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.

Garage Theatre’s annual “melodrama” is about as good as it’s gonna get

More than half of the Garage Theatre’s 25 seasons have closed with an installment of co-founder Jamie Sweet’s five-part “melodrama”…

2 days ago

Do you have to be an Alanis acolyte to swallow “Jagged Little Pill: The Musical”?

If you’re not a fan of Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill: The Musical may be a bad fit — yes…

1 week ago

“Heathers: The Musical” superficial but spirited

While fans of the film may be disappointed with the shallower and not especially tuneful Heathers: The Musical, at least…

1 month ago

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.…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months ago