Posts Tagged ‘mr. hunter’
THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL: 83% Sweet – UPDATED
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The problem may be one of taste, but it ties directly back to the compulsion to spill the guts theatrically. Finney’s staging of the abduction starts brilliantly, with a pair [...]
BROADS, THE MUSICAL: 56% Bittersweet – UPDATED
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I loved the four gals playing the Broads – all talented – but the show needs a major overhaul. Too many jokes are tired old cliches – and singing about [...]
DIGGING UP DAD: 100% Sweet
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“Digging Up Dad” may not have much in the way of shock value or serrated-edged satire, still, it has a lot of heart for a ‘tough guy’ who finds that [...]
Are Avant-Garde and a Good Story Mutually Exclusive?
I kinda know the answer to this already, sorta, but this fantastic dual-review by my current-most-favorite-Los-Angeles-critic Harvey Perr over at the Stage and Cinema site brought it back for me [...]
BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA: 78% Sweet – UPDATED
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Bart DeLorenzo’s staging preserves the tone, inherent the text, that’s both wry and frivolous, abstract and pop, with one breakout poetical excursion into Walt Whitmanesque grandeur, delivered by a hobo [...]
ORPHEUS DESCENDING: 86% Sweet – UPDATED
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Frantic Redhead Productions’ presentation of Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending is a prime example of Los Angeles theater at its finest. A big-name trio of leading players with serious theatrical [...]
11, SEPTEMBER: 0% Bittersweet – UPDATED
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The play rides the line between exploring and exploiting coincidences, yet it gets bogged down in its own psychological realism. This raises questions that can’t be answered by chaos theory, [...]
Critique of the Week – Runner Up
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MR Hunter – Stagehappenings
Rudy, the red-nosed mobster had a very short fuse and if you ever crossed him, he’d put out a hit on you. All of the other elves [...]
ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION: 100% Sweet – UPDATED
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The gloves come off in John Patrick Shanley’s romantic comedy at the Ruskin Group Theatre. Performed by an outstanding cast, the play follows the delightful mishaps of love and hate [...]
EXTINCTION: 100% Sweet
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Gabe McKinley’s debuting play takes a perceptive look at the evolution of male friendships, exploring the personal sacrifices that come with maturity and the communication barriers that sometimes cause people [...]
