by Jordan R. Young | Jul 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
There’s a little community called Niles in the Bay Area, south of Oakland, that has a unique claim to fame. In the early days of cinema, Charles Chaplin made a series of comedies there and “Broncho Billy” Anderson, the movies’ first cowboy star, made westerns. More...
by Jordan R. Young | Jun 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Greater Tuna” is served up not in a casserole dish, but by actors who know what they’re doing when it comes to satire. It would be easy to go over the top—after all, this zany, comedic look at the denizens of a tiny town somewhere in Texas lends itself to broad...
by Jordan R. Young | May 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Eleanor Reissa, Amy Aquino and Betsy Brandt in The Sisters Rosensweig. Photo by Debora Robinson/SCR. Since Wendy Wasserstein’s untimely passing in 2006 her plays have not been widely produced, at least in this neck of the woods, making South Coast Repertory’s revival...
by Jordan R. Young | May 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Charlayne Woodard may be best known for her remarkable one-woman shows, but she is by no means limited to the genre. Her imagination really takes “Flight” in the show of the same name (now on Long Beach Playhouse’s mainstage through June 16). It’s not the story you...
by Jordan R. Young | May 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Taj Johnson and Amanda Zarr in “Good People” at the Chance. Courtesy Doug Catiller, True Image Studio. Where’s the comedy in a “dramatic comedy” about a single mother struggling to keep her head above water? Trust me, there’s plenty of it in “Good People” by David...
by Jordan R. Young | Apr 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
“The Bill Murray Stories,” courtesy NBFF. “Little Black Shadows” by Kemp Powers (at South Coast Repertory through Apr. 29) is as much about the power of storytelling as it is about the story being told. The tale—of young slaves who acted as servants to their master’s...
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