Play review
‘Taming the Lion’ tells the story of openly gay MGM actor William Haines
March 17, 2020A world premiere play that recently opened at Theatre 40 here tells the story of William Haines, at one time renowned as the world’s Number 1 Box Office male movie star.
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‘Antigone, Presented by the Girls of St. Catherine’s’: On- and offstage lives
March 9, 2020Award-winning playwright Madhuri Shekar is the latest in this venerable lineage, injecting a female, (South Asian) Indian, and 21st-century sensibility with her idiosyncratic take on the iconic Grecian legend.
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A traitor’s trial in ‘Roberto Devereux’: The unprivate lives of Elizabeth and Essex
February 26, 2020For its stellar stagecraft and affecting bel canto lyricism, I do indeed heartily recommend that opera-goers see, hear and enjoy Roberto Devereux.
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‘Human Interest Story,’ playwright Stephen Sachs’s righteous rage against corporate heartlessness
February 24, 2020It’s truly amazing what magic can materialize on such a small, sparsely furnished stage, but the Fountain manages to do it every time.
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‘Earthquakes in London’: Aftershock of an epic play about climate change
February 24, 2020Overall, this heady, ambitious apocalyptic concoction is the type of theatrical Molotov cocktail we’ve come to expect one of L.A.’s leading theater companies to toss at its audience.
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