Rogue Machine’s Four Places at Theatre-Theater

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 [...]

Never Land at Theatre Theater

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 [...]

Tree Fall at Theatre Theater

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 [...]

Half of Plenty at Theatre/Theater

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 [...]

Bingo with the Indians at Theatre-Theater

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 [...]

Beggars in the House of Plenty at Theatre/Theater

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 [...]