Curtain Call

Better? Probably Not. Funny? You Bet

By John Farrell Does Shakespeare need help? Better Than Shakespeare certainly thinks so. For its inaugural production Much Ado About…

11 years ago

The Last Remnants of Cops, Robbers & Hollywood Cowboys: Small Scale but Fascinating

By John Farrell The Last Remnants of Cops, Robbers & Hollywood Cowboys doesn't depend on fancy theatrics for its considerable charm.…

11 years ago

A Gay Take on a Classic

By John Farrell The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde's incredibly witty play about the antics of a couple of…

11 years ago

The Fantasticks: A Delight, Now and Forever

By John Farrell Before there were any Fringe Festivals — well before the first Edinburgh Fringe Festival — there were…

11 years ago

Fringe Fest Opening

By John Farrell It's time again for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, the celebration of all things theatrical that has become…

11 years ago

Friends Like These Mixes Great Performances with Flawed Script

[gallery columns="3"] By John Farrell Friends Like These is writer Gregory Crafts' visceral look at one group of students at a…

11 years ago

Other Desert Cities

  [gallery columns="3"] By John Farrell Other Desert Cities got a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 2012. It must have been for…

11 years ago

THEATRE REVIEW: “Night and Her Stars” @ the Garage Theatre

By a strange coincidence, 1994 gave birth to two separate fictional retellings of the results-fixing scandal at the 1950s game…

11 years ago

Dorian’s Descent Still Needs Work

  [gallery columns="3"] By John Farrell Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray was crying out to be made into a musical…

11 years ago

King Lear a Success at LB Shakespeare

By John Farrell King Lear is one of the great jewels in Shakespeare's crown. It is a play that mixes political…

11 years ago