by Joel Elkins~
Watson, now playing at the Sacred Fools Theater, tells the tale of the last adventure of Sherlock Holmes and his famous sidekick. Written and directed by Jaime Robledo, it is an homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s timeless stories of London’s greatest detective.
In Robledo’s version, however, Holmes is more of a comic figure, [...]
August 10, 2011 | Posted in
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by Geoff Hoff~
Four Clown is probably the sweatiest play I have ever seen. The four young actors in it expend more energy in an evening than most actors expend in their entire career. It is also almost dystopian in its view of the human condition, contains a lot of buggary and is hysterically funny. [...]
May 21, 2011 | Posted in
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by Erin Daley~
Voice Lessons by Justin Tanner follows the unlikely pairing of an uptight vocal teacher (French Stewart) and an off-the wall, tone-deaf, diva wanna-be (Laurie Metcalf). The humor of the set-up is clearly evident and Sacred Fools does a lovely job in its execution. Carried by two actors with incredible comic sensibilities, the [...]
May 13, 2011 | Posted in
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by Geoff Hoff~
Everyone is watching someone and in turn being watched by someone. This isn’t paranoia, it is simple fact. It has been so for some time, but more so now, with the interconnectedness that the Internet brings us. The play Puzzler, now in its world premier at Sacred Fools, begins in a brightly lit, [...]
January 29, 2011 | Posted in
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by Ashley Steed~
Company: Sacred Fools
Neighborhood: East Hollywood/Los Feliz
Address: 660 N. Heliotrope Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: www.sacredfools.org
Seat capacity: 74
When founded: 1997
Parking: We have a dedicated lot behind the theatre that we charge a small fee for on show nights. There is also ample street parking around the [...]
November 20, 2010 | Posted in
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by Geoff Hoff
Full disclosure: I am good friends with one of the cast members of Land of the Tigers, Tim Sheridan.
Photo taken by Chelsea Cota
Land of the Tigers is two plays. Sort of. The first is an exquisitely silly parody of important, symbolic, avant guard, political, socially conscious and wholly pretentious theatre. The second is [...]
March 30, 2009 | Posted in
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