A.R. Gurney's 1981 play is revived in an adequate but forgettable production at the Promenade Playhouse.
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Theatre Review (LA): Oswald
The interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald is dramatized in a compelling production at the Write Act Repertory in Hollywood.
Read More »Horrors for Christmas
A retrospective of Christmas-themed horror films and TV shows from the past 30 years as witnessed by a holiday burnout.
Read More »Theatre Review (LA): Tennessee WIlliams’ Baby Doll
Williams' controversial screenplay is transferred to the stage in a fine production at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood.
Read More »Theatre Review (LA): Strindberg’s Miss Julie
Strindberg's 1888 work is tough going in a new production at the Stella Adler.
Read More »Theatre Review (LA): Pulp Shakespeare Transcribes Tarantino
This reinterpretation of Tarantino's film as a Shakespearean tragedy is fascinating and works hilariously well.
Read More »Theatre Review (LA): To Kill A Mockingbird
The film adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel is brought lovingly to the stage in this Actors Co-Op production.
Read More »Movie Review: Drive (2011)
Ryan Gosling stars as an enigmatic driver in Nicolas Winding Refn's unusual, original take on the action genre.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
This attempt at restaging the classic revue is torpedoed by technical problems, miscasting and an unnecessary backstory.
Read More »Movie Review: The Devil’s Double
Dominic Cooper is riveting in a dual role as Uday Hussein and the Iraqi army lieutenant forced to become his body double.
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