Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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‘All Night Long’: Blowing up the nuclear family
September 17, 2018Insomniacs and those who enjoy their comedy to be bittersweet and full of sometimes venomous fun are likely to love this piece.
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Brown on Black: The wide world of Blackness
September 13, 2018The opening night audience, which was largely African American, seemed to greatly enjoy and appreciate the show, as did white ticket buyers.
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Amazing Aretha: L.A.’s Black community and others gracefully honor Queen of Soul
September 10, 2018
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“Screwball Comedy”: A comic collision of classes
August 20, 2018In Norm Foster’s Screwball Comedy the Canadian playwright emulates movies of the film genre of the same name that had their heyday during the Depression.
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‘Dreamgirls’: A dream come true for kinetic choreo and Motown fans
July 25, 2018
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Two South Seas cinema superstars open in ‘Skyscraper’ and ‘Siberia’
July 13, 2018
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‘Slaughter City’: Class struggle meets ‘Twilight Zone’
June 27, 2018This proletarian drama has a vibe similar to HBO’s Westworld series: Although its flesh and blood assembly line laborers are no androids, they are indeed all-too-human.
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‘Lysistrata Unbound’: An ancient Greek sit-down sex strike
June 26, 2018One suspects that Aristophanes is smiling down from Mount Olympus upon this latest adaptation of his masterpiece.
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