strength than meets the eye. For childhood best friends Tiffany and Molly, life’s all about the art, the cheap wine, and the endless string of dead-end jobs on the road to chasing their dreams. Suddenly, an unexpected turn of events reshapes their reality and tests their bond in ways neither of them expects. Together, the two must forge a new path and redefine what it means to be STRONG. http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5374
7 out of 10 - An Average Show!!!! www.latheatrebites.com Steve Chang takes you on an introspective journey to find meaning in life by means of ayahuasca, hookers, and gay conversion camp. Spoiler alert: it’s a complete waste of time. A stand up comedy / storytelling solo show. http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4957
6.5 out of 10 - Okay, but needs work. www.latheatrebites.com http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5318 Helene Alving has spent her life suspended in an emotional void after the death of her cruel but outwardly charming husband. She is determined to escape the ghosts of her past by telling her son, Oswald, the truth about his father. But on his return from his life as a painter in Madrid, Oswald reveals how he has already inherited the legacy of Alving’s dissolute life. http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5318
8.8 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW. June 16 - 24, 2018 www.latheatrebites.com Everyone knows Paris is the city of romance…or is it? Paris Syndrome, a new comedic play from Emmy nominee Ross Buran (Gay of Thrones), explores love lost and a war on Parisian sensibility. A year removed from his divorce, a young-ish man decides the only way he can overcome the depressive hole he’s fallen into is to blame all the romance-mongers in Paris and sets off on an international journey of self-rediscovery… Well, sort of. Basically, he just wants to find the lock he and his ex-wife once hung on a Parisian bridge and cut it off.
8.5 out of 10 - A Great Show!!! June 4 - 20, 2018 Two lifelong friends are about to enter a funeral of a child, a marriage, and their youth. As shift gears toward the future, it’s pretty clear that the road ahead will be a lot bumpier than the road behind. http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5271?tab=details
7.4 out 10 - Average Show!!! June 8 - 22 2018 http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4894?tab=details Rose, 24, bolts into the family house. After a year’s absence, she’s back for revenge on her white father. After all, didn’t her father’s philandering and drinking have an emotional hand in her Chinese mother’s death? Her younger sister, Lara, dismisses her theory. So the two ride the bumpy cultural currents of Chinese and American traditions, while clinging to their ties of sisterhood. Will Rose revenge her mother’s death, or will the bonds of blood prevail?
April 12 - June 3rd. 9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show. www.latheatrebites.com Set in 1930s Chicago, where opportunities for African-American men like Bigger Thomas are elusive, writer Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation focuses on the inner workings of the protagonist’s mind as events violently and irrevocably seal his fate. Paetreon: https://www.patreon.com/latheatrebites1
8.2 out of 10 - GOOD SHOW!!! www.latheatrebites.com February 15 - March 25, 2018 A new production strips away decades of Southern gothic gauze to reveal striking themes of class, race, and gender—reinvigorating the classic which shocked audiences in its debut 70 years ago. By placing the iconic 1940s-era Blanche within an entirely contemporary and multicultural environment, this 21st century production highlights the timeless relevance of this play for our divided America. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/latheatrebites1
Interview with Director Nicole Lauren and Playwright Jacqueline Bircher on the new play "Another Revolution". March 8th @ Chance Theatre in Anaheim www.latheatrebites.com https://chancetheater.com/production/talk-back-theater-presents-another-revolution/?referrer=4
Interview with Producer Georginna Feyst - NO EXIT @ Chromolume Theatre in Los Angeles March 16-April 8.
No Exit presents a glimpse into the world of three strangers locked together in a room they hate for eternity. There is no escape: from the room, each other, and worst of all themselves. Taken from website https://www.plays411.com/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=4763
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Correction: 7.8 out 10 Above Average !!!! www.latheatrebites.com February 16 – March 10 2018 Prisoners Lucious and Angel face a cold justice system as they discuss religion and humanity during their one hour in the sun. What does it mean to be free? What is justice? How does anyone maintain their humanity when society constantly pushes perceived values on to our private lives?
9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show www.latheatrebites.com In writer David Farr (“The Night Manager”) and acclaimed directors Gisli Örn Gardarsson and Selma Björnsdóttir’s reimagining, Robin and his unmerry gang of cutthroats steal from the rich, but it’s never occurred to them to give anything back to anyone. But when wicked Prince John threatens all, bold Marion steps in to protect the poor and transform a thuggish Robin from hood to good.
Interview with Jaime Robledo Director of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play @ Sacred Fools in Hollywood October 13th - December 9th 2017. If you like this podcast please like and share. www.latheatrebites.com http://www.sacredfools.org/
8.5 out of 10 - A Great Show www.latheatrebites.com Inspired by a real event, this original musical tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and '40s.
6 out of 10 - Okay, but needs work. www.latheatrebites.com A man has mixed feelings about returning to his hometown in the Inland Empire for his 30 year high school reunion, but after encounters with mysterious persons among the familiar locations of his childhood, he finds he is drawn to stay. Against the back drop of the Day of the Dead Festival, he sets forth on a journey through his past, dreams, and memories, uncovering dark secrets about the town, and his deceased mother.
10 out of 10 - Masterpiece http://latheatrebites.com/rogue-artists-ensemble-presents-kaidan-project-walls-grow-thin-in-mid-city-los-angeles-review/ October 14 - November 5 Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin is a multi-sensory, immersive, site-specific experience refracting ancient Japanese ghost stories through a modern, multi-cultural lens, revealing the noise of our histories and the silences that haunt us. A small group of twelve enters a room alone, the walls begins to thin, and a dark spirit stirs within you - will you ever escape it?
Live interview from the cast of Cabaret @ Gem Theatre in Garden Grove. www.theorangecurtainrev.com, www.Latheatrebites.com Based on a book by Christopher Isherwood, CABARET tells the story of a seedy nightclub in 1930’s Berlin where a young English performer strikes up a relationship with an American writer, all while a zealous Master of Ceremonies commands the action at the Kit Kat Klub.
