Actor/playwright Colin Mitchell brings his acclaimed one-man show to the Hollywood Fringe for a limited run.
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Theater Review (LA): ‘Meet & Greet’ by Stan Zimmerman and Christian McLaughlin at the Hollywood Fringe
Stan Zimmerman and Christian McLaughlin’s new one-act comedy is a laugh-filled satire of the television casting process.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Dorian’s Descent’
Oscar Wilde’s cautionary tale from 1890 is adapted for the musical stage in an overlong and repetitive production.
Read More »TV Review: ‘The Normal Heart’
Ryan Murphy’s film version of Larry Kramer’s Tony award-winning play is a powerful chronicle of the first terrible years of the AIDS crisis.
Read More »Gordon Willis: Master Cinematographer
Gordon Wills worked with some of the top directors of the past five decades, creating visual styles for their films that propelled them to iconic status.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘The Ghost of Gershwin’
This new musical with songs in the style of the legendary composer is a hit-or-miss homage to the '30s Broadway musical.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘A Delicate Balance’ by Edward Albee
Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play comes to the Odyssey in an first-rate production.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Fat Pig’ by Neil LaBute
LaBute's examination of relationships and body image receives a solid revival at the Hudson Mainstage Theater in Hollywood.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Premeditation’ by Evelina Fernández
1940s film noir and the war between the sexes are hilariously sent up in this well-mounted world premiere production at Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Doctor Anonymous’ by Guy Fredrick Glass
The true story of a psychiatrist’s struggle with his sexuality at the dawn of the Gay Pride movement is dramatized in an earnest but uneven production.
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