Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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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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LA Opera’s ‘Falstaff’ is a comedy delight about life and passion
April 30, 2026It is a case of feminine wiles versus the male ego.
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‘Master Harold’…and the Boys: Theater review
April 21, 2026Athol Fugard's play seems to have dramatizes Frantz Fanon’s theories about the psychological impact of racism and colonialism on the human mind.
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‘Akhnaten’ review: A timely opera regarding upheaval in the Middle East
March 6, 2026The piece is a “portrait opera” about a transformative figure who possesses “the power of inner vision.”
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