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‘The Elephant Man’ on stage: Being Human 101

March 27, 2019 By Ed Rampell

Overall, this fine Elephant Man is among the most moving meditations I’ve ever seen staged about the beauty within the beast and the human spirit.

‘Blues for Mr. Charlie,’ further James Baldwin ruminations on race

March 20, 2019 By Ed Rampell

This lofty, must-see, powerful production of Blues for Mr. Charlie is the latest in a list of a revival of works by author/playwright/polemicist James Baldwin.

‘The Joy Wheel’ and “Friends with Guns’: Survivalist apocalypse has arrived

March 19, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

Despite my own reaction to the play—perhaps because of it—I believe this is a highly important play for our time.

‘Pure Native,’ ‘Too Much Sun,’ ‘Home’: Three plays about home

March 13, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

Three plays running now in L.A. are centered around notions of home.

‘America Adjacent’ world premiere explores high cost of American Dream

February 26, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

In America Adjacent, the playwright asks, “How far would you go to give your child a better future?”