by Jordan Young | May 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days” has to be one of the toughest roles for a woman in modern theatre—it’s not only a virtual monologue (with a handful of interruptions) but the actor in question is limited to her voice, face and upper body in Act I, losing the use of her...
by Jordan Young | May 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
You’ve seen the movie, why bother with the play? In the case of David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” (through June 8 at South Coast Repertory), you’ll want to make the time to catch this revival—especially if you missed it on Broadway. The play exemplifies what live...
by Jordan Young | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Ever have one of those days where you can’t get started? David Hare apparently had one, and managed to turn it into a hit play called “Skylight” (at Anaheim’s Chance Theater through May 19). The romance between Kyra and Tom depicted in this overly long drama has run...
by Jordan Young | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
There can be no argument that “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was a great achievement for 1937. Without taking anything away from Disney, Lotte Reiniger’s “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” (available on Blu-ray from Milestone Film & Video) must be acknowledged...
by Jordan Young | Apr 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
More than a bit of the blarney in So Cal next week. If the cluster of Irish films at the Newport Beach Film Festival tomorrow aren’t enough—see the previous blog—Dublin’s famed Abbey Theatre touches down May 2 at Chapter One in Santa Ana with a touring show, “Two...
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