A “Threepenny” production to take on the road
Pepperdine University's Theatre Department has just presented a short four-performance run of the classic.
Sex, rock ‘n’ roll, and baseball: Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some!!”
Amidst the drink, drugs, sex, rock 'n' roll and baseball are funny sight gags, revealing a slapstick sensibility.
“The Brainwashing of My Dad”: Rightwing agitprop’s cult-like effects
Senko's 90-minute documentary explores the techniques of and effects rightwing media has on listeners/viewers/readers.
“Six Characters in Search of An Author”: Performing Pirandello’s pirouettes
Sicilian playwright Luigi Pirandello's iconoclastic play is all the more impressive when one takes into account that its premiere in Rome was way back in 1921.
Spy parenting 101: Deadly decisions on “The Americans”
Characters Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are good parents. That is their baseline identity.
“Film” and “Notfilm": Playwright Samuel Beckett meets Buster Keaton
On the face of it, a collaboration between Beckett and Buster Keaton sounds like an unlikely alliance of artists.
"A Singular They”: Intersex drama explores teenage angst
Most coming of age stories don't also involve deciding what gender you want to be. That's the dilemma facing the lead character in this play.
“Batman v Superman”: It’s hero vs. hero, but the audience loses
This film is the cinematic equivalent of a child slamming two plastic toy dinosaurs into one another.
“Madame Butterfly”: The racial/sexual politics of cross-cultural concubinage
LA Opera's current production of Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" hits not only a homer, but a grand slam.
Open letter to Motion Picture Academy, L.A. Women’s Theater Festival
"Dear Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, you have come under intense criticism for Cloroxing this year's Oscars..."
