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• Posted "Once" redefines the Musical to LAist
  Earlier this week I had the pleasure of experiencing an enhanced version of what viewers all over the country will soon be exposed to when I went to see a screening of the movie Once, directed by John Carney and starting Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard. This film is a unique and singular treat, and while my experienced was bolstered by extras such as the Q&A with the directors and stars and the live...
• Posted Anxiety and Identity at the Hayworth Theater to LAist
  Sam Shepard is a writer whose work is known for its existential crises and issues with identity. Mr. Shepard is also known as being someone who connects closely with the world of musicians and rock and roll. Both the anxiety about identity and the attraction to and respect of music are both demonstrated in his “Suicide in B flat”, which Range View Productions is putting on at the Hayworth Theater on Wilshire Blvd. The...
• Posted "Marat/Sade" is Crazy Good to LAist
  “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade” by Peter Weiss, commonly known as "Marat/Sade" is perhaps the ultimate play within a play. The audience members are informed when the play begins that they are about to watch the inmates of Charenton perform a historical play written about the death of Jean Paul Marat written by...
• Posted Theatre Review: Rock & Roll Heaven to LAist
  Rock & Roll Heaven Theater 68, Hollywood thru August 27 Book, Music, Lyrics: Jason Mershon Directed by Jason Mershon The premise for the musical "Rock And Roll Heaven" is pretty simple: what happens when hedonistic musicians (Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morisson, John Lennon, Janis Joplin et al, and rather inexplicably, Judy Garland) end up in heaven? It seemed likely to impress me when I first heard about it- me, whose first love was musical theater,...