Elaine Mura

Motel 66 Review – Head East or Go West

July 19, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

The always creative Group Rep has outdone itself this time! In honor of a fading (hopefully) pandemic, the historic theater group has outfitted its parking lot into an open-air theater which they dubbed “the yard-at-the-group-rep” […]

Julius Caesar Review – The Fine Line between Tyranny and Freedom

July 19, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

Remember the prophetic “Ides of March?” Theatricum Botanicum is back on stage after a year of silence offering possible political prophesy. Now that the pandemic seems to be winding down, the 2021 summer repertory season, […]

Twelfth Night Review – An Ophelia’s Jump Production

July 18, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

The classic comedy by noted bard William Shakespeare was brought to new life at the Sontag Greek Theatre in Claremont. A presentation of the Midsummer Shakespeare Festival, TWELFTH NIGHT is back to celebrate “new normal” […]

Tevye in New York Review – Fiddler on a New Roof

July 16, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

Live theater is back – at least at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. And what better way to ease into a post-pandemic world than by tracking the life and times of one […]

Salman Rushdie Speaks – A Must for the Questioners of the World

July 16, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

A 2021 special event presented by the Chicago Humanities Festival is a must-see for those interested in history, philosophy, writing, reading, and simply thinking. On 6/16/21, Salman Rushdie gets into every corner of thought as […]

Frozen in Time – Theatre 40 Returns to “Tame the Lion”

July 11, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

Was it only in March 2020 that live theater shut its door across the US? Just as Theatre 40 began its run of the people-pleasing (and award-winning) hit, TAMING THE LION? How appropriate that a […]

An Octoroon Review – Sensational Drama and Racial Fluidity

June 21, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

The Fountain Theatre has long been known for presenting controversial and eye-opening drama in Los Angeles. On two fronts, the Fountain Theatre has outdone itself in 2021. As the pandemic is (hopefully) taking its last […]

The Zip Code Plays, Los Angeles, Season Two Review – Antaeus Theatre Zips Back

June 10, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

Over 45,000 Season One listeners heard the call of six LA zip codes, so it just makes sense that other zip codes demonstrating LA’s historic and cultural diversity air their special histories. After last year’s […]

The Last Five Years Review – A Requiem for Love

June 1, 2021 Elaine Mura 1

Author and Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown studied the ups and downs of love through music by following a couple in their tender dance of love as it waxes and wanes, an […]

The Latrell Show Review – The Silent Scream

May 30, 2021 Elaine Mura 1

IAMA Theatre Company presents the virtual premiere of THE LATRELL SHOW, a solo production which segues artfully from Black Lives Matter demonstrations of the past year. Written and performed by actor/writer/social justice advocate Brandon Kyle […]