plays
‘Blues for Mr. Charlie,’ further James Baldwin ruminations on race
March 20, 2019This lofty, must-see, powerful production of Blues for Mr. Charlie is the latest in a list of a revival of works by author/playwright/polemicist James Baldwin.
Read more‘The Joy Wheel’ and “Friends with Guns’: Survivalist apocalypse has arrived
March 19, 2019Despite my own reaction to the play—perhaps because of it—I believe this is a highly important play for our time.
Read more‘The Clemency of Titus,’ Mozart’s morality play about the enlightened leader
March 7, 2019Mozart’s The Clemency of Titus (La Clemenza di Tito), dramatizes part of the life and reign of the Roman emperor Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus.
Read more‘Canyon’ and ‘Hype Man’ reveal the chasm of racial division in America
March 7, 2019Two new plays, one a world and the other a West Coast premiere, have just opened in L.A., both dealing with the hot-button issues of our time.
Read more‘Born to Win’ another high-camp winner from L.A.’s Celebration Theatre
March 6, 2019Born to Win is a winner indeed, with nary a dull moment in its 100 minutes of action.
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