Shari Barrett

While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylor’s.

Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994) was a Romanian-French playwright and one of the leading figures of the Theatre of the Absurd.

After meeting in Kent, England, international singers/songwriters Phoebe Katis and Dan Clews have been traveling the world together for ten years, performing the fabulously nostalgic The Carole King and James Taylor Story to appreciative audiences. The two friends, both married to other people – just as Carole and James were – share a mixture of […]

Lerner & Loewe's musical Brigadoon centers around two American travelers, Tommy and Jeff, who lose their way in the Scottish Highlands and stumble

Based on the adventures of Johnston McCully's legendary pulp hero, Armienta infuses his opera with the music and sounds of early-19th century Alta California, including flamenco, corrido, and mariachi, with all performed exquisitely by the 24-member POP Orchestra.

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community during which all forms of the performing arts infiltrate the greater Hollywood neighborhood. Hundreds of productions offer thousands of performances in fully-equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places by local, national, […]

Along with the impeccable acting and Diana Wyenn's brilliant direction, the most striking element of the production is Randy Wong-Westbrooke’s scenic design which features a half-dome representation of a rocket engine.

Told through a series of vignettes, Crossing Delancey examines Bubbie's belief in the old-world Jewish family custom of all young women needing to find a husband as soon as possible to settle down and raise a family against those of Isabel, a modern 1980s Jewish woman in New York City learning to stand on her own two feet. I spoke with Holly Sidell who is portraying Isabel in the current production at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills through June 21.

Henry Ong (1949-2018), as American Theatre wrote in his obituary, “was the quintessential Los Angeles playwright – a first-generation Asian American, he was interested in exploring the immigrant experience and conducted writing/oral history workshops in many diverse L.A. communities.” A beloved and powerful figure in the Los Angeles theatre community for more than thirty-five years, […]

Playwright Lauren Gunderson gives France’s Reign of Terror a riotous, sharp-tongued makeover with The Revolutionists, opening June 12 at International City Theatre. I spoke with director Jamie Torcellini about the play and why he thinks its message is so relevant today.