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Theater Review (LA): Treat Yourself Like Cary Grant
A young attorney hopes to exonerate a Death Row inmate who thinks he's Cary Grant in this uneven production.
Read More »Book Review: The Best American Short Plays 2009-2010, Edited by Barbara Parisi
An anthology of shorter work by American playwrights begs the question - is it all really the best?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Pillow Book’ by Anna Moench
This powerful new work, inspired by the thousand-year-old Japanese literary classic, is well worth seeing – and getting a bit perplexed about.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): The Walworth Farce
Enda Walsh's black comedy comes to Theatre Banshee in Burbank in a well-staged, superbly acted production.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Crucible’
The women get the scariest moments, but this superior production of Arthur Miller's timeless play about the Salem witch trials is as much about the men.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): Live Nude Groundlings
The legendary L.A. comedy troupe's new show provides a fun, fast-paced evening of humor.
Read More »From the Best Brains Mystery Science Theater 3000 Had to Offer
A look at several RiffTrax and Cinematic Titanic releases.
Read More »Theatre Review (London): The Beggar’s Opera at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Is this historically popular play past its view-by date?
Read More »DVD Review: Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…(Season 2)
Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…Season 2 is a great mix of interviews and music.
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