Elaine Mura – Splash Magazines

Night Watch Review – A Noir Thriller for 2022

September 26, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

The author of mystery thrillers like “Sorry Wrong Number” and “Night Watch,” Louise Fletcher knew just how to raise goosebumps in her audiences. Her play NIGHT WATCH was first produced in 1972, receiving praise from […]

A Clean Brush Review – A Clever Whodunit

September 26, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

Author Norman Foster is considered Canada’s most popular and produced playwright. With more than 50 plays to his credit; he has a special knack for poking gentle fun at everyday folks living average lives – […]

A Great Wilderness Review – A Mental and Emotional Jungle

September 26, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

In 2022, the Rogue Machine presents the Southern California premiere of A GREAT WILDERNESS, a controversial tale by Obie Award-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter. No one ever said that navigating the complexities of gay conversion […]

The Wild Party Review – The 20s Keep Roaring

September 25, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

Based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 long narrative poem, THE WILD PARTY takes the audience back to the 1920s, a time of sizzling jazz, love and longing, lawlessness and lust, risk and revenge, and people […]

A Renaissance Reboot – Theatre 68 Returns

September 22, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

After nearly 22 years as a company and almost a decade in North Hollywood, Theatre 68’s Artistic Direction Ronnie Marmo was forced to close the theater’s doors as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the country […]

The Revue (Cabaret Edition) Review – Not Everything Should be a Musical

September 21, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

When THE REVUE was first presented last spring, this parody of cinema and theater classics poked fun at the very fact that “Not everything should be a musical.” For those who missed the original show, […]

Young Frankenstein Review – The Family Business

September 19, 2022 Elaine Mura 1

Based on a 1974 comedy film written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks (who also directed the film and described it as his best), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN was developed for the stage from a book by […]

Oklahoma Review – A New Revival for an Old Classic

September 19, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

Little did Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein realize that their joint project, OKLAHOMA, would usher in the Golden Age of American musical theater. Based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 book, “Green Grow the Lilacs,” OKLAHOMA opened […]

The Romantics Review – Tricking Your Teenagers

September 16, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

Most theatergoers have at least heard of “The Fantastics,” but many are unfamiliar with THE ROMANTICS, upon which the better known play is based. THE ROMANTICS was penned by famed French poet and dramatist Edmond […]

The Secret World of Archy and Mehitabel Review – Crafty Cats and Rational Roaches

September 15, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

When overworked New York Evening Sun columnist Don Marquis decided to change his perspective about the world in 1916, he discovered Archy. And then Mehitabel. Both were popular figures in the second decade of the […]