8.2 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW!!! www.latheatrebites.com When a mysterious stranger passes through town searching for his missing appendage, a lovebird couple of petty criminals and an overly curious hotel clerk become caught up in his dangerous machinations.
7.7 out of 10 - Above Average www.latheatrebites.com The Firelight Collective is back after their critically acclaimed and award winning "Firelight," with "Stars in the Night" an immersive journey into the Hollywood Hills.
7.8 out 10 Above Average. www.latheatrebites.com Ripped from the pages of the Frank L. Baum’s “Land of OZ” novels, The Speakeasy Society’s newest piece throws audiences into the middle of an alternate reality game (ARG) inspired experience that takes place in real time and evolves according to audiences' responses.
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW. www.latheatrebites.com Nevertheless, She Persisted is an evening of short plays by female writers that explore the treatment of women in today’s political climate.
8 out of 10 - Good Show! www.latheatrebites.com The true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries. When she begins to work at the Harvard Observatory, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned male astronomer. Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believe in both scientific and social progress, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the Heavens and Earth.
9 out of 10 - Exceptional Show www.latheatrebites.com August 25 - September 24, 2017 A young couple faces eviction from the dream house they stretched to buy; an elderly widow falls prey to a reverse mortgage scheme, and a minister of the prosperity gospel must face the flock she’s led astray.American Home takes an unflinching look at the impossible choices people make when faced with losing everything, and, ultimately, celebrates the powerful resilience of community and the human spirit.
www.latheatrebites.comA couple returns to their deserted cabin in the woods to pack it up. A storm moves in, a mysterious child appears… could this be their child come home?
Short interview with Production Liaison Erin Kociela about the their new production of Annie going on in Peppertree park in Tustin August 15 - 19th 2017. http://theorangecurtainrev.com/interview-with-erin-kociela-about-annie-peppertree-park-in-tustin-podcast/
July 8th - August 27th 2017 A handsome, wealthy landowner who woos three sisters isn’t what he seems. But neither are they. A harrowing comedy, that goes to hell. http://latheatrebites.com/amb-theatre-podcast-22-presented-by-latb-the-devils-wife-skylight-theatre-company-in-los-feliz-podcast/
8.6 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW!!!! www.latheatrebites.com A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
8.5 out of 10 GREAT SHOW www.latheatrebites.com June 28 – August 6 2017 From the mind of hit television screenwriter Bekah Brunstetter (This is Us, Switched at Birth) comes The Cake, a play of equal sentimentality and trouble. Main character Della, played by That '70s Show's Debra Jo Rupp, has a knack for cakes, not judgment calls -- those usually get sent to her husband. When the girl she helped raise returns to North Carolina with a different fiancee than expected, Della has to decide whether the cake will include two brides atop or not.
8 out of 10 - A Good Show www.latheatrebites.com July 22 – July 23 2017 Her post-mortem instructions were hidden in a very specific place – but in the time leading up to her mom’s death, a woman (Jennie Fahn) uncovered more about her than could be contained in any envelope. A comedy about life, loss, and being of sound mind and body.
8.8 out of 10 - GREAT SHOW www.latheatrebites.com Written by James Cougar Canfield (TETA Playfest Award Winner, Alley Theatre’s Houston Young Playwright Award Winner) and workshopped and performed by graduates of East 15 Acting School’s MFA Acting International program, “Ladies in Waiting” finds King Henry VIII in a purgatory-like situation, where one by one he must confront and face off with each of his wives. Through dark humour, devastating truths, sexy seductions, and powerful revelations, Henry comes face to face with what his legacy has become: one entirely defined by women.
8.5 out of 10 - GREAT SHOW www.latheatrebites.com The 4242 Intergalympics have arrived and the bitter rivalry between the people of Earth and Mars is at an all-time fever pitch. An epic race around the Sun concludes the games, but when an untimely incident renders Earth’s competitors unable to race, a haphazard crew must step in as last minute replacements. Will they succeed? Find out in this high-speed, high-stakes original musical comedy from the creators THUG TUNNEL. Ready. Set. Space!
www.latheatrebites.com Interview with the cast of 3D Theatricals Oklahoma playing a the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center and the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. The 3-D Theatricals’ take on “Oklahoma!” …is SHOCKING. It is either bad taste or pure genius (and whichever it is, is completely up to you). Is it the story of a Jim Crow Negro being killed for harassing a white woman? Do the audience members feel like they’re part of lynch mob after watching a trial? Do black lives matter? You may never see it done like this again – no one would be courageous enough to show it! Personally, I love this disturbing take on “Oklahoma!” - Ashton Marcus
9 out of 10 - Exceptional Show www.latheatrebites.com After sold-out shows at Second City Hollywood and an encore performance at iO West that definitely broke fire code, DIVORCE is coming to Fringe! A hip-hop musical comedy with 12 original songs, written and directed by Conor Hanney. It’s the nuclear option for the nuclear family.
7.4 out of 10 - Average Show www.latheatrebites.com Punctuated by podcast episodes paralleling crucial exchanges, the play follows Charlie. Like many millennials, Charlie is at a crossroads in his life. He dreams of having a successful podcast, but is unable to connect with the people on his show. However, a certain guest may just change the game for him.
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW - www.latheatrebites.com In an alternate universe, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is introduced to the characters of Twilight and chaos ensues. Upon slaying Bella’s beloved Edward, a war of the two worlds commences in which few will make it out alive. With original songs such as “I Slay” and “Everyone Loves a Bad Boy,” this musical explores the themes of vampire worlds and the characters within.
7.2 out of 10 - Average Show www.latheatrebites.com The internet and social media have forever changed the way we communicate, interact, love, work, and play. Narsociety – The Social Media Shaming Musical tells the story of what happens when it all comes crashing together, when the private becomes public, when technology meets art, when selfies are more important than self-expression, when outrage dominates the conversation, and when agendas ruin lives.
