ONE STROKE AT A TIME  SWIMMING AT LANKERSHIM ARTS CENTER I never thought I’d be writing these words in a review, but “ripped from the headlines” is what the ... Continue Reading →

EURIPEDES IN THE WEHO THE BACCHAE AT CELEBRATION THEATRE The Celebration Theatre’s artistic director Michael Matthews and the company’s literary manager Allain Rochel ... Continue Reading →

A MOST SPECTACULAR PHANTOM PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: THE LAS VEGAS SPECTACULAR AT VENETIAN RESORT HOTEL & CASINO, LAS VEGAS  The world’s most celebrated musical now has ... Continue Reading →

TWO PLAYS FOR THE KIDS CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS: KRAPP’S LAST TAPE AND THE ZOO STORY AT DEAF WEST THEATRE Each time Deaf West announces a new project, it’s difficult not to ... Continue Reading →

AN INTIMATE EVENING OF ILLUSION AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID COPPERFIELD When you’ve already made the Statue of Liberty disappear, walked through the Great Wall of China, and levitated ... Continue Reading →

A DAY OF OY VAY! “13” AT MARK TAPER FORUM What a bang-up way for the 2007 theatre season to begin!  The world premiere of Jason Robert Brown’s“13” ... Continue Reading →

THAT EXTRA “H” THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN AT SAHARA HOTEL & CASINO, LAS VEGAS While in Vegas showing the sights to my friend who’d never been there, our evenings ... Continue Reading →

RIDE ‘EM, COWBOYS CAVALIA: A MAGICAL ENCOUNTER BETWEEN HORSE AND MAN AT VERIZON AMPHITHEATRE, IRVINE There have been many clones of the unbelievably successful Cirque du Soleil in ... Continue Reading →