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Opening the Curtain
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Opening the Curtain episodes
- A Long way to go
Everything is compelling in The Pride… until it isn't. It's a bit like a scenic drive that never really takes you anywhere.
5 min - A romance with slippery time
What would a romance look like in the multi-verse? What even is a multi-verse? Nick Payne's Constellations at the Geffen Playhouse tries to answer all your questions.
5 min - A civic tragedy in 4 tweets
"Julius Caesar can be read as a warning parable to those who try to fight for democracy by undemocratic means" or …not.
5 min - Getting lost in a playwright's mind
If you're a lover of muscular playwriting, great acting and Los Angeles - you need to spend next Sunday with Murray Mednick.
5 min - A lost classic
Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry is a stunning production of a lost classic that’s beautifully directed.
5 min - A House with a shaky foundation
The House in Scarsdale: A Memoir for the Stage is built on a shaky foundation but the actors manage to hold the thing together.
5 min - Unfair expectations?
Before you go see Rajiv Joseph's world-premiere Archduke, google the details of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914.
5 min - Why we need a good 'Block Party'
Center Theatre Group's Block Party is a big deal for small theaters.
5 min - We are being watched as we do the watching
Walking into Christiane Jatahy's play The Walking Forest at REDCAT feels, at first, more like going to a hip gallery opening than a play.
5 min - A theatrical bologna sandwich
Sandwiched between two projection screens, Plasticity is the theatrical equivalent of bologna.
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