Interview with Ross Jackson Stage Manager @ The Geffen Playhouse
Interview with Ross Jackson Stage Manager @ The Geffen Playhouse. www.latheatrebites.com
Jun 11, 2019•36 min
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Hollywood Fringe 2019 - Hoboken @ The Complex Theatre in West Hollywood - Review
7.1 out of 10 - Average Show! June 9 - June 27,2019 www.latheatrebites.com Jack and Erica find love after a one-night stand leaves them hopelessly trying to uncover more of each other. She wants to be a famous actress and he’s a mysterious Irishman who has the money to make her dreams come true – until a Russian screenplay, two million dollars in unmarked bills and taboo desires threaten to tear them apart. How much is too much?
Jun 11, 2019•2 min
ROGUE MACHINE PRESENTS : READY, STEADY, YETI, GO @ ELECTRIC LODGE IN VENICE - REVIEW
7.8 OUT OF 10 - ABOVE AVERAGE! JUNE 1 - JULY 29, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com In the aftermath of a hate crime, grade school pariah Goon befriends one of the victims, Carly, the only black girl in school. While the town plans an assembly "to destroy racism forever," a youthful romance blossoms and the two must navigate the pitfalls of falling in love while dealing with the town's prying eyes, especially those of Wikipedia Jones, the crime-solving son of the chief of police.
Jun 04, 2019•2 min
Hollywood Fringe 2019 Chat with Matthew Robinson
Patrick Chavis & Matthew Robinson talk about different shows playing this year at the Hollywood Fringe 2019. June 13 - 30,2019 https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/
Jun 03, 2019•56 min
Interview with the cast of Disrobed: The play @ Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019
Interview with the cast of “Disrobed: Why so clothes-minded?” The play @ Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019. www.latheatrebites.com June 9 - 28,2019 https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/6210?tab=tickets
May 23, 2019•36 min
Dead Accounts @ Little Fish Theatre in San Pedro - Review
8.3 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! May 16 - June 9,2019 www.latheatrebites.com Dead Accounts is the story of a brother, a sister, and a surprise reunion that turns their family upside down. A $27 million secret proves that the truth can be complicated.
May 18, 2019•4 min
REVOLUCIONES @ The Los Angeles Theatre Center - REVIEW
7.8 out of 10 - ABOVE AVERAGE! April 18 – May 12, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Una Madre en busca de su hijo desaparecido en un régimen totalitario enfrenta el devenir de la pérdida a través de los tiempos; cuestionándolo todo. Los románticos libertadores terminan oprimiendo la eterna rebeldía. La madre vive hasta que muere el sol, y hay que quemar el cielo si es preciso, por vivir. Las revoluciones siempre serán cíclicas. A Mother in search of her disappeared son in a totalitarian regime faces t...
May 09, 2019•3 min
3D Theatricals : The Secret Garden the Musical @ Cerritos Performing Arts Center - Review
7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved victorian classic, The Secret Garden, blossoms anew in this enchanting musical by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon. When young Mary Lennox loses her parents to a cholera outbreak in India, she is sent to live with her uncle, hermit Archibald Craven, who lives in an imposing, secluded manor on the British heath. Inside the haunting house upon the hill, Mary finds a reclusive, long-suffering c...
May 07, 2019•6 min
Interview with Micheal Leoni Creator of Famous Playing Now @ The 11:11 Theatre in West Hollywood
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Set in 1994, FAMOUS takes audiences into a world ruled by sex, money, and power taken at any cost. Just nominated for his first Oscar, Jason Mast is throwing a celebratory party at his Hollywood Hills home that serves as the backdrop for an intricate plan to confront his past with the night unfolding at an adrenaline-rushed pace. Driven by a devastating need to expose the truth, Jason’s attempt to control the outcome of the evening ignites a c...
May 07, 2019•15 min
FAMOUS @ The 11:11 in West Hollywood - Review
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Set in 1994, FAMOUS takes audiences into a world ruled by sex, money, and power taken at any cost. Just nominated for his first Oscar, Jason Mast is throwing a celebratory party at his Hollywood Hills home that serves as the backdrop for an intricate plan to confront his past with the night unfolding at an adrenaline-rushed pace.
