This atmospheric production of Brilliant Traces features extraordinary actors, expressive direction, and gripping dialog reminiscent of a hectic night shift at a psychiatric facility.
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Deranged Duo Gets Deconstructionist in 'Brilliant Traces' at Lounge 2
Death Becomes Him: 'Expecting to Fly' at Elephant Space
Through distinctive performance, artful direction and graceful staging, Expecting to Fly merges regret, longing, affection, memory, appreciation, warmth and absolution into a single gem of a play.
Early Morning Opera's 'Abacus' Explores Fine Line Between Truth & Lies
The Thursday night opening of Early Morning Opera's Abacus at REDCAT felt like a joyful reunion for L.A.'s art scene. Abacus got its start at the REDCAT NOW Fest in 2009 and has since traveled to various residencies and performance venues, including the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
LAist Interviews 'Short Eyes' Director Julian Acosta
Amid the downtown cacophony of armored truck traffic, bustling pedestrians, coffee cups clinking against saucers, and an overheard gypsy curse, LAist talked to Short Eyes director and Artistic Director for Urban Theatre Movement, Julian Acosta.
Acclaimed 'Clybourne Park' Entertains L.A. Before Heading To Broadway
"Clybourne Park" is the most acclaimed new American play of the last several years (since John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt," anyway), and the original off-Broadway production, with the whole original cast, is playing at the Taper this month before moving back for a Broadway run in April.
Local Teens Get Schooled Via STD Drama, Courtesy of Kaiser
Kaiser Permanente wants its patients to thrive, and the healthcare organization also wants high school students to be sexually educated. Spreading sexually transmitted disease (STD) awareness to local high school students, Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre recently performed at John Wooden High School in Reseda.
Comic Book Comes Alive In Furious Theatre Company's 'No Good Deed'
The complex staging of No Good Deed must be a nightmare to direct, but Damaso Rodriguez smoothly orchestrates the entire production with raw grace and a little kitsch. In fact, Rodriguez has crafted an indie-version of Broadway's
"Our Town" Gets Superlative Production at Broad Stage
The thing about Our Town is that pretty much every theater-going adult has seen or read it multiple times, and likely has been in a production of it somewhere along the line.
Interrogation Drama: 'Oswald' Fleshes Out a Dramatic Chapter of American History
Playing Lee Harvey Oswald, Perez's performance is wonderfully engaging, direct, and full of vitality. He keeps the audience on their toes, never fully indicating whether Oswald is a manic, defiant assassin or the only sane man in the room. The role of Oswald appears to be incredibly challenging, but Perez never once lets the audience down.
Salute Noir: 'Absolute Black' at Zombie Joe's Underground
Vanessa Cate's dapper murder mystery, Absolute Black, is currently playing at Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre in North Hollywood. This homage to film noir whodunits follows a nameless, witty private eye and two bumbling police officers as they try interrogate suspects after the untimely death of an up-and-coming Hollywood starlet.
Kathleen Turner Smolders in 'Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins' In Spite of a Script That's Pretty 'Meh'
The left coast premier of the biopic work Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins is currently playing at the Geffen Playhouse. The ever-smoky Kathleen Turner resurrects the saucy journalist through this staged adaptation by twin-sister playwrights Margaret and Allison Engel.
Are the Oscars Moving Out of the Kodak Theatre?
The Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland is essentially the theatre the Oscars built, but when the venerable annual awards spectacle's lease is up after the 2013 show, the Academy might be putting on their telecast in another venue.
Samuel French Announces They're Closing One Location
Actors, writers, and theatre and film folk of all ilk, some sad news: Samuel French announced they will be closing down one of their locations and consolidating their operations.
Bust a Move with Show at Barre's 'For the Record: John Hughes (Holiday Road)'
The music featured in John Hughes’s films is currently getting a delightful cabaret tribute with “For the Record: John Hughes (Holiday Road)” at Show at Barre.
'Ching Chong Chinaman' Laughs at Cultural Stereotypes
At the very beginning of Laura Yee's riotous farce "Ching Chong Chinaman," as the uber-assimilated Wong family poses for its annual Christmas card photo, the father instructs his wife and children to open their eyes "nice and wide." In the next scene, each parent enters the kitchen without recognizing that the teenage boy at the table is someone other than their own son. Turns out his name is Jinqiang or, as best as the Wongs can figure out how to pronounce it, "Ching Chong."
Intense and Edifying: Whitmore Eclectic's 'Betrayed' at Lyric Theatre
New Yorker journalist George Packer's engrossing Iraq War drama Betrayed is in its last weekend at Lyric Theatre. Packer's work is based on true accounts of Iraqi citizens working as translators in the Green Zone.
