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The Serpent @ The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble 7.5 out of 10 - Above Average! October 23 – December 12, 2021. www.latheatrebites.comBởi Patrick Chavis

The Wolfe & The Bird @ The Matrix Theatre - Review. 8.8 out of 10 - A Great Show! Sept. 18 through Oct. 10, 2021 www.latheatrebites.com No time to sleep. No room for error. No pleasing mom. A young girl struggles to find herself against the backdrop of 1980s small-town America in the world premiere ofThe Wolfe & The Bird.…

An Iliad @ A Noise Within - 7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com September 12 - October 3,2021. The lone witness of an ancient and ravaged Trojan battlefield weaves a tale of tragedy and triumph, with an enduring love for every victim of war. The Poet, an eternal being tasked with a passionate examination of deadly conflict, grapple…

JENNETTE MCCURDY’s I’m Glad My Mom Died @ Hudson Theatre in West Hollywood Sep 3- 25, 2021 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended. www.latheatrebites.comBởi Patrick Chavis

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90069: WEST HOLLYWOOD BRUNCH, INTERRUPTED 7.4 out of 10 - An Average Show! 90026: ECHO PARK $10 AND A TAMBOURINE 8.3 out of 10 - A Good Show! 90303: INGLEWOOD THE VIG 6.9 out of 10 - Okay, but needs work. 91331: Pacoima Gold & Shine 6.6 out of 10 - Okay, but needs work. 91601: North Hollywood End of the Line 8.3 out of 10 - A Good Show!91754: Monte…

8.3 out of 10 - A Good Show! LA theatre Bites Recommended. www.latheatrebites.com https://secure.anoisewithin.org/Online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=395641B1-461A-49A7-8A98-F6CDF3CEF47CThrough a sophisticated and theatrical audio odyssey, Sonnets for an Old Century invites you to stroll throug…

8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com In Anyone But Me, Carrasco dissects the psyches of women who struggle with self-identity, exploring the personas we create in order to get by. From the local grocery clerk, to your neighbor's teenage daughter, to that lady from the cult — this play is about women who want to be someone they’re not. …

7.3 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com Mistake: Runtime 1 hour and 4 minutes. Set on the 500th day of quarantine, LaMadrid’s The Oxy Complex is a dark comedy exploring love, sex, loneliness, trauma and the hormone that affects it all — Oxytocin, also known as “the cuddle” or “love” hormone.…

8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com THE GAZE is a cycle of plays that examines the process of building culturally specific and queer works of color in historically white spaces. It tackles hard topics like racism head-on. It wrestles with the question:Bởi Patrick Chavis

Interview with Lori Meeker, the creator of the Immersive play, Welcome to Meadowlark Falls: Christmas at Home. Click on this link to learn more: https://www.meadowlarkfalls.com/. Alina Mae Wilson also helped with the interview.Bởi Patrick Chavis

Speakeasy - 7 out of 10 Average Show! Annexing the Palisades- 8.5 out of 10 - A Great Show! Plucker - 6.4 out of 10 - It's Okay All Information Herein Is Classified - 8 out of 10 - A Good Show! Salvage - 6.3 out of 10 - It's Okay Clara and Serra and The Talking Bear 6 out of 10 - It's Okay www.latheatrebites.com www.antaeus.orgCelebrate the culture…

6.2 out of 10 - Okay! Streamed November 11th at 7:00 pm. Tickets & Info: www.whitefiretheatre.com www.latheatrebites.com Riding Two Cultures, an evening of performance and poetry, written and performed by Ella Turenne, directed by Timothy Prolific Edwaujonte, follows Ella as she journeys towards the discovery of her culture and heritage. Born on on…

6.2 out of 10 - Okay, but it needs work. www.latheatrebites.com In These Uncertain Times is a digitally-devised performance piece, made specifically for its medium. It is a new dramaturgy defined by dystopia, and it is a love letter to the art of theatre. Stemming from a group of artists wondering if COVID-19 is the death of theatre as we know it, …

A quick recap on some of the shows this year we had a chance to see.www.latheatrebites.comhttps://www.octheatreguild.org/relief-fundBởi Patrick Chavis

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9 out of 10 - An Exceptional Show! December 14 - February 3,2020 www.latheatrebite.com In the future, aging and death have become annoyances of the past thanks to a process of the downloading of the digitized soul into another host body, or Module. This is something only the very wealthy can afford and if you are rich enough you can be anyone you d…

8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Toby and Mia are graduate students with a bright future ahead of them: a baby on the way and a college coaching job for Toby. But when Toby stumbles across a secret that threatens to derail their future, he and Mia must decide between honesty and loyalty, and whether doing something wrong is the …

An update on the newest theatre shows in Los Angeles on the week of December 1 -8,2019. www.latheatrebites.comBởi Patrick Chavis

Interview with Robot Teammate the creators of Pockets The Musical. www.latheatrebites.com https://www.robotteammate.com/ December 11 -22,2019.Bởi Patrick Chavis

7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com October 31 - December 16,2019. Set in one apartment in New York over the span of several generations, this World Premiere follows the poignant journey of a German Jewish refugee and her family in this heartfelt, lyrical portrait of a woman haunted by the past but resiliently moving toward the fu…

8.7 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Returning from World War II, disillusioned Frank McCloud travels to a hotel in Key Largo to pay his respects to the widow of a fallen friend. What McCloud doesn’t count on is an entirely different battle with mobsters who have overtaken the hotel, led by the ruthless Johnny Rocco (Academy Award n…

