Articles by Michelle Clay

John Lithgow's Stories By Heart Theatre Review

John Lithgow brings his critically acclaimed walk down memory lane to the Mark Taper Forum

Daddy Theatre Review - A Moving and Elegant Drama

**EXTENDED THRU MARCH 13TH!!** A little while back, a good friend told me ‘there are no good gay dramas’. Well, all I can say now is... EUREKA! Go Check Out DADDY at the Hudson Theatre

I Saw The Devil Film Review - A Grisly Disturbing Tale of Revenge

2011 Sundance Film Festival opens its arms to the latest film by Korean Director Kim Jee-woon

Nevermore Theatre Review - A Tale of Madness, Addiction & Murder

Young Edgar Allan Poe has his hands full when he visits his oldest & best friend, the one person from whom he also harbors his own darkest secrets

Amy & Elliot Theatre Review - A Must See Comedy About NOT Growing Up

Elliot does not want to grow up, and he's determined to keep Amy with him. See the new comedy by Ryan Eggold that asks: Does growing up really have to suck?

Love, Sex & the IRS Theatre Review - A Romp on the Wild Side 70s Style

theTribeProductions rings in the new year with a wacky farce that celebrates a classic 1970s Sitcoms

Next To Normal Musical Theatre Review - Where Grief, Rock & the Modern Family Collide

From the director of RENT comes Next to Normal, an emotional powerhouse of a musical with a thrilling contemporary score about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other

Randy Newman's Harps and Angels Theatre Review - A Walk Down Remember Lane with the Music of Randy Newman

As a musical roast, Randy Newman's Harps and Angels is everything a Newman fan would want and hope for

Beast On the Moon Theatre Review - A Survivors' Waltz at The Marilyn Monroe Theatre

Richard Kalinoski’s heartbreaking tale of two Armenian holocaust survivors is truly unique in the way it addresses the necessity for love in the wake of tragedy

Circle Dance Theatre Review - A World Premiere Event at Skylight Theatre

ToTuus Artists presents The World Premiere of Circle Dance, the story of a seemingly perfect modern family on the verge of implosion

Leap of Faith Theatre Review - Get Ready for a Musical Miracle at the Ahmanson

Ahmanson Theatre presents the World Premiere directed by Rob Ashford. Raul Esparza stars in the uplifted new musical Leap of Faith

The Reckoning Theatre Review - "One Plantation: Two Families. So Many Secrets."

LATC presents The Reckoning. A good-intentioned semi-historical family melodrama that unfortunately misses its mark

Bitch The Play Theatre Review - Roots of A Five Letter Word

Female Dog productions Presents: Bitch The Play, a collection of true life stories surrounding the constantly evolving meanings and uses of one evocation five-letter word

The Glass Menagerie Theatre Review - The Mark Taper Revives A Tennessee Williams Classic

Director Gordeon Edelstein renders a fairly forgettable production of an American Classic

Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific Theatre Review - One Enchanted Evening at the Ahmanson

The Lincoln Center Theatre Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific enchants and delights now at the Ahmanson Theatre

The Women of Brewster Place- The Musical Theatre Review

Gloria Naylor's classic collection of short stories is revisited in the musical creation by Tim Actio. The Women of Brewster Place the Musical - Now at the Celebration Theatre in Hollywood

Palomino Review - A One-Man West Coast Premiere at the Kirk Douglas

The Kirk Douglas Theatre's 2009/2010 season winds down with a one-man show from David Cale

Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps - The Art of Comic Chaos Comes to the Ahmanson

Tony Award Nominated Director Maria Aitken combines suspense, slapstick and Shadow puppets to bring the irresitably funny "The 39 Steps" to Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre

Altar Boyz Theatre Review - See This One Before It Goes Away!

Celebration Theatre opens its 27th season with a slam dunk in its current production of the satirical, Christian pop musical Altar Boyz.

Oedipus el Rey Theatre Review - A Theatre Experience of Epic Proportion

The Theatre @ Boston Court opens its 2010 All New Works Season with Luis Alfaro's powerful reimagining of an enduring Greek tragedy

The Subject Was Roses Theatre Review - Martin Sheen Revisits a Pulitzer Prize-winning Drama

Martin Sheen and Frances Conroy star in Frank D. Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize winning Classic "The Subject Was Roses"

Sweeney Todd Theatre Review - The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Exacts His Vengance at Musical Theatre West

Musical Theater West presents a powerful, near perfect production of Sweeney Todd at the Carpenter Theatre in Long Beach

Hellz Kitchen Ablaze Theatre Review - The Tale of Eight Angry Men Erupts

Tommy Carter's gritty, hard-hitting drama delves into the sadly familiar terrain of police brutality and corruption

Orpheus Descending Theatre Review - Tennessee Williams takes on Greek Tragedy

Frantic Redhead Productions presents the rarely produced Tennessee Williams' classic "Orpheus Descending" at the Theatre/Theater in Los Angeles

Italian American Reconciliation Theatre Review - Passions Runneth Over at the Ruskin

John Patrick Shanley's contemporary folktale asks: Does being a good friend necessarily have to include risking life and limp, literally?

A Christmas Carol Theatre Review - A Heartwarming Family Tradition Returns to the Madrid

The holiday classic A Christmas Carol revisits the Madrid Theatre bringing with it much heartwarming, holiday cheer

Extinction Theatre Review - A Darkly Funny Drama at the Elephant Theatre

In Gabe McKinley's World Premiere play, the two long-time friends face-off with their indulgent past and take a sober look at their all-too-present future

Mary Poppins Theatre Review - Truly Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Mary Poppins: Broadway's Practically Perfect Magical Musical flies into the Ahmanson

Creating Karma Film Review - What Goes Around, Comes Around Comically

CREATING KARMA the BEST FEATURE in the 2008 Broad Humor Film Festival makes its US Theatrical release in Los Angeles.

Naked Boys Singing Musical Review - The Boys in the Buff Return to the Macha Theatre

Naked Boys Singing, the musical comedy revue comes home to Los Angeles, baring it all in the name of big laughs

Saturday May 25th: 12:00 AM | WHICH WAY IS OUT?; 11:30 AM | Spring & Summer Cooking Class with Chef Zov and Pastry Chef Michelle Bracken; 2:00 PM | Steel Magnolias---The Laguna Playhouse; 2:30 PM | The Fantastics---South Coast Repertory; 6:30 PM | Rachid Bouhamidi Art Show at ZJU Theater; 8:00 PM | CRUMBLE (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake); 8:00 PM | Steel Magnolias---The Laguna Playhouse; 8:00 PM |; 8:00 PM | STEEL MAGNOLIAS; 8:00 PM | The Fantastics---South Coast Repertory; 11:00 PM | URBAN DEATH at ZJU Theatre

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