Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest is a classic of the Victorian Era. The emphasis is on the brilliant dialogue, style and pace throughout. In this production the cast has managed to interpret style and pace for the most part. Ken Campbell, director, clearly understands Oscar Wilde’s wit and the comedy-farce of this play. It has been beautifully mounted in this intimate theater space. The sets and costumes are perfectly executed, evocative of the Victorian era. John Collins (John Worthing) and Christian Prentice (Algernon Moncrieff) set the pace in their opening scene. Their English accents were good and they worked well together. Perhaps a little too anxious at first. But as the play went on they settled in nicely with their style and pace

The Colony Theatre Company Presents

DAMES AT SEA

The Colony Theatre presents its sixth and final production of its fantastic 37th season with the rollicking musical comedy DAMES AT SEA, the delightful parody of the lavish 1930’s musical extravaganzas of director Busby Berkeley. For anyone who enjoys musical comedies, loads of fantastic tap dancing, boundless energy and enthusiasm, song and dance numbers galore, then you will LOVE this wonderful show.

Spend the evening enjoying the Whitefire Theater’s latest production, Slow Dance in Midtown, and you will agree that this play is not to be missed. It is full of very clever, not-so-subtle nuances that lead the audience into a world of intensity and discovery.

When Indians became known as Native Americans in the early 1970s, Hollywood seemed to lose interest in their stories. Aside from "Little Big Man" (1971) and "Dances with Wolves" (1990), I can't recall any major films of note over the past four decades that dealt primarily with Native Americans.

THE STORM

An Original Pop-Rock Musical

THE STORM, a new teen musical, is the latest production at the NoHo Arts Center in North Hollywood. With lyrics and writing by Kate Nelson, musical direction by Steve Bauman, and direction by Phyllis Larrymore-Kelly, we have a great venue for new talent, and more than impressive musical numbers.

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The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
directed by Andrew J. Traister
translation by Paul Schmidt
@ Antaeus Company
through April 15

As in all Chekhov plays, characters long for what they cannot have. They experience unrequited love, or must accept sharing that love with another as opposed to the complete loss of it. In The Seagull, Chekhov also takes the opportunity to examine theatre in its varied forms, both traditional and new. Known for mounting classic theatre with a professionalism like no other in Los Angeles, the Antaeus Company once again proves its integrity and much appreciated artistry in their newest production of The Seagull currently on stage in NoHo through April 15. Plays at Antaeus have double casts and the one I saw was for the most part, absolutely stellar.

My first and only fistfight was with a redhead. I was ten. Suffice it to say, I went to Zombie Joe's latest production with a huge bias in tow.

IT’S JUST SEX Written by Jeff Gould Directed by Rick Shaw 

The late British poet Philip Larkin famously located the beginning of sexual intercourse in 1963, "between the end of the 'Chatterly' ban and the Beatles first LP." Judging by the set of Two Roads Theatre production of "It's Just Sex," in the suburbs of Southern California, sexual intercourse began sometime between "Valley of the Dolls" and "Let it Be."

The Group Rep presents

COBB

Written by Lee Blessing
Directed by Gregg T. Daniel
Producer for the Group Rep: Richard Alan Woody

Lee Blessing’s powerful play COBB is a commanding look into the life of Ty Cobb, baseball’s first inductee into the Hall of Fame, and the man described as “the meanest and most hated man in baseball.” The Group Rep has a hit on its hands and has “hit a home run”, directed by the superb Gregg T. Daniel and produced for the Group Rep by Richard Alan Woody.

The Group Rep presents

IF WE ARE WOMEN

Beginning its 38th Season, the Group Rep brings to us IF WE ARE WOMEN written by Joanna McClelland Glass and directed by Sherry Netherland. The Connecticut shore is the setting for three generations of women (two very different grandmothers, a daughter and a granddaughter) who come together over the death of the daughter’s lover, and in the process which follows, realize the union between the choices they have made and the challenges they encountered.