8.4 out of 10 - A Very Good Show! November 6 - December 1,2019 As two men from different cultures reunite and find themselves at a crossroads – one man struggling to keep his career alive and an old friend flourishing in a career he never wanted – a young Chinese-American gets lost in the Tiananmen Square Protest and finds himself at the accidental…

Interview with Edwin Wong the writer of The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected. www.latheatrebites.comBởi Patrick Chavis

Hello LA Theatre Bites listeners Los Angeles only theatre review podcast is going down the list of our favorite shows this year in 2019. The show will cover our top 5 favorite shows, Best Set, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Ensemble and so much more. We will also have Comedian Brodie Reed with comedy segment and a specific awards segment for Orange…

Interview with Writer/Director Matt Ritchey of Romeo and Juliet in Hell. www.latheatrebites.com Romeo and Juliet, dead, wake up to find themselves stuck in their Personal Hell – forced to listen to WEST SIDE STORY music for eternity. To escape, they must suffer through a production of their life story performed by the other inhabitants of Hell – Sh…

HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN @ Boston Court 8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com SEP 19-OCT 27,2019 A travel writer who never travels. A Japanese architect who can’t figure out how to build a simple tea house. A gifted tattoo artist who resists the power of his talents. And a homeless girl who lives under a weeping willow tree in the Japanese…

Seven strangers barricade themselves inside a Pennsylvania farmhouse, attempting to escape the bloodthirsty, flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the countryside. Beset by the walking dead outside, and ever-rising interpersonal tensions within, the group begins their desperate attempt to survive the night. www.latheatrebites.com October 4 - November 10,201…

OPERATION AJAX 7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebite.com October 3 - 27,2019 Operation Ajax is the name of the 1953 CIA covert operation to overthrow the Prime Minister of Iran. The consequences of this coup are still with us today.Bởi Patrick Chavis

8.1 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Sep 22 - Oct 22,2019. Two strangers are waiting for the bus on a cold road at night… next to a cemetery. The bus is late. The woman’s coat is too thin. And this fast-talking teenager waiting at the same bus stop won’t leave her alone. He works hard to get her to talk to him, using everything from …

DEAF WEST PRESENTS: THE SOLID LIFE OF SUGAR www.latheatrebites.com 7.9 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com Candid, uninhibited and visceral. A Deaf couple’s relationship is revealed through their lovemaking in a startlingly intimate portrait of a marriage. Hello, I’m Patrick Chavis and you are listening to LA Theatre Bites Review of T…

ROGUE MACHINE PRESENTS : MISS LILLY GETS BONED @ ELECTRIC LODGE IN VENICE www.latheatrebites.com 9.2 out of 10 - Exceptional Show! A virginal Sunday school teacher has a sexual awakening, while across the world, a doctor tries to communicate with an elephant. Sex, faith, and violence intersect in Bekah Brunstetter's Miss Lilly Gets Boned, which is …

SKINTIGHT @ GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE 8 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Hanging on by a thread after her ex-husband gets engaged to a much younger woman, Jodi (Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, Rent, Wicked) retreats to her dad’s swanky Manhattan townhouse. But rather than the comforts of home, she instead finds her aging father’s new live-in …

Echo Theatre Company presents: The World Premiere of Handjob @ Atwater Village Theatre 6.9 out of 10 - It Needs Work! www.latheatrebites.com When a gay writer hires a man to work as a “shirtless cleaner,” homophobia, racism and issues of consent bubble to the surface. Erik Patterson’s (One of the Nice Ones) dark comedy explores the deepest sensitiv…

The Lonesome West @ Little Fish Theatre 7.8 out of 10 - Above Average! www.latheatrebites.com Journey to the west of Ireland where McDonagh’s vision of small-town despair, restlessness, and plain old boredom inspire behavior of the homicidal sort. Two brothers squabble over the inheritance left by their recently deceased father. Also, there’s a rum…

7.3 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com Set in the beautiful but dangerous landscape of the desert in a future reality, this production of Macbeth offers an alternate perspective of ambition, specifically through the lens of youth. When promised the deepest desire of his soul, Macbeth is faced with the choice to become the man he has d…

FRANKENSTEIN @ A Noise Within 10 out of 10 - A Masterpiece! www.latheatrebites.com This electrifying tale of a creature cast away by his creator into a hostile world—only to wind his way back in a dangerous game of destruction—has captivated audiences for over 200 years. The gothic story comes to life with Nick Dear’s adaptation of the chilling fab…

Puffs @ STAGEStheatre in Fullerton 8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com August 9 - September 1,2019. Puffs is for anyone who has ever felt like a secondary character in someone else’s story. Join a familiar adventure from the perspective of three new heroes just trying to make it through magic school. Alongside them are the Puffs, a…

8.2 out of 10 - GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Famous historical characters and a rich score propel Ragtime through a spectacular re-creation of turn-of-the-20th-century New York. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s acclaimed novel, this 13-time Tony-nominated musical paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of three people — a stifled married woman from t…

8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com We are proud to present the world premiere of Strong Arm, written by The Wayward Artist’s very-own, Wyn Moreno. An adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s, The Seagull, Strong Arm explores fame, parental love, sacrifice, and unfulfilled dreams. Following the lives of Elaine, a famous tennis player, her ath…

Interview with writer Wyn Moreno about his World Premiere play "Strong Arm" playing at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.Bởi Patrick Chavis

7 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com LOST VOICES – Three Women live ordinary lives. Behind their eyes lurks a secret each has kept buried in the deepest part of their souls until today. Today they can no longer hide their voices. Today, 7.6 Billion peoples lives hang in the balance and these three women don’t even know it. Written by …