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Code Pink Review – Life on a Maternity Ward
Over the past 16 months, the NoHo Arts District has lost almost all of its theaters – and the Loft Ensemble is one of only a few that remain. To celebrate the return of live […]
Articles by Elaine Mura
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Review – A Fairy Tale Comes to Topanga
William Shakespeare would surely have adored the Theatricum Botanicum’s latest production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. After 48 years of practice, they finally got it more than right! A perennial favorite at the outdoor theater, […]
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Motel 66 Review – Head East or Go West
The always creative Group Rep has outdone itself this time! In honor of a fading (hopefully) pandemic, the historic theater group has outfitted its parking lot into an open-air theater which they dubbed “the yard-at-the-group-rep” […]
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Julius Caesar Review – The Fine Line between Tyranny and Freedom
Remember the prophetic “Ides of March?” Theatricum Botanicum is back on stage after a year of silence offering possible political prophesy. Now that the pandemic seems to be winding down, the 2021 summer repertory season, […]
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Twelfth Night Review – An Ophelia’s Jump Production
The classic comedy by noted bard William Shakespeare was brought to new life at the Sontag Greek Theatre in Claremont. A presentation of the Midsummer Shakespeare Festival, TWELFTH NIGHT is back to celebrate “new normal” […]
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Tevye in New York Review – Fiddler on a New Roof
Live theater is back – at least at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. And what better way to ease into a post-pandemic world than by tracking the life and times of one […]
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Salman Rushdie Speaks – A Must for the Questioners of the World
A 2021 special event presented by the Chicago Humanities Festival is a must-see for those interested in history, philosophy, writing, reading, and simply thinking. On 6/16/21, Salman Rushdie gets into every corner of thought as […]
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Frozen in Time – Theatre 40 Returns to “Tame the Lion”
Was it only in March 2020 that live theater shut its door across the US? Just as Theatre 40 began its run of the people-pleasing (and award-winning) hit, TAMING THE LION? How appropriate that a […]
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An Octoroon Review – Sensational Drama and Racial Fluidity
The Fountain Theatre has long been known for presenting controversial and eye-opening drama in Los Angeles. On two fronts, the Fountain Theatre has outdone itself in 2021. As the pandemic is (hopefully) taking its last […]
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The Zip Code Plays, Los Angeles, Season Two Review – Antaeus Theatre Zips Back
Over 45,000 Season One listeners heard the call of six LA zip codes, so it just makes sense that other zip codes demonstrating LA’s historic and cultural diversity air their special histories. After last year’s […]
