theater
‘Birdland Blue’ evokes Miles Davis’s late 1950s jazz world
April 10, 2019The play spools out in one 90-minute act, engaging eye, ear and heart all the way.
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‘The Elephant Man’ on stage: Being Human 101
March 27, 2019Overall, this fine Elephant Man is among the most moving meditations I’ve ever seen staged about the beauty within the beast and the human spirit.
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‘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.
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‘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.
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‘Pure Native,’ ‘Too Much Sun,’ ‘Home’: Three plays about home
March 13, 2019Three plays running now in L.A. are centered around notions of home.
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