Category Archives: Theater

‘Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally’ There Hasn’t Been a Phone Invented Like This One

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Joan Alperin

‘Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally’ is an extremely funny, sad and highly original coming of age story written by playwright Kevin Armento and directed by Peter Richards. The play features an unconventional narrator: the phone belonging to a troubled … Continue reading →

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‘Grey Nomad’ Hop Aboard for a Really Fun Ride

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Joan Alperin

Australian playwright Dan Lee came up with the idea for “Grey Nomad,”  a couple of years ago. He was living in the Australian town of Boome and noticed that every year during the dry season, 15,000-60,000 baby boomers would descend … Continue reading →

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‘Pterodactyls’ A Hilarious Touching Play About a Very Dysfunctional Family

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Joan Alperin

Pterodactyls’ written by the award winning playwright Nicky Silver, is a play that you’ll be thinking about way after the curtain falls. When the play opens we meet the Duncans, an affluent but super dysfunctional  family living in the Main … Continue reading →

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‘Silent Sky’ A Beautiful Tribute to the Women Who Led Us To The Stars

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Joan Alperin

Decades before the ‘hidden figures’ were made famous by the Academy Award nominated film, there was a woman named Henrietta Swan Leavitt (the wonderful Jennifer Cannon) who was an astronomer born in 1868. She and her female colleagues, Williamina Fleming … Continue reading →

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Pacific Opera Project Presents Lucia Di Lamermoor at Forrest Lawn in Glendale

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Ted Kane

Pacific Opera Project’s 2017 season resumes with a production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Forrest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale for five shows this September. In February, POP staged a charming production of the same composer’s L’Elisir d’Amore at … Continue reading →

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‘Welcome to the White Room’ A Funny Dark Comedy That Will Have You Guessing Right Up To The End

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Joan Alperin

This play will have your guessing right up until the end. In fact, it had me guessing until the next day. Not only is “Welcome to the White Room,” written by Trish Harnetiaux, extremely funny, it will keep you thinking … Continue reading →

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‘Honky Tonk Laundry’ is Definitely a Place You Don’t Want To Leave

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Joan Alperin

‘Honkey Tonk Laundry’ is a wonderful new musical written and directed by Roger Bean (‘The Marvelous Wonderettes’, ‘Life Could Be A Dream’, ‘The Andrew Brothers’) with choreography by James Vasquez. There are many reasons why you should see this musical, … Continue reading →

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Theatre Review: ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ at The Ahmanson

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Elise Thompson

I had read the bestselling novel by Mark Haddon long before I saw the theatrical adaptation of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” and I didn’t remember being particularly upset by the book. I knew the story … Continue reading →

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‘Rainbow Bridge’ A Comedy About a Mother, a Sister and a Dog

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Joan Alperin

‘Rainbow Bridge’ directed by Mike Myers and written by Ron Nelson is a new comedy now playing at Santa Monica’s Ruskin Theatre. When the play opens, we meet Jerry (Paul Schackman) a lawyer who is at his vet, Dr. Klein’s … Continue reading →

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‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ is Theatre at its Best

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Joan Alperin

‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ is based on the best selling novel written by Mark Haddon. It’s the story of a 15 year old math genius, Christopher Boone (the extraordinary Adam Langdon) a high-functioning boy who … Continue reading →

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