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Sweeter by Elizabeth Guest
Elizabeth Guest By Joe Straw The beautiful Lyric Hyperion Theatre is not easy to get to no matter your endeavored course. But just when you think you’re nearing your destination, the roads take you...
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Final Interview by Gabriel Oliva
Top to Bottom Gabriel Oliva and Brian Stanton: Photo by Eric WannBy Joe Straw Sometimes one wonders about the choices actors make to further a play along. It must a collaborative choice between the...
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A Black and White Cookie by Gary Morgenstein
From L to Right - Laura Trent, Tommy Franklin, and Morry Schorr - photos by Shelby JanesBy Joe Straw A met an actor long ago. We had a common thread growing up in Tennessee and then coming to Los...
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One Moment of Freedom by Marion Zola
L - R Kristal Dickerson, John Combs, and Catherine Bruhier: Photos by Ryan Rowles By Joe Straw Any time, any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been...
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a slight ache by Harold Pinter
L - R Henry Olek and Susan Priver - Photos by Kayte Deioma By Joe Straw A slight ache is not to be confused with a disturbance in the force unless you want it to be. Dance On Productions in...
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Elephant Shavings by Ron Sossi
L - R Giovanna Quinto, Jack Geren, and Diana Cignoni - Photos by Kayte Deioma By Joe Straw Lizzie (Diana Cignoni) enters a makeshift greenroom, with a couch, and a kitchen area, and beyond that is a...
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Birds of North America by Anna Ouyang Moench
Arye Gross and Jacqueline Misaye - Photos by Jenny GrahamBy Joe Straw Life moves on this migratory lotabundant fall colorswinging forward rustic flavorsandseared imagescapturing the bitterest...
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Queen of the Rumba by Josefina Lopez
By Joe Straw One has never seen an audience that has been so engaged in a performance of Queen of the Rumba on Saturday September 30, 2023, clapping after every scene, vocal in other scenes, and...
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Tacos La Brooklyn by Joel Ulloa
Alejandra Flores and Sal Lopez, Photos by Grettel Cortes Photography By Joe Straw Marika, aka Little Triste, (Sayaka Miyatani) and Benjiro (Paul Dateh) have created an image of an idea of Latino...
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The Talented Tenth by Richard Wesley
L - R Nic Few and Ben Guillory - Photos by Josh Estey By Joe Straw Bernard let me down, a man once filled with idealism, caught the wave of the civil right movement, and rode that incredible emotional...
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Corina: From Lap Dance to Sundance by Corina Calderon
Corina Calderon Photos by Rudy Torres By Joe Straw Dreams manifest themselves in delightful ways. They are unique, only yours, and imaginatively guide you on your journey. For the creative type,...
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Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree!! By Debra Ehrhardt
Debra Ehrhardt By Joe Straw Sunday December 17, 2023, at 4:00 was unexpectedly a wild time at The Santa Monica Playhouse. During the performance, a couple sitting alone, off to the side, spoke with...
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Strangers on a Train by Craig Warner based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
By Joe Straw Flashes of the film “Strangers on a Train” - screenplay by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the novel “Strangers on a Train” by Patricia...
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Brushstroke by John Ross Bowie
L - R James Urbaniak and Malcolm Barrett - Photos by Zoe Tiller By Joe Straw I loved spy vs spy in the Mad comic books. I don’t know why, I just did. - narrator Jeremy Win presents a visiting...
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Henry V by William Shakespeare
By Joe Straw I took a two-and-a-half-hour ride out of Los Angeles to see musical maven Sophia Joy perform in Henry V by William Shakespeare. Yes, in this version of Henry V beautiful singing...
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It’s Only A Show by Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Linke
Paul Linke - Photo by Patricia HighsmithBy Joe Straw Living and breathing in Los Angeles for many years I have heard the name Paul Linke. Paul Linke this, Paul Linke that, Paul Linke preformed...
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An Evening of One-Acts by Ethan Coen
L - R Scott Thiede, Elliot White, and Eden Rousso By Joe Straw The 905 Cole Theatre in Hollywood is a perfect place to see small theatre. It is easy to get to and there is plenty of street parking...
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The Witness Room by Pedro Antonio Garcia
L to R_Louie Liberti, Moe Irvin, Tricia Small, Mitch Rosander, Dave Baez_Photos by Kenny JohnstonBy Joe Straw “But what if we get something like this?’ Eli Torres, NYPDIn a fraction of a second the...
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En Mi Jardín (In My Garden) by various writers
By Joe Straw Casa 0101 Theater presents the inaugural production of En Mi Jardín (In My Garden) healing with our stories – a 10-minute New Works play festival of 13 new plays through May 12th,...
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American Mariachi by José Cruz González
Ruth Livier and Yalitza “Yaya” Vasquez-LopezPhotos by Grettel Cortes Photography By Joe Straw Majestically, Tía Carmen (Yalitza “Yaya” Vasquez-Lopez) mysteriously enters wearing a huge black...
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John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
Front Row L - R - Sophia Joy, Sophie Rhiannon Long - 2nd Row: Rosie Quintana, Stella Cricket McSween, Alexis Rosinsky, Renee Ortega, 3rd Row: Justin Roslinda, Nikolas Fawcett, Nolan LeMayBy Joe Straw...
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Footloose The Musical – Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie...
L-R Amanda Rodas, Chase Klein, Devyn Kontur, Michael Inatsugu, Brenton Holbeck, Trae Adair, Nico Fisher, Carter Santos, Adam Derbigny, Sterling Inatsugu, Charli Austin, Maia Goldberg, Eadric Einbinder,...
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Design for Living by Noël Coward
L - R Garikayi Mutambirwa, Brooke Bundy, Kyle T. Hester - Photos by Cooper Bates By Joe Straw “It should be easy, you know. The actual facts are so simple. I love you. You love me. You love Otto....
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A Woman Named Gloria by Josefina López
L to R Karla Ojeda and Celeste Lanuza - photos by Rudy Torres By Joe Straw “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever, about that. The register of his burial was signed by the...
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In The Unlikely Event of an Actual Emergency by John Mullican
L - R Jason Leon-Baptista, Amoni West and John Mullican - photos by Robin Randolph PhotographyBy Joe Straw There are several reasons why I ventured out on this night to see this play. The first is...
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