Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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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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‘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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‘Frida, Stroke of Passion’: Kahlo’s lives, loves and leftist politics
February 21, 2020Mexican painter and revolutionary Frida Kahlo is getting the Nanin treatment in Frida, Stroke of Passion, starring Nanin herself, who also, coincidentally, directs.
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‘Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay!’ a madcap anarcho-socialist direct action slapstick sitcom
February 21, 2020Pay! creates a heady anarchic concoction mixing loads of laughs and antics with a tumbler of leftwing politics, as Groucho Marx mingles with Karl Marx.
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Pan African Film & Arts Festival returns to L.A.
February 20, 2020One of the top ways to celebrate Black History Month—and the moviegoing experience in general—is to attend the Los Angeles-based 28th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival.
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The things we do for love: Styx and Stones in new opera ‘Eurydice’
February 19, 2020This jaw-dropping modern update of a myth dating back to antiquity is an eye- and ear-popping operatic extravaganza that’s not to be missed by opera lovers.
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‘The Father’: Alfred Molina in a meditation on dementia
February 18, 2020Today’s America seems to be suffering from people dominating the public sphere who appear to be experiencing mental diseases and self delusion and a complete, total lack of self awareness.
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The ‘West Adams’ family: There goes the neighborhood!
February 4, 2020Skylight Theatre Company’s world premiere of Penelope Lowder’s West Adams is a great new play.
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