by Jordan R. Young | May 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Danny Scheie and Annie Abrams in “The Monster Builder.” Photo by Debora Robinson/SCR. A two-act play with a gangbuster first act has a built-in problem—proceeding with a worthy follow-up which meets the heightened expectations of the audience. That’s the problem in a...
by Jordan R. Young | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Get Your Man” (1927) with Clara Bow and Buddy Rogers. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival gets under way June 1 at the city’s treasured silent-era movie palace, The Castro. Harold Lloyd’s popular “The Freshman” (1925), featuring a climactic football game filmed at...
by Jordan R. Young | May 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
“The Killer Angels” at Maverick Theater. The best way to comprehend the Battle of Gettysburg—the turning point in the Civil War—is to tour the battlefield with an historian. At present, your best bet on the Left Coast would be to check out “The Killer Angels” at...
by Jordan R. Young | May 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Brad Zimmerman in “My Son the Waiter.” Will Eno’s “Middletown” (in its SoCal premiere at Anaheim’s Chance Theater through May 21) reminds you of Thornton Wilder’s celebrated “Our Town” from the get-go. This may or may not have been a conscious decision on Eno’s part...
by Jordan R. Young | May 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Shawn-Caulin Young in “Heart, Baby!” One of the great things about the annual Newport Beach Film Festival—which wrapped its 18th edition last week—is the abundance of short film programs. If you don’t like what you’re watching, wait a few minutes. You’re bound...
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