#LongBeachPlayhouse

Slight “Lobby Hero” manages some conversational charm

Jeff (Trevor Hart) is a 27-year-old dishonorably discharged Navy vet taking the graveyard shift at a condo lobby for a…

2 months ago

Second LB Playhouse “Hedwig” looser, funnier, still too quiet

It was approximately 75 seconds between my coming across Long Beach Playhouse’s audition notice for Hedwig and the Angry Inch…

11 months ago

“The Pillowman” is Martin McDonagh and Long Beach Playhouse at their best

Times change. I’ve now seen three McDonagh plays at the Playhouse, two in the last three seasons. And while the…

1 year ago

Puzzling Staging Undercuts Pulitzer-Winning “Sweat”

Greggory Moore reflects that Lynn Nottage's Sweat, much like her previous work Intimate Apparel, failed to impress him, with confusing…

1 year ago

Joe Orton’s “Loot”: For Farce Fans Only

Typically, if a play has “a farce” attached to it as a sort of subtitle — as is the case…

1 year ago

Black Joy Carries the Day in “Detroit ‘67”

This week, Greggory Moore critiques "Detroit ‘67," lauding its portrayal of hope and hardship while noting occasional shortcomings in its…

1 year ago

With superfab stagecraft, meta mini “Ben Hur” transcends the silly (and the silly ain’t bad)

Ben Hur: An Epic Comedy of Small Proportions, combines two standard comedy tropes (thus proving it don’t say comedy in…

2 years ago