Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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‘The Great Clown Bank Show’ theater review: A satirical takedown of the capitalist class
July 6, 2026Through the lens of a circus, it deliciously and maliciously pokes fun at those penny-pinchers who make life so unbearable and miserable for the rest of us, from mass layoffs to financial scams.
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‘HomeTown Hero’ film review: Hard-hitting drama focusing on Samoan struggles
July 1, 2026Has compelling portrayals from a cast of characters, trying to find their way in paradise lost, Samoans in the diaspora.
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‘Treasure Island’ theater review: Classic novel adapted with new feminist touch
June 26, 2026A wonderful adaptation of the 18th-century-set tale, full of action, executed by a cast of dozens.
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‘The Revolutionists’ theater review: An edgy guillotine-tinged satire
June 17, 2026A comedy about France’s Reign of Terror, with aristocrats and assorted enemies of the people quite literally laughing their heads off.
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‘Cassatt’ play review: Must-see with themes of feminism and women-led art
June 9, 2026A play on the artist Mary Cassatt for those interested in feminism, period pieces, and art history.
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‘The Magic Flute’ review: Mozart’s opera puts us on a path of enlightenment
June 4, 2026Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s last opera is far more than an exceedingly whimsical flight of euphonic, euphoric fancy.
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Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival: Highlights and reviews
May 20, 2026This year’s themes include complicated subjects such as: mother/daughter conflicts; mental illness; death; infertility; homosexuality; the struggle over Indigenous self-determination in the arts and more.
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‘Colored People’s Time: A History Play’ theater review
May 8, 2026Spanning 100 years, the storytelling does not focus on the high and mighty but rather on ordinary people, the rank and file who actually turn the wheel of history.
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