8.6 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW www.latheatrebites.com This celebrated slave narrative by Harriet Jacobs includes an account of the seven years she spent hiding out as a fugitive in her grandmother’s attic. This solo piece illuminates in shocking fashion the traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children. The audience will experience Harriet Jacobs’ powerful and moving life story as she fights for freedom on her own terms.
8.2 out of 10 - GOOD SHOW. www.latheatrebites.com After being dumped by his long-time girlfriend, a brilliant robotics engineer creates a robot to love him unconditionally. But he may have programmed her too well.
8.6 out of 10 - GREAT SHOW. Two 20min tales of love and loss, touching on our past, present and future. Join us on this adventure into the unknown. Come find us at these two venues during the Hollywood Fringe Festival – “Fire” at Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre and “Light” at The Annex at the Underground.
7 out of 10 AVERAGE SHOW www.latheatrebites.com Two brothers, ages 8 and 12, live with their parents in a small house just at the edge of their city. Next to them is a forest, out of place, but regarded with normalcy. When there is tension in their house, the boys often hide in their room, spinning wild stories together. One evening after a family confrontation, the boys escape to the forest and begin telling stories to each other there. As they go back and forth, the stories they tell (based on various Grimm’s Fairy Tales) begin to come to life. As the stories progress, they take darker and darker turns, away from the brothers’ control.
www.latheatrebites.com Musical odyssey about a female experiencing her vagina from first menstruation to adulthood. Humorous lighthearted musical that explores friendship, love, and the role of ego in relationships. Merely consider this musical The Vagina Dialogue.
8.8 out of 10 - Great Show www.latheatrebites.com Best friends: We love them, we’d do anything for them, but sometimes, they can be an actual pain in the ass. Three comedic shorts explore the ups, downs and all arounds of best friendships through mischief, love, and the perfect tattoo.
5.5 out of 10 - Needs Serious Work. www.latheatrebites.com Somewhere in the desert borderlands, the bone woman wanders collecting wolf bones and fragments of long-forgotten histories. She pauses as she picks up a signal on the wind. Listen to the whispering bones…
9 out of 10 - Exceptional Show www.latheatrebites.com Bono orders a pizza delivery to get back in touch with the Common Man.
www.latheatrebites.com Comic-Con The Musical is a comedy with original music that follows a trio of con-attendees on their path to friendship, artistry, and inner acceptance.
8.4 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW Middleschoolandia is an irreverent musical comedy performed largely by actual middle schoolers. These young people, filled with hormones and hope, are thrust into a frightening world of “education”. As they learn to navigate the complexities and hypocrisies of middle school. Overwhelmed teachers, overpowering hormones, and a crippling weight in backpacks all contribute to the hilarious journey of Middleschoolandia.
6 out of 10 Okay, but it needs work. www.latheatrebites.com A bold evening of mesmerism, clairvoyance, and thought-reading straight from the Victorian parlour! British scientist and sceptic Dr Mark Gasson demonstrates how the most prevalent myths of the Victorian psychics still define what we believe is possible and even challenge our very sense of reality.
7.2 out of 10 Average Show www.latheatrebites.com Actor/musician, Jeremy Ebenstein, through story and song, takes audiences through his humorous, inspiring, yet often heartbreaking story of living a life with Asperger’s Syndrome.
6.8 out of 10 Okay, but needs work. www.latheatrebites.com When a woman has a chance encounter with a homeless man she thinks she recognizes, she begins to wonder what his life could have been like had he made different choices. Was Lyman Liri really the hero he claims to have been? And could his life have ended up much differently? These questions propel a journey through the various universes in which Lyman might have existed and show how our choices affect our own destiny, as well as the destinies of those around us. It is a certainty: one choice separates us all from a Fate of fortune or homelessness….
9.1 out of 10 Exceptional Show www.latheatrebites.com May 2 - June 11, 2017 Amber and Tom, finding their way as freshmen at Princeton, spend a night together that alters the course of their lives. They agree on the drinking, they agree on the attraction, but consent is foggy, and if unspoken, can it be called consent? Playwright Anna Ziegler investigates gender and race politics, our crippling desire to fit in and the three sides to every story.
www.latheatrebites.com Molly Dworsky (Director/Performer), Chris Bramante (Performer/Co-Producer), and Dave Reynolds (Performer/Co-Director) Kat Primeau (Performer) The 4242 Intergalympics have arrived and the bitter rivalry between the people of Earth and Mars is at an all-time fever pitch. An epic race around the Sun concludes the games, but when an untimely incident renders Earth’s competitors unable to race, a haphazard crew must step in as last minute replacements. Will they succeed? Find out in this high-speed, high-stakes original musical comedy from the creators THUG TUNNEL. Ready. Set. Space!
www.latheatrebites.com Interview with the cast of The Awful Grace of God @ The Actors Company in West Hollywood. SYNOPSIS: Six one-acts examine various aspects of humanity, including coping with loss, suffering in the face of great adversity, addiction, and the power of love to triumph over all obstacles.
Interview with Playwright/Director Chris Levan on his new play Podcast being performed at the Hollywood Fringe 2017. www.latheatrebites.com Synopsis: Charlie is at a crossroads in his life. He dreams of having a successful podcast, but is unable to connect with the people on his show. However, a certain guest may just change the game for him. Podcast is about finding connection through conversation in a culture that values face to face conversation less and less. Taken from the
Interview with the director of Middletown playing @ The Chance Theatre April 21 — May 21. www.theorangecurtainrev.com
8.2 out of 10 A Good Show! www.latheatrebites.com Drawing on current research in artificial intelligence and robotics, UNCANNY VALLEY charts the relationship between Claire, a neuroscientist, and Julian, a nonbiological human. As Julian is “born” a few body parts at a time over the course of the play, Claire teaches him how to be as human as possible.
