Drama Review: Where in the World is Carmen Ortega?
“Am I Roxie?” Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, Sept. 3 – Oct. 5, 2025 Sept.11, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: While not up to the level of the best solo shows in recent years, Roxana Ortega’s determined account of her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s ultimately is affecting and has its moments. Roxana Ortega in Am I Roxie? at Geffen Playhouse. (Photo: Jeff Lorch) Everyone has a story. The actress and monologist Roxana Ortega wants us to know hers, specifically the c
Review: In Hollywood, No One Can Hear You Scream
"Yankee Dawg You Die," East West Players, Los Angeles, July 3 – 27, 2025 July 15, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: East West...
Drama Review: Growing Up, Growing Old With Humor and Heart
“The Reservoir,” Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, June 18 – July 20, 2025 June 29, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: Jake Brasch’s...
Review: Death By a Thousand Cuts
"Hamlet," Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, May 28- July 6, 2025 June 7, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: If you go to see Hamlet at...
Review: He's Not in Pondicherry Anymore
“Life of Pi,” Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, May 6 – June 1, 2025; Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, June 3 - 15, 2025 By Bruce...
Review: Once Again, It's All About The Family
"Furlough's Paradise," Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, April 16 - May 18, 2025 April 28, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman Kacie Rogers and...
Review: Dreaming Of A Better Life
"Just Like Us," Latino Theater Company, April 10 – May 18, 2025 April 20, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: This impassioned,...
Review: Harry Potter Grows Up
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, “ Hollywood Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, February 13 to June 22, 2025 April 12, 2025 | By Bruce R....
What's Wrong With This Picture?
“Here There Are Blueberries,” The Wallis, Beverly Hills, Mar. 13 – 30, 2025 Mar. 16, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: A mesmerizing account that focuses on the perpetrators rather than the victims of Nazi genocide during World War II. The company of Here There Are Blueberries . (Photo: Rich Soublet) In Here There Are Blueberries , a frayed album of photographs taken at Auschwitz arrives at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. At first the researchers and historians the
