Greggory Moore

Missed Opportunities in LB Opera’s Second Take on “The Central Park Five”

Three years ago, accolades rained down on Long Beach Opera’s world premiere of Anthony Davis and Richard Wesley’s The Central…

3 years ago

Messy “Revolution Generation” Means to Inspire Millennials to Act

It’s a dark time in America, and Planet Earth is in trouble, and it’s Millennials — the supposedly lazy, entitled,…

3 years ago

Dated as It May Be, LB Playhouse Delivers a Respectable “You Can’t Take It With You”

In 1936, comedy generally lacked in subtlety and nuance, socialist ideas weren’t necessarily anathema to mainstream America, and dating your…

3 years ago

The Mind as Safe Prison in “The Private Lives of Imaginary Friends”

Things have been bad for 36-year-old Rory. He’s still living with his parents, he hasn’t had a job in more…

4 years ago

TV Review —Frontline’s “United States of Conspiracy” Doesn’t Tell Us Anything We Don’t Already Know

Let me start by saying I am a big fan of Frontline. Huge. There is not and has never been…

4 years ago

Theatre Review — “The Andrews Brothers” Slapstick Fare for Fans of WWII-Era Pop

The Andrews brothers are 4F, meaning they can't directly join the fight against the Axis powers. But they've signed up…

4 years ago

Thanks to Community, the Garage Theatre Emerges from Its COVID Cocoon

The Garage Theatre team was psyched for 2020. It was a milestone year, the big TWO-OH, a time to celebrate…

4 years ago

Fun Wins Out in “Sister Act” Musical

Several years ago, Long Beach Playhouse staged Stephen Sondheim’s brilliant but devilishly difficult Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet…

4 years ago

“Slow Food” Serves Up Pandemic-Friendly Aristotelian Unity, but Little Else

To state the obvious, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a painful reality for theatre, forcing many companies unable or unwilling…

4 years ago

<strong><em>Breathing Free</em></strong><strong>: An Operatic Take on the Black American Struggle</strong>

Say you’re White (like me) and MLK has been your hero as far back as you can remember. Say you’ve…

5 years ago