Whitmore Eclectic mounts David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Proof” at the Hayworth Theatre for a limited engagement.
“Proof” centers on Catherine, a possibly brilliant mathematician who may or may not have inherited her father Robert’s mathematical genius and/or his mental illness. Putting her own college education on hold, Catherine has been her father’s caretaker for the [...]
In the Los Angeles premiere of “Slipping,” playwright/director Daniel Talbott has given vivid life to three realistic teenagers grappling with their sexual identities — often with graphically brutal results. This inaugural LA production from the New York-based and OBIE Award-winning Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is onstage at the Lillian Theatre through May 5.
Out teenager Eli has moved [...]
Geffen Playhouse’s current production of David Mamet’s classic “American Buffalo” benefits greatly from its balls-out cast — tightly reined by director Randall Arney — all deftly handling the distinctive Mamet prose to impressive effect.
The title refers to a collectible buffalo nickel that catalyzes the main action of this timeless piece that opened on Broadway in [...]
A strong, able cast led by Robin Larsen’s firm direction makes George Bernard Shaw’s classic “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” currently at the Antaeus Company a must-see!
Set in 1893, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” revolves around the unspeakable career choice of a mother and how her now grown-up daughter must deal with its revelation.
The first act of this two-hour-and-20-minute [...]
The American premiere of Joanna Murray-Smith’s “The Gift” at the Geffen Playhouse may not be the present that you want to give everyone. Chock full of witty one-liners and limned by a talented cast of four, the main premise might be too much to accept.
Two couples meet at a luxury resort in the tropics. Well-to-do [...]
The world premiere of Elliott Shoenman’s “A Heap of Livin’” benefits from a splendid cast onstage and multiple award winners behind, but with several false endings in the two-hour production, some efficient editing could tighten up this sad tale.
Directed by Mark L. Taylor, “A Heap of Livin’” focuses on the contentious relationship between a not-at-all-healthy [...]
Noel Coward aficionados, and theater lovers in general, will be in for a delicious hour-and-45 with the Pasadena Playhouse’s current production of “Fallen Angels.” Director Art Manke, a veteran of six Coward shows, keeps his talented cast of six smoothly paced through the traditionally wordy Coward prose, hysterical physical pratfalls and paper-thin cover-ups.
The plot revolves [...]
Kathryn Graf’s “The Snake Can,” tightly written and efficiently performed by a stellar cast of six, gets a successful world premiere at the Odyssey Theatre. Steven Robman sure-handedly directs this fast and smooth-paced two hours of involving people and their respective, intertwining relationships.
Three women, friends throughout their various failed relationships and everyday ups and downs, [...]
Charles Marowitz’s cleverly written “Sherlock’s Last Case,” currently at the Lonny Chapman Theatre, should give Sherlock Holmes’ purists enough “authentic” details to keep them happy. Being a Holmes spoof, the novel situations presented should be easy for Holmes aficionados to digest and for casual Sherlock fans to thoroughly enjoy. I just wish that despite the [...]
The world premiere of “One November Yankee,” deftly written and smoothly directed by Joshua Ravetch, should merit a very nice run at the NoHo Arts Center with the marquee draw of its two actors, TV favorites Harry Hamlin and Loretta Swit. Besides getting the chance to see these two talented actors up-close and personal, the [...]
