by Jordan Young | May 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Shinshin Tsai has been one of my favorite So Cal directors since we first met at Chapman University, when he was slated to direct one of my plays for OC-centric New Play Festival. He’s director of Lloyd Suh’s “The Chinese Lady,” a play about Afong Moy— the first...
by Jordan Young | May 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Been there done that. At times I feel like I’ve seen and heard it all. But sometimes you have to fight the tendency to think you’ve seen enough performances of a classic, be it a play or a piece of music. I heard nuances in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony last night at...
by Jordan Young | Apr 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re like me you can’t catch every play you’d like to see, but it’s worth the effort to get to South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa for “You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!” (continuing through May 3). Not because Keiko Green’s dark existential...
by Jordan Young | Mar 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
“I’m Not a Comedian…I’m Lenny Bruce,” starring Ronnie Marmo as the most controversial comedian of all time, will take the stage at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in La Mirada for one night only, on Friday, March 21 at 8 pm. The show about the pioneer...
by Jordan Young | Mar 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Rarely is a show extended before it opens, but such is the acclaim for “Such Small Hands” in previews at Chance Theater in Anaheim Hills that it’s been extended through Mar. 30. OC doesn’t get too many world premieres of new plays, so this presentation of Adam...
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