By Ernest Kearney — "Gloria," the Pulitzer Prize-finalist, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is best described as an E-Ticket ride to the infernal regions of hell. Oh yes, indeed, the trip the Echo Theater Company takes you on, starts out full of fun and snickers; but a
By Ernest Kearney — Of all Shakespeare’s plays save "Hamlet," "Othello" offers the most challenges to any cry of players, while also demanding they travel a similar path.
by Ernest Kearney As he espoused passion for both the city and its theatre, it is fitting that the late writer Ray Bradbury should find himself resurrected on a Los Angeles stage. (The Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks)
By Ernest Kearney — In 1944 The Glass Menagerie established its young playwright, Tennessee Williams as a major new talent in the world of theatre, and of his 70 plays it remains one of his most highly respected and most often staged. In this autobiographical work,
By Ernest Kearney — It always pleases me when I revisit a film after many years and find that it’s as good as I remembered. Alas, that is often not the case. But if anything, the 1983 made-for-TV thriller, Special Bulletin was better than memory held. What
By Ernest Kearney — In these turbulent and twisting times that find so many bewildered and baffled, suckered punched by the events of the last two years, I find myself in this punishing period for our nation oddly consoled by a soothing sense of déjà-vu. Yes,
By Ernest Kearney — When the Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was found on April 14, 1930—a suicide at the age of 36—his handwritten note read "To all of you. I die, but don't blame anyone for it, and please do not gossip.
By Ernest Kearney — The Open Fist Company under Ben Martin’s skillful direction have done well by Author Dylan Thomas in their production of his “Under Milk Wood.”
By Ernest Kearney — I can’t say I am very conversant with the 17th century Spanish Playwright Tirso de Molina. He was a fascinating contradiction of passions and pursuits.
By Ernest Kearney — There is nothing as intoxicating as watching a Performance – capital “P.” It matters little if that performance involves any of the muses or is that of a bricklayer, aircraft pilot or bartender.
