Review: Music, Treachery, and More Music
“Cambodian Rock Band,” East West Players, Los Angeles, Feb. 13 – March 23, 2025 Mar. 4, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: Cambodian...
What's to Discuss? "Old Friends" is Terrific!
“Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends,” The Ahmanson, Los Angeles, Feb. 8 – Mar. 9, 2025 Feb. 16, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: Old Friends is both a thrilling tribute to a Broadway giant and an electrifying master class in musical theater composition, lyric writing, and performance. It’s also an evening of high-octane entertainment from stars Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga and a 16-member cast of exceptional singers, dancers, and comedians. Get your tickets now. This
Review: A Laugh-Filled, Introspective Riff On Native American Identity
"Fake It Until You Make It," Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, Jan. 29 – Mar. 9, 2025 Feb. 8, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: If you...
Review: Once Upon a Mattress, a Rollicking Bedtime Story
"Once Upon a Mattress," Ahmanson Theatre, Dec. 10, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025 Dec. 20, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: A bright and...
Review: Wanting More and Still Waiting
"Waiting For Godot," Geffen Playhouse, Nov. 6 - Dec. 15, 2024 Nov. 18, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: A professional production...
Review: A Diverting Trip down "Whittier Boulevard"
"Whittier Boulevard," Los Angeles Theatre Center, Sept. 14 - Oct. 20, 2024 Sept. 27, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: A hilarious yet telling journey into the soul, culture, history, and humor of Chicano Los Angeles. It's terrific! Zilah Mendoza and Evelina Fernandez in the Latino Theater Co.'s "Whittier Boulevard." (Photo: Grettel Cortes Photography) It’s 2042 and Los Angeles has become a Trumpian hellscape. The police are watching everyone. It’s a crime to live past 75.
Review: "Dragon Lady," a Tender, Jubilant Family Saga
“Dragon Lady,” Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, Sept. 12 – Oct. 6, 2024 Sept. 13, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: An emotional roller coaster of a story of three generations of a Filipino family. Sara Porkalob’s tour-de-force performance will make you laugh, tear up, and clap until your hands are sore. Sara Porkalob stars in "Dragon Lady" at Geffen Playhouse (Photo: Jeff Lorch) In Dragon Lady , Sara Porkalob vividly recounts the misfortunes, disappointments, occasiona
Review: Hey, Old Friends. Revisiting Wilder and Rostand Masterworks
“The Skin of Our Teeth,” A Noise Within, Pasadena, Sept. 1-29, 2024 “Cyrano de Bergerac,” Pasadena Playhouse, Sept. 4-29, 2024 September 11, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: Two classic plays, both alike in celebrity, in Pasadena. One production is reverential, the other is a triumph of imagination, audacity, and poetry. The cast of "The Skin of Our Teeth" at Noise Within (Photo: Craig Schwartz) It’s September and the new Southern California theatre season is just getting
Review: "Oklahoma!" Defied the Expectations of Its Audience, Or Did It?
“Plenty of Heart, Plenty of Hope: The Making of Oklahoma! and the Broadway Musical,” Presented by Muse/ique at The Wallis, Beverly Hills,...
