Reviews

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Grey Gardens at the Ahmanson

Heads up Angelenos – Broadway has sent some of its finest actors to the Ahmanson stage to shine in Grey Gardens: the musical version of the critically acclaimed documentary of ...
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Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3)

I had the pleasure of the company of my friend of twenty years, actor Bruce Ladd, opening night of Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) ...
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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at the Ahmanson

My daughter Grace and I hurried from the packed parking structure of the Music Center to our seats opening night of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” (hence referred ...

The Sound of Music at the Ahmanson

How do you solve a problem like a 1959 American musical with a flawed book, the iconic film of which is seared into the hearts and minds of American theatergoers? ...
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Appropriate at the Mark Taper Forum

A Review by Keri Tombazian When the curtain came down opening night at the Mark Taper Forum on Branden Jacobs-Jenkins award winning play, Appropriate, I was both enthralled and perplexed.  ...
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Bent at The Mark Taper Forum

Brutal.  Gruesome. Frightening.   Ten minutes into the Mark Taper Forum revival of Martin Sherman’s Bent, I sat frozen in my seat, clutching Thom’s hand beside me as Nazi soldiers burst ...
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Girlfriend at the Kirk Douglas Theater

The Center Theatre Group is living up to its self-appointed title of “L.A.’s Theatre Company.”  Hosting large scale hit plays and musicals, exploring new works, and hosting various educational and ...

The Price at the Mark Taper Forum

“Any day with Arthur Miller in the house is a good day.”  A director pal of mine recently uttered these words during a discussion about theater.  Saturday turned out to ...
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Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye

The Farewell Tour Even before the curtain went up on Dame Edna’s opening night show at the Ahmanson, Thom and I joined the laughter as Dr. Barry Humphries’ voice boomed ...
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The Trip to Bountiful – A Trip to Beautiful

Even before the painted scrim rose on the opening night stage of Horton Foote’s The Trip To Bountiful, the audience erupted into applause as a mass of stark white hair ...
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Marjorie Prime at the Mark Taper Forum

“Interesting,” Thom and I said in unison at the conclusion of the opening night performance of Marjorie Prime at the Mark Taper Forum.  Another patron, passing us in the isle, ...
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Peter and The Starcatcher at Ahmanson

 “I’ll tell you a bedtime story; it will be a gift”                                     Starcatcher in training, Molly Aster The two most enduring gifts Wendy gave Peter Pan were bedtime stories ...