by Gil Kaan | Jan 10, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
Hershey Felder wows in “Abe Lincoln’s Piano,” his world-premiere tour-de-force of piano virtuosity mixed with compelling and witty storytelling, currently onstage at the Geffen Playhouse. Felder certainly knows his way around Americana music. His early childhood...
by Gil Kaan | Dec 6, 2013 | Featured, Theater and Dance |
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors in October with the distinction of being the first performing arts center built in Beverly Hills. “Parfumerie,” the Wallis’ inaugural production at the 500-seat Bram Goldsmith Theater, certainly sets...
by Gil Kaan | Nov 24, 2013 | Theater and Dance |
Though written in 1948, Moss Hart’s “Light Up the Sky,” with its witty barbs that ricochet amongst backstage shenanigans of a potential Broadway show, certainly holds up well in present-time viewing: Think “Spider-man, the Musical” or NBC’s...
by Gil Kaan | Nov 11, 2013 | Theater and Dance |
Sheldon Epps, the Pasadena Playhouse’s artistic director and director of the striking classic drama “Twelve Angry Men,” adds color to Reginald Rose’s already volatile (and smartly written) mix. A strong, talented cast of six white and six black actors essay the roles...
by Gil Kaan | Oct 28, 2013 | Theater and Dance |
The Falcon Theatre wows with its current hour-and-45 of non-stop, sidesplitting hilarity: Charles Ludlam’s 1984 “The Mystery of Irma Vep.” Two very talented and versatile actors, Matthew Floyd Miller and Jamie Torcellini, inhabit multiple roles using the utmost of...