7.5 Above Average Latheatrebites.com Apr 15 – Sun, May 21 During a hotly contested presidential primary campaign a wunderkind press secretary, blinded by hubris, makes a wrong turn. After choosing to walk through “that door” his life, and the lives of others, spin out of control.
www.latheatrebites.com Interview with cast and crew of the The Cat's Paw. William Mastrosimone’s gripping drama about a terrorist who has wreaked madness and destruction on America and is about to use a news reporter to exploit just one more valuable hostage – the world’s supply of clean water.
10 of 10 Masterpiece www.latheatrebites.com Into the Woods is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a musical format that follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel-all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch who has put a curse on them.
8 out of 10 GOOD SHOW!!! www.latheatrebites.com 3/4/2017 - 4/23/2017 With her star on the rise, photographer Carrie Ann inexplicably shuts down at the pinnacle of her career. Lost, and afraid to even pick up her camera, her sudden descent is interrupted by an unexpected romance with Jeff, a trend analyst who becomes determined to help her move on, even while facing his own uncertain future.
8 out of 10 GOOD SHOW!!! www.latheatrebites.com It's the end of the world in Los Angeles. Well, everywhere, but definitely in Los Angeles, where Jane is stuck in a cramped apartment turned shelter with her ex, Chip. They think they're the last living souls on earth, until others start showing up at their doorstep.
www.latheatrebites.com Runs through April 2017. A struggling actor is in New York for a callback for a Broadway show. He’s staying in an upscale apartment with a successful childhood friend and his wife who are locked in a troubled marriage. After blowing his audition, the distraught actor happens upon a gun in an alley. Encouraged by a homeless vet, the actor accepts the gun as his own and becomes infused with supreme confidence. The ensuing action turns his lifelong friends job and marriage upside down while also flipping his fortune allowing him to return to the theater and land the role. His high comes crashing down however when the history of his found gun is revealed to him. Ultimately, the actor and his friend must come to terms with hard truths they have each repressed in order to move forward with their lives in a better place.
8.2 out of 10 Good Show www.latheatrebites.com Sat, Mar 25 – Sun, Apr 30 When seven strangers—a CEO Woman, Business Man, Office Temp, Hot Girl, Musician, Maintenance Man and Goth Girl—get stuck in an elevator, it’s only a matter of time before the truth comes out. When forced together, given nothing but four walls and each other, these archetypes prove to be anything but ‘typical.’ Their preconceived notions, stereotypes and judgments are challenged at every turn, as one by one, they shed their masks and reveal their truths.
8.5 out of 10 Great Show Buy tickets @ www.latheatrebites.com Burners is set in the not-so-distant future where the elite live in luxury inside Avalon Protectorate, a fortified megacity, while the majority of the population struggles to survive in massive, polluted slums. A resistance movement has risen to fight for the rights of the poor, and their most powerful weapons are humans that have been genetically engineered to become living bombs: BURNERS.
A romantic comedy written by Renee Taylor (who played Fran Drescher's mother in the TV show The Nanny) and Joseph Bologna (Love and Other Strangers), Love Allways follows the lives of different couples as they each deal with the ups and downs of their own love lives. Directed by Gloria Gifford, this hilarious and sexy play makes its Los Angeles premiere at Gray Studios in North Hollywood. www.latheatrebites.com
A devised physical theatre production exploring invention, engineering & obsession in the 18th century. LONGITUDE is a devised theater performance about 18th century inventor/clockmaker John Harrison, and his entry into the most important race of the century; to discover a means of measuring longitude. March 16 – 18, 2017 Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL) Performances: Evenings: March 16, 17, 18 @ 8 p.m. 2017 Matinees: March 18 @ 2 p.m. FREE
6 out of 10. Okay, needs work. www.latheatrebites.com Spanning from the 1988 display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington DC to the worldwide Women’s Marches, Shades of Disclosure illuminates the triumphant lives of real people whose personal stories have been forgotten or silenced. Individuals, of varying stripes, relive their intimate and heartfelt histories while speaking to a sixteen-year old who, after bravely announcing her queerness, finds herself at a precarious turning point in American politics. In Shades of Disclosure, she discovers a band of mentors who tell it like it was, is, and how they hope it can be.
January 27, 2017 — February 26, 2017 Interview with Writer Director Marshall Pailet, Writer Drew Fornarola and Choreographer Maxx Reed. A new musical comedy that follows a very super hero, his less super little brother, and one butt-kicking princess, as the three embark on a mission to overcome killer eggplants, a love-starved platypus, and their own 8-bit existential crisis. https://chancetheater.com/production/claudio-quest/?referrer=4
January 13, 2017 - February 19, 2017 CASA 0101 Theater and TNH Productions in association with LA Councilmember Gil Cedillo are proud to present Disney’s Aladdin: Dual Language Edition! Centuries ago, the royalty in the palace of Agrabah speak one language: Spanish; and its people in the streets another: English. When the rebellious princess and a delinquent street rat meet in the market place, they find something special in one another, rise above the barriers between them, and with a little magic help create a better future. This production is performed in English and Spanish and is fully understandable in both languages. http://www.casa0101.org/
7.5 out of 10 Above Average http://www.sacredfools.org/ ROSE AND THE RIME tells the tragic and magical story of the frozen town of Radio Falls. When Uncle Roger reveals to young Rose the truth about her parents, Rose sets off to find the mysterious Rime Witch. What follows is a stark transformation of the town and its inhabitants. From snowfall and sledding to witches and barbecues, the tale of Radio Falls and its inhabitants is spun right before our eyes through a mixture of inventive ensemble physicality, music, and puppetry, all supported by projected animation. Taken from website. JANUARY 20 - FEBRUARY 25, 2017
“The Manor” is a play about events surrounding the Doheny family and the history of Greystone Mansion, the scene of the original crime that inspired this fictionalized story by Katherine Bates. Interviews with the playwright Kathrine Bates, Darby Hinton who played Israel Boone in The Daniel Boone show, and Melanie MacQueen who was the voice of Lisa Hayes in Robotech. https://theatre40.org/ Jan 5–Jan 29 2017
7.6 out of 10 Above Average The musical follows the mesmerizing journey of the inquisitive and charmingly shy Amélie who turns the streets of Montmartre into a world of her own imagining, while secretly orchestrating moments of joy for those around her. After discovering a mysterious photo album and meeting a handsome stranger, Amélie realizes that helping others is easier than participating in a romantic story of her own.
