Articles by Michelle Clay

The Next Fairy Tale Review -The Fairest New Musical of Them All!

For the guardians of happily ever after, change has finally come. In The Next Fairy Tale, once upon a time begins with a prince finding true love... in a prince

Gay Days at Disneyland - Wear Red & Represent

Gay Days Disneyland Anaheim is coming. Once a year, the happiest place in Southern California goes red, unofficially that is

Hilton Homewood Suites Review - A Real Home Away From Home

The Homewood Suites - South by Hilton provides comfortable accommodations while still attempting to be a real home away from home for its guests

Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Review - A Newer Experience

When I arranged to stay at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis during my business trip, I was not sure what to expect. Now having spent a long weekend in their care, Im thinking upscale may be the way to go

OUTFest Fusion Shorts Program - LGBT Filmmakers of Color Shine!

I’ve said it before: The great thing about shorts is brilliance in brevity. OUTFest Fusion celebrates films by LGBT people of color

The Birthday Boys Theatre Review - Laughing in the Face of Death

Theatre Unleashed opens its 2011 Season with a sensational production of a Hollywood Fringe Festival winner, Aaron Kozak's The Birthday Boys

Camino Real Theatre Review - An Evening of Marvelous Absurdity

Director Jessica Kubzansky enlists the best of Cal Arts School of Theatre and the Theatre at Boston Court to concoct an entertaining, fantastical and dark circus of Tennessee Williams' surreal work, Camino Real

Dangerous Beauty Musical Theatre Review - The Glamourous Life of a Courtesan

A simple Venetian discovers the power of her own beauty and the cost of following her heart's true love in Dangerous Beauty

Redland Film Review - A Study in the Persistence of Existence

A family struggles to survive in rural Northern California during the Great Depression telling a story about the eternal laws of survival and existence

THE AUTHOR Theatre Review - Abandon All Expectations

This one is for the daring theatergoer. Don't ask. Don't Google. Just Go

Cats Musical Theatre Review - MTW Puts On A Strong Revival

FOR TWO WEEKENDS ONLY - Musical Theatre West in Long Beach revives a Broadway Juggernaut - CATS

PLAY DATES Theatre Review - Terrific Fun at the Theatre Asylum

Finding Love Is Never Easy... And Kindergarten Is Just The Beginning

Dirt Theatre Review - A Gritty Family Drama

DIRT: a gritty, poetic play that pits a father against his son in a
fight to control their land and the memories it holds

OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT in Theatres Beginning Feburary 11th

Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards® Short Films come to SoCal February 11th.

SkyPilot Theatre presents REWIND: Late Night One-Acts - Saturday Edition

On a quiet semi-residential corner in Burbank… Beyond an unassuming neon marquee of The Victory Theatre, the SkyPilot Theatre Company opens their first production of 2011: REWIND: a series of original Late Night Short One-Acts

SkyPilot Theatre presents REWIND: Late Night One-Acts - Friday Edition

REWIND is SkyPilot Theatre Company’s first late night short one-act series. The plays are written by our fabulous resident company playwrights, all taking place in the same location: a video store

But Not For Love Theatre Review - A West Coast Premiere at Renegade Theatre

What is a wedding, gay or straight without the Village People? The Renegade Theatre Group presents But Not For Love

SO MUCH LOVE: An Evening with Jenifer Lewis - ONE NIGHT ONLY

FEBRUARY 4, 2011 - FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, ‘triple threat’ multi-award nominated stage and screen personality Jenifer Lewis will perform SO MUCH LOVE, a special event fundraiser to benefit Rogue Machine Theatre in their quest for a new home

The Break of Noon Theatre Review - Challenging What We Believe

The Geffen Playhouse presents Neil LaBute's "The Break of Noon" directed by Jo Bonney

Mr. Kolpert Theatre Review - Not Your Garden Variety Farce

It started out as quaint dinner party of four and evolves into a frenzied blood bath. Black comedy is resurrected at Hollywood's Fake Gallery with the Norton People production of Mr. Kolpert

Closer Theatre Review - Road-Tested But Not Ready

The Dermatologist, The Photographer, The Writer and his Lover. This is the love-quadrilateral, which is Patrick Marber’s Closer

Topdog/Underdog Theatre Review - Lightning Strikes Twice at Fremont Centre

Fremont Centre Theatre’s production of Topdog / Underdog exemplifies exquisite acting, intelligent, emotional writing and judicious direction

Butterfly Musical Theatre Review - A World Premiere at Write Act Rep

Now EXTENDED through February 26th! "Butterfly" A World Premiere Musical by Michael Antin at Write Act Repertory

Caught Theatre Review - A Terrific World Premiere at The Zephyr on Melrose

Southern meets SoCal in a tale of the ever evolving institution of family. The Zephyr Theatre on Melrose presents Caught

Emily's Song Theatre Review - A Epic Musical Journey at Hudson Backstage

Jordan Productions presents EMILY'S SONG, an epic musical Journey straight to your heart

99 Impossible Things Theatre Review - A World Premiere @ Eclectic

How can you tell if it's a normal day at The Magic Bean Coffee Shop when the clientele are anything but? The Eclectic Company Theatre presents the world Premiere of 99 Impossible Things

Loving Repeating Musical Theatre Review - ICT Delivers an Enchanted Evening

The West Coast premiere of a musical about loving life, loving thinking, loving making art and loving love in Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein"