by Cast It Admin | Jan 5, 2016 | Theatre Review, US
So, I went to see Bridges of Madison County at the Ahmanson Theatre. If you are anything like me, you might wonder why I would do that. I wasn’t terribly enthusiastic, but I’d heard the book was good (no, I haven’t read it) and the movie with Meryl Streep and Clint...
by Cast It Admin | Dec 1, 2015 | Theatre Review, US
To go or not to go (see Christmas is Dead at The LOFT Ensemble, in the Arts District downtown)… that is the question. Well, no, there is an even more important question to be asked in this instance. Why do you go? There are almost as many different types of...
by Cast It Admin | Nov 3, 2015 | Theatre Review, US
I’m not going to beat around the bush. Carrie The Killer Musical Experience onstage now at the historic Los Angeles Theatre is not a piece of high art nor a very good musical. DON’T STOP READING. I know, I know, I just said the musical isn’t very good. The...
by Cast It Admin | Oct 8, 2015 | Theatre Review, US
These Paper Bullets, a “modish ripoff of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing,” is on stage now at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. It’s delightful. Plain and simple. There are plenty of reasons to gather your pals and get yourself in a seat. And I’ll...
by Cast It Admin | Sep 10, 2015 | AU, Theatre Review
The women of The Women at the New Theatre will transport you back in time to a world where the ‘ideal woman’ was seen as one who bears children, and cares for her husband while relying on him financially. Sound familiar? I sat there as an independent single young...
by Cast It Admin | Sep 8, 2015 | Theatre Review, US
“(Name withheld) would like to thank Mr. Mersola for having the guts to write this play.” (Found in an actor’s bio. Not a direct quote, btw, but you get the idea.) I’m not always a big program reader before a play. It’s rarely terribly interesting and sometimes...
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