8.6 out of 10 Great Show Once upon a time, all of your favorite characters from the enchanted land of Fairy Tales, got tossed into a magical spin cycle of storytelling, where nothing is what you expect, and everything is as it seems. Tons of wacky, magical silliness abounds, and there’s even a stinky cheese man, taboot! This bunch of Almost Fairy Tales will warm you and your family’s insides in this re-envisioning of storytelling, told through a bunch of cheese, and some other fairly stupid tales. Mmmmmm, dig in. Just in time for the holidays. See you there! www.latheatrebites.com
8.1 out of 10 Good Show Merrily We Roll Along travels backwards in time to navigate the bumpy history among three friends - Franklin, Charlie and Mary - who begin their in careers in show business together. The powerful and moving story, based on the Kaufman and Hart play, features some of Sondheim’s most beautiful songs. www.latheatrebites.com
7.9 out of 10 Above Average Leslie has never seen the show Game of Thrones. Her friends are shocked to hear this and decide to immediately act out all 6 seasons to catch her up. www.latheatrebites.com
7 out of 10 Average Show. When an aging actress experiences a dark night of the soul, a mysterious young woman leads her to confront the ghosts of her past in a ritual that ultimately transforms them both forever. www.latheatrebites.com
www.latheatrebites.com A new version of the classic story set in depression-era Kentucky narrated by Bradley Whitford (in a special video performance) and featuring the rollicking bluegrass sounds of The Get Down Boys. Multiple award-winning 24th Street Theatre (Walking the Tightrope, Man Covets Bird) specializes in sophisticated theater with emotional depth that appeals to kids as well as adults. Taken from the website. Oct 22nd – December 11th 2016
8.6 out of 10 Great Show www.latheatrebite.com Max and Lola are retiring to Florida, desperately hoping to live out their golden years in relaxation and respite. But the life they have left behind quickly comes calling, plunging their deluxe seaside condo into a nightmare tinged with the brutality of their past.
www.latheatrebites.com The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph, his father’s favorite son, is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, Joseph endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are continually challenged. He is purchased by Potiphar where thwarting advances from Potiphar’s wife lands him in jail. When news of Joseph’s gift to interpret dreams reaches the Pharaoh (wryly and riotously depicted as Elvis), Joseph is well on his way to becoming second in command. Eventually his brothers, having suffered greatly, unknowingly find themselves groveling at the feet of the brother they betrayed but no longer recognize. After testing their integrity, Joseph reveals himself leading to a heartfelt reconciliation of the sons of Israel. Set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock ‘n’ roll, this Old Testament tale emerges both timely and timeless. Taken from the
8.4 out of 10 Good Show. www.latheatrebites.com Mary Shelley's 1818 classic horror novel gets a 21st-century steam punk update in Frankenstein, A New Musical, described as being more faithful to Shelley's dark and romantic novel than any other version of Frankenstein. Promising scientist Victor Frankenstein plays God by daring to create life -- only to turn his back on his monstrous creation, setting off a cycle of violence. The musical captures a tragic love story and a battle between father and son. An exploration of desire, obsession and ambition run rampant, Frankenstein, A New Musicalmakes its Los Angeles debut at the Flight Theater at the Complex. Taken from the website.
Interviews from the cast of Going...Going...Gone! Oct 01 – Sun, Nov 06 @ Hudson Theatre in Hollywood. Synopsis : Set in the press box of a major Los Angeles baseball stadium, a hilarious yet poignant new comedy from Emmy Award-winning writer (MASH, Cheers, The Simpsons) and 8-year host of popular radio show ‘Dodger Talk’ Ken Levine about four sports journalists whose lives are changed during the course of one game.
7 out of 10 an Average Show September 30 - October 9th 2016 The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other. https://www.plays411.com/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=4536
To love or not to love? The play focuses on the ups and downs of one oddly perfect couple. The playwright, Jane Martin, presents two shattered and fragile individuals in an attempt to reveal how ridiculous love is when clung to as a means of self-appraisal. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with the cast from the World Premiere of Down on Your Knees and Up to the Moon.
Billed as an original jukebox musical set in the 1930s and the 1960s with plenty of sparkling romance and sartorial style, Down on Your Knees and Up to the Moon is the latest production from writer-director Gloria Gifford and her Gloria Gifford Conservatory (GCC) students.
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The groundbreaking Broadway musical! Green Day's powerhouse album is brought to life in this electric-rock musical of youthful disillusion. The two-time Tony Award-winning hit musical American Idiot, based on Green Day's Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album, boldly takes the American musical where it's never gone before. this high-octane show includes every song from Green Day's album American Idiot, as well as several songs from follow-up release, 21st Century Breakdown. www.latheatrebites.com
www.latheatrebites.com 8/10 Based on the bestselling novel by Lauren Weisberger, the 2006 film earned its star Meryl Streep an Oscar nod and a Golden Globe win for her portrayal of the world’s most demanding boss. Now, the Cinderella tale of a frumpy-to-fierce fashion magazine intern gets a musical makeover. Taken from the Website. Jan 28, 2016 – May 8, 2016
www.latheatrebites.com 8.7 out of 10 May. 21 — Jun. 18, 2016 When the family patriarch dies, a poor African-American family living on Chicago’s South Side, must decide what to do with the soon-to-arrive insurance settlement. Should it be used to establish a liquor store, as son Walter Lee plans to do, hopefully moving the family out of poverty? Or should his mother’s religious objections to alcohol be considered? Family tensions rise as the future of the Younger family is weighed against the difficulties of the harsh and changing world in which they live. Questions of race and politics, of assimilation and historical awareness are seamlessly interwoven in this touching and wrenching family drama.
