by Jordan R. Young | Nov 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
“The Lost World” (1925). If there was ever a silent film I never wanted to see again after my first viewing it was “The Lost World,” the 1925 original I clapped eyes on as a teenager. Or so I thought. I was bowled over when this prehistoric adventure flick surfaced at...
by Jordan R. Young | Nov 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Preston Butler III and L. Scott Caldwell in August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean. Photo by Jordan Kubat/SCR. August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean” (at South Coast Repertory through Nov. 11) is one of those quirky character-driven plays it’s hard to get a handle on at...
by Jordan R. Young | Oct 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Musée Picasso, Paris. Photo © 2017 by Jordan R. Young. The Musée Picasso seems to be closed every time I’m in Paris. I finally managed to visit the museum devoted to the celebrated artist on a recent trip to Europe, though it was (natch) partially closed. Better yet,...
by Jordan R. Young | Sep 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
James McHale and Amanda Zarr in “In a Word.” Photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio. Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle—gets ‘em every time. I have no evidence this thought passed through Simon Stephens’ brain en route to adapting “The Curious Incident of the Dog in...
by Jordan R. Young | Aug 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
David Edward Reyes and Talia Goodman in Karen Fix Curry’s “Celtic Knot” at OC-centric. Photo by Kirk Huff Schenck. Theresa Rebeck’s “The Understudy” (at Modjeska Playhouse in Lake Forest through Sept. 3) is an example of what can happen when a playwright makes a...
by Jordan R. Young | Aug 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
The cover features funny lady Alice Howell. Carol Burnett may be a pioneer of sorts, but women were taking pratfalls decades before she was born. As Steve Massa sees it, the Boy’s Club “myth” of silent film comedy started with James Agee’s seminal Life magazine cover...
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