Curtain Call

Long Beach Symphony meets MTV for season’s final Pops concert

What do you get when you cross a symphony orchestra with 1980s MTV staples? What sounds like the setup for…

7 months ago

From Jealousy to Redemption: A Preview of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in Modern Verse Translation

Los Angeles’ Skylight Theatre Company premieres Young’s latest production, The Winter's Tale, the first LA production of a Play On…

7 months ago

Musical Theatre West’s “Into the Woods”: Smart art, well-delivered

Speculations about who’s “the GOAT” — greatest of all time — are a bit silly even when it comes to…

8 months ago

“Tragedy Gift Shop” more fable than play

Commonplace gun violence. Exploitation. Sensationalism. Amoral corporate greed. This is today’s America, and it’s enough to make you want to…

8 months ago

The Actors Jungle: A New Era of South Bay Theatrical Innovation

August’s idea came as a result of wanting to fill the new theater gap in San Pedro. He started looking…

9 months ago

Garage Theatre turns 25 by the grace of community

When I sat down with a quartet of Garage Theatre co-founders in 2010 as they got ready to celebrate their…

9 months ago

Long Beach Opera dials up the ambition for season’s second aleatory offering

Having just seen/heard Long Beach Opera’s staging of El Relicario de los Animales, I don’t have a clue what they’re…

9 months ago

Long Beach Playhouse channels the spirit of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”

According to the American Psychological Institute, the term ‘intergenerational trauma’ did not come into use until the 1960s. So while…

9 months ago

Lightweight “Jersey Boys” won’t disappoint Four Seasons fans

You may not love him, you may not like him, you may not even be able to stand his famous…

9 months ago

Off Broadway Production of Shadows Celebrates 25th Anniversary in San Pedro

It is a coming-of-age comedy in which audiences across diverse cultures can relate to the universal experiences of this character…

10 months ago