THEATRE REVIEWS
A Road-Trip Helps the Healing in ‘Miss You Like Hell’ at LJ Playhouse
On a road-trip west, a hurting mother and daughter wrestle with some of the issues that have made our era so poisonous.
Read MoreWriting Iconic Comedy
Several of Neil Simon’s plays were influenced by real life events. Chapter Two and his trilogy of stories starring Eugene (Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound) took inspiration from important periods of the writer’s career and personal struggles.
Read MoreRep’s Positively Superb ‘Disgraced’ Marks Rift over Muslim Identity in West
We’re all bozos on this bus, as Monty Python said — indeed, the illusion behind human perception bids us take our seats. In the Islam-intensive current events arena, a dark and absolutely extraordinary San Diego Repertory Theatre entry shows in no uncertain terms what happens when that illusion is washed away.
Read MoreYasmina Reza Is No Albee, But That Doesn’t Stop NVA’s Excellent ‘Carnage’
Playwright Yasmina Reza says we’re all kids at heart — and that’s not necessarily a compliment. Witness her ‘God of Carnage,’ the very good current mount at Carlsbad’s New Village Arts, and the abject childishness that so-called adults trot out when the veneers they’ve worked so hard to build are threatened. Indeed, the sins of the children are visited on those over 21.
Read MoreBrush Up Your Shakespeare for Lamb’s ‘Equivocation’
‘Equivocation’ is fascinating for those who know Shakespeare’s plays well and perhaps more than a little confusing for those who do not.
Read MoreAugust Wilson Rep Rewards at Cygnet
Just producing the two plays is an ambitious project, and Cygnet has pulled it off in style and with strong performances…
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