May 04, 2019•3 min
SKYLIGHT @ THE CHANCE THEATRE IN ANAHEIM HILLS – Review
9.3 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! www.latheatrebites.com April 19, 2019 — May 19, 2019 On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires. Can they find their way b...
Apr 30, 2019•3 min
Sixty-six Theater Company presents: My Thing of Love @ Marilyn Monroe Theatre - Review
8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! April 26 - May 18,2019 www.latheatrebites.com This dark comedy is about a marital triangle in which the wife tries to save the marriage, the husband seeks self understanding and the waif like mistress craves attention. Originally produced by the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago to glowing reviews.
Apr 29, 2019•2 min
Interview with Homeward LA Founder Jason Lesner
Interview with Homeward LA Founder Jason Lesner. http://homewardla.org/ April 26 to May 5 Over 10 days in April 2018, nearly 300 actors performed in 26 productions of monologues, based on stories from people who have been homeless. The productions were seen by nearly 2,000 people in venues all around Los Angeles, raising approximately $55,000 for The Midnight Mission.This year, from April 26 to May 5, Homeward LA will be staging new stories from those who strive to find their way home in 50 prod...
Apr 28, 2019•11 min
Telenovela @ Actors Workout Studio in North Hollywood - Review
7.2 out of 10 - Average Show! April 5 - April 27, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com The story follows the bitter and melodramatic rivalry between the Lajarra and Azucar families, Mexico's biggest wine and tequila makers, and their fight for power. Passion, revenge, betrayal, grapes and tequila are all in a day's work.
Apr 27, 2019•2 min
Tiny Beautiful Things @ Pasadena Playhouse - Review
7.7 out of 10 - Above Average! April 10 — May 5 www.latheatrebites.com Nia Vardalos reprises the role she originated in her stage adaptation of acclaimed author Cheryl Strayed’s New YorkTimes Bestseller of the same name. Conceived by Vardalos (writer/actor of My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Thomas Kail (Director of Hamilton) and Marshall Heyman (Journalist, WallStreet Journal), this uniquely uplifting New York Times Critics’ Pick is about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broke...
Apr 26, 2019•2 min
The Niceties @ Geffen Playhouse - Review
7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! In this “barnburner of a play” (The Washington Post), two extraordinary women square off in a high-stakes academic debate over race, reputation and who gets the final word on how American history is written. When university professor Janine and her brilliant student Zoe don’t see eye to eye, their routine office hours discussion unexpectedly careens off course—and threatens to derail their careers, lives and the status quo.
Apr 21, 2019•4 min
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Apr 14, 2019•1 min
Les Miz and Friends! A Puppet Parody @ Hudson Theatre in Hollywood - Review
7 out of 10 - An Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com A normal production of the Broadway legend Les Misérables is overtaken by a bunch of foul-mouthed puppets who want to throw a revolution of their own. Both a loving tribute and a brutal deconstruction of the "greatest musical of all time," this show is full of clever twists on classic songs, improvisation, and audience interaction. Warning: This production contains offensive language, sexual situations, and musical theater. It should not be v...
Apr 14, 2019•3 min
Next to Normal @ Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana - Review
8.2 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com The Wayward Artist is pleased to produce the pop/rock, hit musical 'Next to Normal'! Join Diana Goodman and her family in their anything-but-normal suburban home. 'Next to Normal' explores the effects of extreme loss and the tolls mental illness can have on a modern-day family.
Apr 13, 2019•3 min
STEEL MAGNOLIAS @ Actors Co-op Theatre Company - Review
8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Set in a small town beauty salon in Louisiana, Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias celebrates the bond of friendship between six women in the midst of life’s challenges. Based on the playwright’s upbringing, and later adapted into the critically praised film, Steel Magnolias is a humorous, yet devastating journey of friendship, loss, and love.
Apr 08, 2019•1 min
Argonautika @ A Noise Within in Pasadena - Review
9 out of 10 - EXCEPTIONAL SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com In this fresh retelling of the classic Greek myth, Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece has been reframed for our time. Join the fantastic voyage and encounter Hercules, Hera, sirens, centaurs, and more—familiar mythological figures imbued with unexpected character and depth.