Alan Alda's "Radiance" Shines A Dim Light On Marie Curie
The life and achievements of Marie Curie are certainly worthy subject matter for a play: her position as a pioneer in an otherwise male-dominated scientific establishment and her discovery of radium are full of theatrical possibility. Unfortunately Alan Alda's take on the story, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, only casts a dim glow where the illumination should be brilliant.
Head to the Valley to Experience NoHo Saturday
The dance studios, theatres, and galleries of the NoHo Arts District will be opening their doors up Saturday for a free multi-arts festival. Experience NoHo is a combo art walk and festival, with the streets closed down to make way for a stage and booths featuring artists and other vendors.
Bring a Pillow, Get Comfy on the Couch: 'Amongst the Trees' at cARTel's Living Room Tour
Lauren Smerkanich's masterfully crafted, thoroughly enjoyable drama, Amongst the Trees, is making rounds throughout the city as part of cARTel's Living Room Tour. The produciton features exceptional writing, direction, and performance in a unique, unpretentious, and welcoming atmosphere.
'Hope, Part II of a Mexican Trilogy' at LATC
Retro family drama Hope, Part II of a Mexican Trilogy, is playing at Los Angeles Theatre Center. Falling somewhere between Hairspray, West Side Story, and The Wonder Years,, Hope depicts the interpersonal relationships of the Garcia family as they are impacted by the major political events of 1962.
Not a Dry Eye in the House: 'Next Fall' at Geffen Playhouse
Geoffrey Nauffts' dramatic tear-jerker, Next Fall brings the emotional crux of the Gay Rights Movement to the Geffen Playhouse. Presenting homophobic family dynamics, tragic endings, and a realistic religious debate that tackles the incongruities and salves of faith, the play features charged performances, careful direction, and a bold script.
A Noise Within Stumbles With Uneven "Twelfth Night"
A Noise Within succeeding in its goal of building its own theatre in Pasadena is such an impressive achievement. Unfortunately, their first show in the new space, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, is a bit disappointing. It's not bad, and a couple of the performances are deft, but it rarely shows us what A Noise Within is truly capable of when the company is on its game.
It's Curtains for the Sunset 5: So Long Laemmle, Hello Sundance
Movie theatre chain Laemmle will be bidding adieu to their tenancy as the operators of the Sunset 5 in West Hollywood in the 8000 Sunset complex. After two decades of serving as the ol' reliable for independent film at that location, Laemmle is "unable to come to terms with the landlord on a new lease," and is packing up.
Stimulation Overload at Lucent Dossier Experience's Twisted Dubstep Circus
Before theatergoers even picked up their tickets, they were immersed in the exciting and twisted world of the Lucent Dossier Experience. On Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, performance troupe Lucent Dossier Experience packed the recently renovated Palace Theatre downtown to raise money for critically injured artist and “Burning Man icon” Brent ‘Shrine’ Spears.
Shadowcaster Christine Marie Will Create 40-Foot Shadows During 'The Fifty Year Sword' This Halloween
Christine Marie's performance art has a way of eliciting wonder from children and adults alike. Though many of her tools are simple—lights, fabric and everyday objects—she's able to create entire worlds by blending ancient traditions with new ideas. This Halloween, she and her team will return to the REDCAT Theater for The Fifty Year Sword.
Civil Rights, L.A. History, and Baseball: 'Juan and John' at LATC
Roger Guenveur Smith's energetic one-man biopic, Juan and John, is at Los Angeles Theatre Center. The show transverses the Civil Rights Movement, local Los Angeles history, and the relationship between baseball legends John Roseboro and Juan Marichal following their on-field fight in 1965.
Hope and Glory's End in 'The Standard Bearer' at SFS Theatre
By the time a B-list Shakespearean actor in a soiled and sweat-stained suit peers out from backstage to start Stephen Wyatt's play "The Standard Bearer," any vestiges of British cultural hegemony have long since collapsed.
Pencil This In: 'Ghetto Physics' at Occupy L.A., Mexican Wrestling & Burlesque
Let the gentle L.A. breezes blow you to one of the below events this evening. The Getty invites a trio of female art pioneers to discuss West Coast creation, and The Mayan presents Lucha VaVOOM, a Mexican wrestling competition mixed with a little burlesque and comedy.
'Come Fly Away' for Tharp's Sexy, Nostalgic Escapist Take on Sinatra @ Pantages
Legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp's latest endeavor "Come Fly Away" is a "musical" take on the songs of Frank Sinatra, and the result is a sexy, high-energy dance romp that serves as enthralling nostalgic escapism.
Pencil This In: Beer, Wine, Murder, Music & 90s Mayhem
It's Wednesday, the sun is shining and the temps are rising. We've got the skinny on tonight's best events, beginning and ending with libations. Get out, take advantage of the sprawl and please do report back!
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