Synopsis: The story of a girl who did everything she was supposed to do and ended up exactly where she never wanted to be. "No, I Won't Take You to the Airport!," is a story of completely true stories. Taken from the Website. www.latheatrebites.com photo by MICHAEL LAMONT. 8.5 out of 10. Good Show
www.latheatrebites.com May 20th - June 11th 7.2 out of 10 Average Show THE UNCERTAINTY FILES- Based on a series of intimate interviews, playwright McLean talked with several Americans, transcribing their discussions (as well as the sounds around them of traffic, doors closing or a refrigerator humming) and created a one-act play about the uncertainty of the future, the hereafter, about love and about ourselves. This is the first time the play has been done in the United States.
The comedy one-act WHAT LOVE IS opens the evening, examining the relationship of a loving, slightly cantankerous husband and wife in their twilight years, as well as their grown daughter, who is acting as a reluctant and less than happy caretaker. Aging, illness, the beauty of the tango and the happy feeling you get from a good shortbread are all tackled in a quirky, meaningful way reminiscent of Samuel Beckett at his funniest.
Synopsis: In this play spanning 30 years and six presidential administrations, Hester Ferris throws Georgetown dinner parties that can change the course of Washington’s politics. But when her beloved son suddenly turns up with an ambitious Reaganite girlfriend and a shocking new conservative world view, Hester must choose between preserving her family and defending the causes she's spent her whole life fighting for. Taken from www.samuelfrench.com/ 7.5 out of 10 Average Show
Synopsis: Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, this is master playwright Brian Friel’s best. Set in a small village in 1936 Ireland, five unmarried sisters share a small home and dreams of life beyond their native land. 7.8 out of 10. Above Average Show. www.latheatrebites.com
www.latheatrebites.com Synopsis: Following the lives of four young bohemians as they fight, fantasize and fall in (and out) of love in the face of poverty, La Boheme is widely regarded as one of Puccini's greatest works, spawning myriad adaptations, even becoming the basis for hit musical RENT. Although the struggle and strife (and excitement) of 1840's Paris may seem worlds away to us now, the themes have remained timeless and universal. Taken from the website www.laopera.org/
Lee Blessing’s brilliant and surprisingly humorous play of ideas, based on a true event, seems more timely than ever. Nearing the end of the Cold War, a pair of arms negotiators — a clever, cynical Russian and an idealistic young American — step away from the bargaining table to meet in the woods outside Geneva for a series of talks to explore the obstacles their countries face on the path to peace. There, they debate politics, the future of the free world, the nature of mankind, and the very survival of humanity. Can they find a common place between the politics that divide us and the humanity that unites us? Taken from the website. Runs APRIL 27 - MAY 22 2016 www.latheatrebites.com 7.5 Out of 10. Average Show
In The Revisionist, David arrives in Poland with a crippling case of writer’s block and a desire to be left alone, while his second cousin Maria welcomes him with an overwhelming need to connect with her American family. www.latheatrebites.com 9 out of 10 Exceptional Show. March 29 – April 17, 2016
Though it might make you laugh. The often-hammy undeniably funny lines and the solid sexual tension between the both actors can’t hide the boring underdeveloped characters and plot of the actual story. 6.8 out of 10. Okay www.latheatrebites.com
JUNE 4TH - JUNE 26 2016 8.7 out of 10 Great Show Parking enforcement officer Johnny Fu has just met the girl of his dreams. However, she has just committed an unspeakable act that Johnny isn’t sure he can move past. When he almost loses her after the argument, he realizes how much she means to him and vows to get her back with the help of his father, Chinese restaurant owner Master Fu, and his wacky sidekick waiter. Meanwhile, seasoned policeman Sarge, and his new apprentice Billy, are trying to solve a triple homicide murder case, involving victims that have all been savagely decapitated. Craziness ensues when the paths of love and murder intersect in this whodunit dark comedy of epic proportions. Humorous, dark, and emotionally real, SHTTY will uncover the fears and insecurities we all mask in our daily lives, and the life long struggle of coming to terms with who we really are…sht and all. Taken from the site www.latheatrebites.com
www.latheatrebites.com June 3 - 26, 2016 Full of Disney magic! In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Based on one of Hans Christian Anderson's most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney's The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. Taken from the website
Interview with hte cast from The Hunchback of Notre Dame @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. www.latheatrebites.com
Interview with Faith Collins producer and actress of "Women on the Verge". This award winning solo show follows five women from the same family navigating the intricacies of life. Lessons are learned from one another while others are rejected resulting in inescapable consequences. Oct 01 – Oct 16 https://www.plays411.com/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=4521
8 out of 10 Good Show www.latheatrebites.com AUGUST 26-NOVEMBER 27 The audience enters a Munich beer hall complete with traditional long tables and benches and waiters and waitresses in Bavarian dress to enjoy a night of song, dance and merriment hosted by a jovial Emcee. But the show’s producer unexpectedly shows up, outraged that the Emcee has subverted her historically accurate drama of the romance between a prince and princess, into an “almost true” musical romp. The battle between Emcee and producer sends the troupe of hapless performers spinning out of control into hilarious chaos.
8.5 out of 10 Great Show www.latheatrebites.com It is 1964, a time of movement and change, but Catholic school principal Sister Aloysius values a stern hand over progressive education. When evidence points to an inappropriate relationship between Father Flynn and the school’s first black student, she begins a crusade to rid the church of Father Flynn. John Patrick Shanley’s riveting psychological drama examines the fine line between what seems certain and ambiguity, between conviction and doubt.
