“All’s Well That Ends Well” Reviewed by Rose Desena
All’s Well That Ends Well is a lesser known play to audiences, but well discussed by professors and true followers. The play displays a major contradiction, showing women who have strength, honor and the ability to outwit yet at the same time have a terrible weakness that is as much of an issue today as it ever was: 450 years later, women still love jerks:
Rogue Machine is back with a vengeance, up to their old tricks with good thought-provoking theater. Their season opener, “Gruesome Playground Injuries” written by Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), lives up to their well-deserved reputation.
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Opening their seventh season on May 24th, the multi-award winning Rogue Machine Theatre will present a unique play from one of today’s most celebrated playwrights. GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES, by Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo- NEA Award BEST PLAY, and Pulitzer Prize finalist) charts the intersections of two people’s lives over the course of 30 years.
Continue reading …Los Angeles… Independent Shakespeare Co. (ISC) returns to the Old Zoo at Griffith Park for the 2014 season for its GRIFFITH PARK FREE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL with two plays by William Shakespeare: TWELFTH NIGHT and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.
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By Daphne Muñoz and Maria Elias: With the 2014 primary elections nearby, immigration reform is an issue that has been heavily discussed amongst voters. Immigration reform aims to address the various issues that impact our society, including but not limited to poverty, homelessness, and access to education. These are issues that affect our entire immigrant population, including our youth.
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21-year old Lucero Noyola seems like many of her fellow USC students. She’s completing her Junior year and maintaining her 3.5 GPA but tremendous odds were always stacked against her. Lucero is a single mother who grew up in the Probation and foster child systems. She is one of California’s more than 40,000 foster children
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Greg Shane, artistic director for CRE Outreach, an organization that supports the visually impaired though theater, surprises us with a nicely crafted musical.
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My very first job was in the Art Gallery at the Center for National Culture in Ghana. It was while there that I actually realized that the freedom of creating from my soul was what I had always yearned to do. Graphic Design was much too controlled for my spirit, I was good at it but it did not bring me as much joy. I am still a Graphic Designer
Continue reading …The True Life Adventures of Barbie and G.I. Joe Written and Performed By Bill Ratner
April 21, 2014 No Comment
Los Angeles, CA (April 15, 2014) Hollywood Fringe Festival Favorite, Master Storyteller, and Voiceover Artist, Bill Ratner, the cartoon voice of G.I. Joe’s “Flint,” returns in 2014 with The True Life Adventures of Barbie and G.I. Joe. Performances are Wednesday through Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 9:15 p.m. The show runs June 18th through June 28th at The Complex Theaters, Ruby Room (6476 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, 90038). Tickets are $10 and available at http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1688
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Every once in a while I see a show that I have an issue writing about – not because it was bad or good, but because as I sat in the theater I had to keep asking myself, “what the heck is going on here?”
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