Curtain Call

RLn’s Curtain Call is dedicated to covering theater in the Los Angeles Harbor Area. Whether it Long Beach’s ICT, Garage Theatre, Little Fish Theatre, TE San Pedro Rep you can find it here.

Ai Weiwei’s Turandot

The revolutionary artist and iconoclastic activist’s selection of this opera, once banned in China, aligns with his challenging of norms.…

4 days ago

Parallel Process Explores Lingering Wounds of Vietnam War at Odyssey Theatre

The conditions depicted in Parallel Process are reflected today in the development of the “About Face” organization of Iraqi and…

4 days ago

“Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”a Simple, Clever, Fun Way to Consume a Classic

Despite having plowed through more than my fair share of Western literary canon, I’ve never read a word of Robert…

3 weeks ago

“Predictor” an entertaining history of the at-home pregnancy test

The story of how a 20-something woman with no science background designed the first way for women to find out…

4 weeks ago

Historic Warner Grand Theatre slated for digital makeover, won’t reopen until 2027

Despite not originally being part of the renovation plans approved last year, the push to install a digital marquee was…

4 weeks ago

“People Off Track”: Sort of an acting workshop where audience is welcome

Typically I would not come out to review an actors’ workshop — what’s to review, after all? But The Actors…

1 month ago

Well-cast “A Doll’s House” as timely as ever

In a patriarchy — a descriptor that fits damn near every society ever, including ours — men have more than…

1 month ago

Slight “Lobby Hero” manages some conversational charm

Jeff (Trevor Hart) is a 27-year-old dishonorably discharged Navy vet taking the graveyard shift at a condo lobby for a…

3 months ago

“The Buddy Holly Story” is all about the music, which this production gets right

The Buddy Holly story probably doesn’t get told on either screen or stage were it not for the tragedy that…

3 months ago

Enjoyable ensemble performance makes “Witch” wholly worthwhile

Have you been feeling like all is lost? Think our capitalistic reality is so far gone that maybe the only…

3 months ago