Good performances and a solid production help to compensate for the show's rather weak score.
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Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘The Rocky Horror Show’
The audience-participation stalwart gets an imaginative revisualization in its annual staging at the Woodlawn Theatre.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Calvary’
Brendan Gleeson dominates this bleakly-humored study of a committed priest who maintains his vigilance even as his church crumbles and his life is threatened by one of his own parishioners.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Moon Over Buffalo’
Ken Ludwig's enduring farce receives a sparkling and laugh-filled production at the Grove Theatre Center in Burbank.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Boyhood’
Richard Linklater's 12-years-in-the-making cinematic gamble pays off in spades, delivering a unique and profoundly moving experience.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Buyer and Cellar’ at the Mark Taper Forum
Playwright Jonathan Tolins and star Michael Urie take on the legend of Barbra Streisand and the cult of celebrity with riotous results.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ by Peter Lefcourt
An intriguing premise is squandered in a well-staged but essentially ho-hum romantic comedy.
Read More »Review (LA): ‘The Last Temptation of Paula Deen’ and ‘God of Abraham’ at the Hollywood Fringe
A comic celebrity profile and a surreal sketch show wrapped up the Fringe's final weekend.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘The Conduct of Life’ and ‘The Best of 25 Plays Per Hour’ at the Hollywood Fringe
A high-speed sketch show and a brutal but tiring avant-garde piece play their final performances at the Fringe.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘No Homo: A Bromantic Tragedy’ at the Hollywood Fringe
Brandon Baruch’s new comedy is an amusing and well-directed observation of the fluid nature of sexuality among L.A. 20-somethings.
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