May 25, 2018 — "Theatre 40, the award-winning professional theatre company in Beverly Hills, announces its fifty-third season. The schedule is as follows: July 19- August 19, 2018: Screwball Comedy. USA Premiere. Written by Norm Foster. Directed by Howard Storm. The year is 1938 and aspiring reporter
by Ernest Kearney — Playwright Henry David Hwang has joined the ranks of an exclusive group. James Thurber the humorist best known for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, was six when he was shot in the left eye by a playmate’s arrow. He would go
By Ernest Kearney — In my opinion, Long Beach’s International City Theatre artistic director, caryn desai has a genius for selecting and staging plays that are fail-safe, in so far as proving fully satisfying experiences for
By Ernest Kearney — This is Festival Fringe Time in Hollywood 2018 -Part II. This being Hollywood Fringe, one should expect a few shows dealing with the lure of fame and the pitfalls of its pursuit.
By Ernest Kearney — It’s that time once again L.A.! — June! The six month of the year, one of four boasting 30 days, the official flowers of which are the honeysuckle representing “generosity” and “devotion,” and the rose representing…I dunno, “red things with pointy
By Ernest Kearney — Bad Jews at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble was hard for me to watch. Hard in the same way I find it impossible to watch the British comedy The Office (BBC) by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Don’t misunderstand me, I recognize the genius
by Ernest Kearney — Ice at the 24th Street Theatre is really a matter of “All the King’s horses and all the King’s men.” Now there are few theaters in Los Angeles that can approach the 24th Street Theatre in either its quality of work or
by Ernest Kearney — The origins of Taiko drumming in Japan is lost in that vast attic called history, but the conservative scholars will tell you that it appeared in Japan, between the 5th and 6th centuries C.E., imported from either China or Korea.