Kill A Better Mousetrap 7 out of 10. Left Behind, Waiting 9 out of 10 Buy tickets here: http://www.oc-centric.com/#!current-season/c1vxt www.theorangecurtainrev.com
www.latheatrebites.com The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Troop Beverly Hills, puts a brand new spin on the 1989 Shelley Long comedy. Phyllis Nefler is an image-obsessed Beverly Hills housewife and full-scale shopaholic. But when her wealthy husband leaves her because of her selfish and narcissistic ways, Phyllis resolves to win him back by becoming the new den mother of their daughter's rambunctious Wilderness Girls troop. It's a rocky start, but soon Phyllis is making custom merit badges, hosting campouts at the Beverly Hills Hotel and spearheading a major star-studded cookie sale fundraiser.
www.theorangecurtainrev.com In an empty theater, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. For 23 dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It’s what they’ve worked for—with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It’s the one opportunity to do what they’ve always dreamed—to have the chance to dance.
www.theorangecurtainrev.com It’s 1958 and rock-and-roll star, Conrad Birdie has just been drafted into the U.S. Army. His down and out songwriter and agent, Albert, and Albert’s secretary Rosie, hatch a plan for a farewell performance to take place on the Ed Sullivan show.
www.theorangecurtainrev.com Synopsis: One of the most popular musicals of the modern era, Evita is the story of Argentina's controversial First Lady, Eva Perón. The play opens with her awe-inspiring funeral — attended by seven million devoted followers — and takes the audience back through the previous ten years, explaining how a B-movie actress became the object of such passionate and zealous devotion. Taken from http://www.bandsintown.com/
In this hilarious and poignant Southern California premiere, you are invited on a time-bending odyssey of birth, death, divorce and dinner. When a man meets a young waitress in a local diner, neither of them knows the nearly 80 years of history that will follow. Filled with those little moments that you will recognize from your own life, we dare you not to fall in love with this stunning, big-hearted play that tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary family. www.theorangecurtairnrev.com
The groundbreaking Broadway musical! Green Day’s powerhouse album is brought to life in this electric-rock musical of youthful disillusion. The two-time Tony Award-winning hit musical American Idiot, based on Green Day’s Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album, boldly takes the American musical where it’s never gone before. this high-octane show includes every song from Green Day’s album American Idiot, as well as several songs from follow-up release, 21st Century Breakdown. Taken from the website April 29 – May 15, 2016 www.theorangecurtainrev.com
The cast of 3D Theatricals "The Full Monty @ the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton CA. www.theorangecurtainrev.com
www.theorangecurtainrev.com Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline’s friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Having first heard Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan. A chance meeting at Patsy’s concert started a friendship that lasted until Cline’s untimely death in a plane crash in 1963. http://www.onemoreproductions.com/
www.theorangecurtainrev.com What happens when a writer of macho detective fiction tries to reinvent himself as a romance novelist? His long-time fictional characters refuse to be ignored or controlled in this comic romp about living within the rules. playing @ Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano 3/2016 - 4/2016
www.theorangecurtainrev.com Audio Review of Fullerton Community College production of Parade the Musical. 9/10 recorded directly after the show please excuse the ums.
http://theorangecurtainrev.com/funny-girl-concert-gem-th/ From “ugly duckling” to Vaudeville star, the career of Fanny Brice spanned from The Ziegfeld Follies, to Hollywood films to radio; making her one of the most celebrated entertainers of all time. But behind all the glitz and glamour was a woman searching for love and battling a stormy relationship. FUNNY GIRL is her story. Featuring the timeless hits I’m the Greatest Star, Don’t Rain On My Parade, People, The Music That Makes MeDance, and You Are Woman, I Am Man. FUNNY GIRL remains one of the greatest musicals ever written.
3D Theatricals presents : Beauty and The Beast The Musical @ The Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton. www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Interviews with Robert Hull (one of the Playwrights), and most of the cast @ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Exclusive interviews with Rita Rudner & Charles Shaughness and the creatives of ACT 3 now playing @ The Laguna Playhouse
AMB Theatre Podcast #42 presented by OCR : The Eight Reindeer Monologues @ The Chance Theatre by Patrick Chavis
AMB Theatre Podcast #41 presented by OCR : Anne of Green Gables @ The Chance Theatre in Anaheim by Patrick Chavis
AMB Theatre Podcast #40 presented by OCR : A Snow White Christmas @ Laguna Playhouse by Patrick Chavis
The celebration begins with a journey into the magical world of Christmas Fantasy Land, where you’ll discover that anything is possible as long as you believe. Featuring well-known standards and contemporary holiday classics that are sure to fill you with the spirit of the season. Enjoy favorites such as Winter Wonderland, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Baby It’s Cold Outside and Sleigh Ride as you’ve never heard them before.
The magic continues when the second act curtain opens to reveal a breathtaking scene reminiscent of Victorian England from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Dressed elegantly in ball gowns and top hats and tails, the cast brings to life the traditional songs of the season including Carol of the Bells, White Christmas, Do You Hear What I Hear andSilent Night. Taken from the gem theatre Website
November 21 – December 6, 2015 Little Theatre These Shining Lives takes as a lens the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their day, exploring their true story and its continued resonance. Catherine Donohue and her friends have loving families and good jobs painting glow-in-the-dark watch faces at Chicago’s Radium Dial Company, and the 1920s seem full of promise. The war is over, the economy booming, and Catherine bobs her hair and treats the girls to banana splits to celebrate their new prosperity. The tragedy comes when Catherine and her colleagues begin falling ill, one by one, with mystifying ailments. When the cause of their symptoms finally becomes clear, Catherine and her friends must find a way to deal with their own inconvenient truth: that the job they love has betrayed them. This is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as these women refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits or endanger the lives of those who come after them.
www.theorangecurtainrev.com Man of La Mancha is the story of Miguel de Cervantes, aging, and an utter failure as playwright, poet and tax collector, who has been thrown into a dungeon of a prison in Seville to await trial by the Spanish Inquisition. There, he is dragged before a kangaroo court of his fellow prisoners. Based on The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Man of La Mancha is a comic tragedy of mankind's struggle to better both himself and the world.
