by Gil Kaan | Apr 3, 2012 | Theater and Dance |
The current re-mounting of Ira Levin’s “Deathtrap” at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre ranks as one of the best technically produced productions in Los Angeles; comparable with, and even surpassing, the production values of major...
by Gil Kaan | Apr 3, 2012 | Theater and Dance |
In the world premiere of Matthew Leavitt’s “The Boomerang Effect,” director Dámaso Rodriguez smoothly weaves the separate tales of five semi-related couples in a fast-moving show that clocks in at just under 90 minutes without intermission at the Odyssey Theatre in...
by Gil Kaan | Mar 2, 2012 | Film |
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Love Never Dies,” his sequel to his widely popular “The Phantom of the Opera,” has been successfully transferred to the silver screen for viewing by those not able to fly to Melbourne, Australia, to experience this most entertaining musical....
by Gil Kaan | Feb 27, 2012 | Theater and Dance |
The Katselas Theatre Company world premieres in tandem two one-man shows, “The Yellow House” and “Special Delivery,” written and performed respectively by Burke Byrnes and Harry Hart-Browne. The directors of each piece have different issues to overcome: Michael Kearns...
by Gil Kaan | Feb 14, 2012 | Theater and Dance |
JoBeth Williams rivets the audience and commands the stage as the grieving mother in playwright Joel Drake Johnson’s latest, “The Fall to Earth,” currently receiving its West Coast premiere at the Odyssey Theatre. As Fay, a long-suffering wife (as she continuously,...