An Interview with Los Angeles Playwright Richard Martin Hirsch
Not by me!
By playwright Adam Szymkowicz. Adam is known for doing a whole series of playwright interviews. Being that Richard is a friend and colleague and that he’s one of [...]
A Foul Wind
Sorry for the light posting lately, Lemon Heads. Extended myself a bit with taking care of the boy alone while the wife was away working AND having the mother in [...]
The Thursday Thought
Are critics “basically propagandists, prisoners of ideologies of their times”?
Hey, I didn’t say it! Ionesco did!
Thanks to Sandra Zeitzew over at the Santa Monica Playhouse for sending this lovely [...]
Chip & the Block – The Art of Criticism
John: Here is another blog in the block. (laughs) Today, Jesse and I are going to be talking about the art, or rather the lack of art, (we can go [...]
Whatever You Do, Don’t “De-Jew”
Was guided by “professional Wrestler” aka LA Theatre Producer Rick Culbertson to this Cityfile, New York column on the exploits of this guy Mark Riedel. He’s been called ”the city’s most [...]
The Teaser
Remember this poster from “The Graduate”? Provocative.
Well they used to be called “teasers”. You know the “film trailer”? Remember that great one for Kubrick’s “The Shining”? The blood just [...]
Variety Lays off Chief Film and Theatre Critics
Yup. And on and on it goes.
Check out this story over at the LA Times. David Rooney, chief theatre critic for Variety and Todd McCarty, chief film critic are history. [...]
A Producer and a Critic Walk into a Bar…and Beat the Shit out of Each Other!
Whoa Nellie.
Guess I left the bar a little early cuz producer Rick Culbertson and LA Weekly critic Steven Leigh Morris have been wailing on each other since last we left [...]
The Monday Moment
Hey, this guy is a part of my cinematic education. And to be honest, I haven’t seen him since his sickness and surgeries. This video is so very sad and [...]
Oscar’s Evil Twins
Wow. I wish I could’ve seen these. Sounds kinda freaky. Big Giant Scary Bizzaro Oscars appearing overnight at two locations, Runyon Canyon and Mel’s Drive in by Artist D*Face. They [...]
Advice for Anchovies
I recently ran across this quote from an MFA candidate in playwriting who is attending one of our southerly UC campi. She wrote, “…we’re going to create something and who [...]
What’s the Real 411 on PLAYS411? – Part Two
This is the second part of a two part story on the Los Angeles Ticketing and Marketing Agency PLAYS411.
When last I left you I had just received an unsolicited phone [...]
Self Promotion Alert #2!
Hey, Lemon Heads, just wanted to give you a final heads up about the reading of my new play MISSION TO MATE tomorrow night at Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA’s Annual Winterfest.
It’s [...]
What’s the Real 411 on PLAYS411? – Part One
This was meant to be a Two Part story on the Los Angeles Ticketing and Marketing Agency called PLAYS411.
Part One was going to lay out the issues, present the evidence [...]
A Bitter Lemons Experiment
Okay, folks, some of you may have noticed that there’s been some major brou-ha-ha going on here at the Lemon over who’s a critic, what’s a critic, how do you [...]
Chip & the Block – Funding in the Arts
Jesse: Welcome to Chip and the Block. Today we’re discussing funding in the arts. The thing is that I go to an art school that is run by the State, [...]
A Producer and a Critic Walk Into a Bar…
Fun little tussle going on between producer Rick Culbertson and LA Weekly critic Steven Leigh Morris over at Rick’s site. The beef: whether the Actor-Critic can remain unbiased when [...]
The State of Our Union (Virtually)
Here’s where we’re at, folks. This crazy thing called the Web. The numbers are staggering. Either find a way to use it to your benefit, or get left behind. This [...]
Don’t You Go Organizin’ Me, Pal!
Been meaning to respond to this interesting post by LA Theatre Producer Rick Culbertson entitled, “Organizing the Bloggers”. In it he laments the loss of the “educated opinions of reviewers [...]
DON JUAN DISPENSO: 40% Bitter – UPDATED
BITTER
If the smoky-eyed Enani rarely stokes the Don’s legendary libido with sufficient fire, blame Tanner; he transposes his characters to modern times (a period nicely suggested in designer Daniel Mahler’s [...]
THE UNEXPECTED MAN: 67% Sweet – UPDATED
BITTER
I wish I could say that the play’s culmination is worth the investment of the slow buildup or that the enjoyment of art, as life, is in the journey, [...]
THE STORY OF MY LIFE: 100% Sweet
SWEET
Neil Bartram and Brian Hill’s 2009 chamber musical is a poignant two-hander exploring the joys and disappointments of a long-term friendship. Simplicity is the hallmark of this delicate gem, which [...]
MEN OF TORTUGA: 75% Sweet – UPDATED
BITTER
The loss of its host company with the closing of the Pasadena Playhouse threatened the show’s very opening, let alone Furious’ future, and seems to have cast a listless gloom [...]
Critique of the Week
CAVE QUEST
by Steven Stanley – StageSceneLA
Did you ever see that Coca Cola commercial from 1970s, the one that had a couple thousand peace-seeking grownups and kids warbling “I’d like [...]
Critique of the Week – Runner Up
DUAL CITIZENS
by Robert Machray – Stagehappenings
If you like your theatre with a European feel then Dual Citizens currently playing at the Odyssey Theatre. Ron Sossi the Artistic Director [...]
