Curtain Call

Filipinos’ Straw Before the Wind

By Christian L. Guzman, Contributing Reporter Walk into a hospital and there’s a strong chance you’ll see a Filipino nurse.…

9 years ago

REASONS TO BE PRETTY @ Long Beach Playhouse

I don't know anything Neil LaBute has done since 2000's Nurse Betty, but reasons to be pretty is exactly what…

9 years ago

BEH: AN IMPROVISED PLAY @ the Garage Theatre

Last year when the Garage Theatre transformed Tom Stoppard's radio play Darkside into an onstage production, considering my bookcase full…

9 years ago

THE CLEAN HOUSE @ Little Fish Theatre

There are no rules in theatre. Sure, you can say there must be characters (although Samuel Beckett's Breath, what?) or…

9 years ago

CYMBELINE @ Shakespeare by the Sea

Back when I was heavily into Shakespeare, I considered Othello one of the Bard's best. It's a classic tale of…

9 years ago

THE NEWS @ Long Beach Opera

One-trick ponies are a curious species. If they have a good trick and perform it well, their lives may not—may…

9 years ago

MARAT/SADE @ Long Beach Playhouse

The full title of Peter Weiss's most famous work, popularly known as Marat/Sade, goes pretty far in telling you what…

9 years ago

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE @ International City Theatre

I must be a very dour fellow. There I was, sitting in the lovely Beverly O'Neill Theatre as a solid…

9 years ago

A RAISIN IN THE SUN @ Long Beach Playhouse

There are people who will tell you we live in a post-racial society. We have a Black president, they say.…

9 years ago

WHAT LOVE IS and THE UNCERTAINTY FILES (U.S. premieres) @ the Garage Theatre

I was surprised to find that Linda McLean is a playwright of some accomplishment, having written works for the BBC…

9 years ago