Curtain Call

Hell Is the Modern World in “Machinal”

Sophie Treadwell’s expressionistic telling of one woman’s struggle to find her way in a world she experiences as mechanistically cold…

8 years ago

DARK OF THE MOON @ Elysium Conservatory Theatre

A witch boy from the mountain came, A-pinin' to be human, Fer he had met the fairest gal A gal…

8 years ago

Jean Genet’s THE BALCONY @ the Garage Theatre

About halfway through opening night of the Garage Theatre's production of The Balcony, I was put in mind of a…

8 years ago

MACBETH @ Shakespeare by the Sea

There's no denying that Macbeth is a tour de force of a treatise on ambition (one of the Bard's strongest…

8 years ago

FRIDA @ Long Beach Opera

When basing a work of art on historical figures or events, you should ask yourself: Would this be interesting if…

8 years ago

August Wilson’s FENCES @ Long Beach Playhouse

Fences is a puzzler. It's easy to understand the play itself, a relatively straightforward domestic drama set within the context…

8 years ago

AS ONE @ Long Beach Opera

Growing up as an unambiguously heterosexual cisgender male, I had the luxury of not being compelled to consider how I…

8 years ago