Apr 07, 2019•3 min
Interview w Amberly Chamberlain Director of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot @ Santa Ana College
Interview with Amberly Chamberlain Director of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot playing now @ Santa Ana College. A hilarious, poignant, thought-provoking work, boasting a zany cast of characters that asks one of the most plaguing questions in the Christian ideology: What happened to Judas Iscariot and should we care? Remaining performances:Friday, April 5 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall TheatreSaturday, April 6 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall TheatreSunday, April 7 at 6:30PM, Phillips Hall Theatre www.latheatr...
Apr 03, 2019•18 min
THE MOTHER OF HENRY @ The Los Angeles Theatre Center in Downtown Los Angeles - Review
7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com March 15 - April 14, 2019 In 1968, a year of watershed moments in the United States: The assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, lunar space exploration and the Vietnam War, Connie, a single mother gets a job at Sears in Boyle Heights, an economic hub in Los Angeles where people of all cultures and nationalities shop and work. When Connie’s son gets drafted and is sent to Vietnam, her mother makes her pray to La Virgen de G...
Apr 02, 2019•4 min
Interview with Alana Dietze Director of The Wolves playing now @ Atwater Village Theatre
Interview with Alana Dietze Director of The Wolves playing now @ Atwater Village Theatre. March 16 – April 22,2019 Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals. www.latheatrebites.com
Mar 27, 2019•14 min
Interview with the creators of Les Miz and Friends!: A Puppet Parody
Written and directed by comedy partners Nathan Makaryk and Geneviève Flati (both cc'ed here!)—who double as the raucous Thenardiers—this irreverent parody lampoons every aspect of the famous musical, movie, and novel. Both Les Misérables enthusiasts and haters alike will love the show, which features new versions of classic songs, tons of improvisation and audience interaction. www.latheatrebites.com April 5- May 11,2016
Mar 25, 2019•30 min
Maple and Vine @ STAGEStheatre In Fullerton- Review
7.6 out of 10 - Above Average! March 1st – March 31st, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Katha and Ryu have become allergic to their 21st century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950’s re-enactors, they forsake cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors – and they themselves – are willing to sacrifice for happiness.
Mar 19, 2019•2 min
World Premiere: Suprema @ STAGEStheatre in Fullerton – Review
8.4 out of 10 - A VERY GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com It’s 1940, and celebrated psychologist William Moulton Marston has decided that he wants to create a comic book heroine who stands for valor and love in a world dominated by men and war. Over the course of a single evening, Marston, his wife Elizabeth, and their lover Olive must convince DC Comics executive Max Gaines of the value of such a heroine while downplaying their own unorthodox lifestyle.
Mar 18, 2019•2 min
The Latino Theatre Company presents: Canyon @ The Los Angeles Theatre Center
8.7 out of 10 - GREAT SHOW! February 22 - March 24, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com (Canyon) takes a look at what happens when the lives of two families are rocked by an unpredictable accident. We meet a newlywed couple and a Mexican father and son as they all try their best to find a better view. A look at gender, citizenship, and the costs of trying to live a conventional, American life.
Mar 17, 2019•3 min
World Premiere: 1 = 0 @ Theatre of Note in Hollywood - Review
6.7 out of 10 - Okay! www.latheatrebites.com Mathematics has a fragile nobility that can be drawn between two numbers...just as it can be drawn between two people. When one woman accepts the help of another, her dependence leaves a few variables for filling, and nothing comes out even. With the introduction of a third, male, party, the equation gets more complicated.
Mar 16, 2019•2 min
LACKAWANNA BLUES @ The Mark Taper Forum - Review
(Correction: the show runs March 5 - April 21st, 2019.) 7.3 out of 10 - An Average Show! MAR 5 – APR 21, 2019 www.latheatrebites.com Lackawanna Blues is a reminiscence of his 1950s childhood in a small town on the banks of Lake Erie. Santiago-Hudson takes on more than 20 colorful characters—from would-be philosophers and petty hustlers to lost souls and abandoned lovers—in a brilliant celebration of the eccentric boardinghouse he grew up in.
Mar 16, 2019•2 min
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