If you had told me in the past that I’d appreciate and admire a play about an ex-member of the Westboro Baptist Church, I’m not sure that I’d have believed you. The “church,” an almost seventy-year-old...
It was a packed house at Blue Note Jazz club in LA last week when artist Boney James strode onto the intimate nightclub’s stage, joining his band with a huge smile on his face. Greeted by an...
One of the things I appreciate about The Road Theatre is that it’s not afraid to go big and try different stuff. Over the past couple of decades, The Road has produced shows about dragons, demons...
Filmmaker, designer, and media creator – Jay Rinsky is an artist whose work sits at the thrilling intersection of cinema, live performance, technology, and audience participation. Rinsky is the...
Bizet’s masterpiece arrives onstage in a brand-new production drenched in Spanish Gothic splendor. Passion, jealousy and some of the most irresistible music ever written take center stage under the stars...
The ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles has been reimagined to incorporate Aztec culture and language. Ingeniously adapted by playwright Evelina Fernández, we are given a completely new take on the classic drama...
Noah Blake directs and stars in a new musical supper stage show, A Killer Night in Studio City, now playing at Vitello’s Italian restaurant in the Valley and presented by DETNY Theatrical Productions...
Los Angeles Ballet is returning to BroadStage in one week’s time with an exciting triple bill tribute to American choreographers Jerome Robbins, Paul Taylor, and Melissa Barak. Save 25% on the best seats...
A captivating afternoon of dance, music, history, and storytelling. Acclaimed Indian classical dancer and choreographer Rukhmani Mehta took to the stage at Sierra Madre Playhouse this past Sunday. On the...
The final presentation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Classical Thursdays’ five-concert series was an absolutely superb experience. We were treated to a screening of Czech film director Miloš Forman’s...
Broadway runs away to the circus in this delightful musical adaptation of Sara Gruen’s bestselling novel, with gasp-inducing acrobatics and puppet magic to rival The Lion King. The songs, interestingly enough...
One of the conundrums of being a critic is how to review a terrific production of a play that you either have mixed opinions about or just don’t like. You can spend all the time praising performances and...
IT in Shared Reality at Cosm Los Angeles: Pennywise Gets Bigger, but Does He Get Scarier? There are few horror images more immediately recognizable than Pennywise the sinister Dancing Clown emerging from the...
If having someone change the language, plot, themes, settings and characters of a play is seen as a tribute or homage or compliment, Shakespeare must be the most complimented playwright on the planet. He must be...
Terry Morgan
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