I'm Still Getting My Act Together...and Taking it on the Road @ Laguna Playhouse. It also has an interview with Rex Smith of The Pirates of Penzance. In 1981, Smith won the Theatre World Award for his role in Pirates. Smith reprised the role of Frederic in the 1983 film adaptation. He will be doing a one man show on Oct 25th 7:30pm at Laguna Playhouse. www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Podcast Interview with the cast of The Addams Family A New Musical Comedy @ 3D Theatricals in Fullerton, CA. www.theorangecurtainrev.com
A gentle and fractured man — who has recently had his world forcibly turned upside-down. Will looks to the white walls and florescent lighting of Boise’s Hobby Lobby to provide him with a new job and, hopefully, a fresh start. What starts off innocently with Will getting to know the eclectically goofy group of employees, quickly begins to unravel as the truth about his past is revealed…. and his true motivation for returning to Boise threatens to change all their lives. Taken from the Chance Theatre website www.theorangecurtainrev.comSeptember 25, 2015 — October 25, 2015 @ Chance Theatre in Anaheim
Segerstrom Center for the Arts – Segerstrom Hall October 6 – November 1, 2015 www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Forbidden Broadway's latest round of fun-poking celebrates the current season of Tony-worthy musicals in an uproarious evening of lyric-twisting. The original New York production, with what Variety calls "an amazingly versatile cast of four," is guaranteed to have you on the mat with laughter! www.theorangecurtainrev.com
A.J. Sclafani - Ensemble member of South Coast Repertories One Man, Two Guvnors photo courtesy: mellopix.com www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Interviews of the McCoy Rigby Entertainment ( in Yorba Linda) cast of First Date. Plus, I got exclusive interviews with the Author (Austin Winsberg) & Composer (Alan Zachary). www.theorangecurtainrev.com
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Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty star as Jake and Elwood Blues in THE OFFICIAL BLUES BROTHERS REVUE, now playing at the Laguna Playhouse.
PHOTO CREDIT: Courtesy of Laguna Playhouse
Interview with Jacquelynn Fontaine multi award winning Opera singer, actor and Miss California 2006. She plays the part of Carlotta Giudicelli in this latest creation of Phantom of the Opera. www.theorangecurtainrev.com
(Spoiler Alert) Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of Next To Normal @ The Gem Theatre in Garden Grove. www.theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of 9 to 5 @ The Attic Theatre in Costa Mesa. www.theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of High Fidelity: The Musical @ The Curtis Theatre in Brea. www.theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
AMB Theatre Podcast #18 presented by OCR – Little Women @ Costa Mesa Playhouse in Costa Mesa by Patrick Chavis
AMB Theatre Podcast #17 presented by OCR – Sweet Smell Of Success @ UCI Claire Trevor School of Art by Patrick Chavis
AMB Theatre Podcast #15 presented by OCR – Boeing Boeing @ STAGEStheatre in Fullerton 5/2015 by Patrick Chavis
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of Urine Town @ Orange Coast College. www.theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
AMB Theatre Podcast #11 presented by OCR – Murder for Two PART TWO @ The Laguna Playhouse 04/2015 by Patrick Chavis
AMB Theatre Podcast #11 presented by OCR – Murder for Two @ The Laguna Playhouse 04/2015 by Patrick Chavis
AMB Theatre Podcast #10 presented by OCR – Boeing Boeing @ UCI in Irvine 04/2015 by Patrick Chavis
AMB Theatre Podcast #9 presented by OCR – After the Revolution @ The Chance Theatre in Anaheim by Patrick Chavis
AMB Theatre Podcast #8 presented by OCR – Anything Goes @ Gem Theatre in Garden Grove 04/2015 by Patrick Chavis
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of Rehearsal For Murder @ WCT in Westminster. www.theorangecurtainrev.com www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
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Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of Wolves @ Theatre Out in Santa Ana. www.theorangecurtainrev.com www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of Pirates of Penzance @ Mysterium Theatre in Anaheim. www.theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of Alice in Wonderland @ The Chance Theatre in Anaheim. www.theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of the Book of Liz @ STAGEStheatre in Fullerton. www.theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of Dead Man's Cell Phone @ STAGEStheatre in Fullerton. www.theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
Ashton Marcus Interviews the Cast of Waiting for Godot @ Theatre Out in Santa Ana performed by The Alchemy Theatre Company. http://theorangecurtainrev.com https://www.facebook.com/ambtheatre?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/theorangecurtainrev?fref=ts
In-depth interview with Alchemy Theatre Company @ Theatre Out in Santa Ana. http://www.alchemytheatre.com/
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2015 Play Line up at StagesTheatre in Fullerton California with Amanda DeMaio Executive director for Stages Theatre. http://www.stagesoc.org/Home.aspx www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Performance and excepts from the upcoming 2015 season from the Chance Theatre in Anaheim.
Q&A of the cast after the Play Maple & VIne @ the Chance Theater Read lower in the description for more details also keep up with the play and all theater news from Long Beach to Orange County @ www.theorangecurtainrev.com
Synopsis:Katha and her husband Ryu have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s reenactors, they forsake cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic Eisenhower America, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors—and they themselves—are willing to sacrifice for happiness.
Buy tickets here: http://chancetheater.com/production/maple-vine/
Date & Location : September 19, 2014 — October 19, 2014
Chance Theater 5522 E. La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92807