by Sylvia Blush~
Wonderfully acted, The Sunset Limited, is a powerful demonstration of two actor’s ability to maintain an audiences attention within a semi-flawed script.
Rogue Machine Theatre has produced Cormac McCarthy’s second published play, The Sunset Limited at Theatre Theatre in Hollywood. The play is a philosophically religious debate about human existence and the [...]
November 20, 2010 | Posted in
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by Joel Elkins~
Milk, milk, lemonade
‘Round the corner, fudge is made
Stick your finger up the hole…
Out comes a chocolate Tootsie roll.
– classic children’s rhyme
MilkMilkLemonade, now playing at the Rogue Machine, is about as grounded and focused as the nonsensical children’s rhyme upon which it is inexplicably titled.
Introduced by an awkward and nervous narrator, and interspersed with [...]
August 21, 2010 | Posted in
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by Ashley Steed~
Company: Theatre/Theater
Neighborhood: Mid City
Address:5041 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Website:www.theatretheater.net
Seat capacity: Two performance spaces: 99 and 40
When founded: December 1981
Parking: Yes
Handicap accessible: Yes
Restrooms: Two
Amenities: A/C, heating, excellent lighting equipment, screens, sound system, wi-fi.
Lobby: Yes
Concessions: Yes; depending on who is producing you might be able to bring it in the theatre.
What’s nearby:
Locals Sports [...]
August 14, 2010 | Posted in
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by Geoff Hoff~
What to do with our aging parents. It is a problem that many face, some more elegantly than others. It is especially troubling when one of your parents starts to do odd things. When you notice this, it is often to late to take matters into your own hands. However, when the parent [...]
May 22, 2010 | Posted in
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by K. Primeau
Rogue Machine Theatre’s promise of “complex, ambiguous” theatre was certainly fulfilled in Saturday’s performance of Never Land. The national premiere of the play, written and directed by Phyllis Nagy, wins the award for the most challenging theatre I’ve seen thus far in Los Angeles, a distinction that refers to Nagy’s content as much [...]
October 19, 2009 | Posted in
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by Joel Elkins
Henry Murray’s Tree Fall, now making its world premiere at Theatre Theater, is a dark vision of the future of mankind, forecasting the gradual extinction of the human race. It would not be accurate to call Tree Fall post-apocalyptic, simply because no apocalyptic event occurred to precipitate the collapse. Instead, geologically subtle changes [...]
August 18, 2009 | Posted in
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by Joel Elkins
Let’s see … Young couple, wacky neighbors, senile parent, absurd situations. Yep, all the ingredients for madcap comedy and Half of Plenty (now playing at Theatre/Theater) has got ‘em all. One thing it forgot: the humor. It answers the age-old question: What would happen if they threw a comedy and no jokes showed [...]
May 28, 2009 | Posted in
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by D. Jette
Andrew Block, director of Rogue Machine’s newest late night Off-The-Clock adventure, wants artists to look at themselves and laugh. By choosing to direct Bingo with the Indians, Adam Rapp’s short play about penniless thespian grifters who seduce themselves and others with their theatrical pretentions, Block happily invites criticism on both himself and his [...]
May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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By Geoff Hoff
Stories about fathers and sons are a ubiquitous presence in western literature. Stories of fathers who destroy, or attempt to destroy their sons a large subset. John Patrick Shanley’s “Beggars in the House of Plenty” is one such story. Shanley’s play takes an interesting approach to the telling, however. Told, as is often [...]
February 23, 2009 | Posted in
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