by Gil Kaan | Feb 11, 2013 | Theater and Dance |
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....
by Gil Kaan | Feb 5, 2013 | Featured, Theater and Dance |
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...
by Gil Kaan | Jan 22, 2013 | Theater and Dance |
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...
by Gil Kaan | Dec 3, 2012 | Theater and Dance |
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...
by Gil Kaan | Nov 18, 2012 | Theater and Dance |
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...
