by Jordan R. Young | Mar 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Woody Allen may have put one over on Broadway with the musical adaptation of his 1994 film “Bullets Over Broadway”—to the tune of six Tony nominations—but So Cal has higher standards. At least I do. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an entertaining show (playing at The GEM...
by Jordan R. Young | Feb 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Do we need superheroes today? Of course. Not the drek Hollywood is spewing out by the bushel but guys like silent film accompanist Ben Model—and the 153 people who funded his latest project on Kickstarter. “The Marcel Perez Collection, Volume 2” (available on Amazon...
by Jordan R. Young | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
“The Chosen,” based on Chaim Potok’s classic novel about two brilliant young men growing up five blocks and worlds apart in World War II Brooklyn, has been transformed into a play that’s somehow even more compelling than the book. Adapted by Potok and Aaron Posner and...
by Jordan R. Young | Jan 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Two visits to the theatre this weekend to see two actor friends, after a much-needed hiatus of more than a month; plenty of family drama, mind you. J.M. Barrie’s rarely-staged 1917 fantasy “Dear Brutus” (through Feb. 11 at Fullerton’s STAGEStheatre) is a play about...
by Jordan R. Young | Dec 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Having fun yet? Sandra Tsing Loh’s “Sugar Plum Fairy” (at South Coast Repertory through Dec. 24) is sure to double your pleasure this season whatever your religious preference; despite its Christmasy trappings, it has a multicultural elf aboard its sleigh to celebrate...
by Jordan R. Young | Dec 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Brian Pirnat and Brooke Lewis in “Mr. Burns.” Photo by Amy Lauren Gettys. Can a play recover from an unsatisfactory first act, one that leaves you frankly wondering, what am I doing here? Absolutely, if Anne Washburn’s “Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play” and Branden...
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