“Dummies” at Zombie Joe’s Underground Theater: Weird but Good, and Not for Dummies

The natural descendant of theater’s long-running tradition of Southern Gothic family-based plays, DUMMIES is what you’d expect of Zombie Joe’s […] Read more

Splashy Entertainment in Silent-land: Vox Lumiere’s Production of “The Phantom of the Opera”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Arf-8fVyJE[/youtube] Kevin Saunders Hayes’ production of “The Phantom of the Opera” is called “an explosive mash-up of music, dance, technology […] Read more

The Visceral Company Presents: RECALL by Eliza Clark

The Visceral Company kicks off it’s spine-chilling 2014 season with the West Coast premiere of sci-fi thriller, Recall. Written by […] Read more

Todd Robbins and Teller Bring Play Dead to Life at The Geffen

Writing a review for this revival of “Play Dead” currently in an extended run at the Geffen Playhouse is a […] Read more

Review: Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton 10/30/13

I walked into the Nokia Theatre lobby to attend Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton and I […] Read more

Review: Haunted Hollywood Sports with Interactive Killhouses

Ok adrenaline junkies… pay attention to this one! If you have ever wanted to pick up a gun and shoot […] Read more

Alison Pill Lights Up the Stage in “Wait Until Dark” at the Geffen

The thriller Wait Until Dark at the Geffen plays out like a cross between Double Indemnity (1944) and one of […] Read more

Review: Delusion: Masque of Mortality

Triple hyphenate Producer-Writer-Director Jon Braver spoke to me about his latest interactive theater project, Delusion: Masque of Mortality.  “When I […] Read more

NSFW Review: Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare

Editor’s note: The following review is full of naughty language that kids love, but that parents would prefer to keep them away from. But as the author notes, if bad language offends, this probably isn’t the attraction for you. And it only gets nastier from here. Read more

Review: The Purge: Fear the Night

Plagued by less than stellar reviews the first weekend, The Purge: Fear the Night quickly overhauled the original concept and offered […] Read more