Curtain Call

GOOD BOYS AND TRUE @ Cal Rep

When reviewing a play, I'm generally completely uninterested in knowing anything about the playwright's life. It doesn't really matter whether…

8 years ago

UNCANNY VALLEY @ International City Theatre

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a staple of speculative fiction since the time of Alan Turing (b. 1912, d. 1954);…

8 years ago

ROMEO AND JULIET @ Elysium Conservatory Theatre

I was not looking forward to this play. I don't love Shakespeare as I once did, and I never thought…

9 years ago

STUPID F*CKING BIRD @ the Garage Theatre

I like metafiction and various ways of playing with/against convention as much as the next guy—more, probably—but these are dangerous…

9 years ago

Philip Glass’s THE PERFECT AMERICAN @ Long Beach Opera

Philip Glass just won't go away. That's a good thing. In this 21st century of ours opera needs a guy…

9 years ago