31 Oct Theater Reviews by Morna – November 2019
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY (Hollywood), FIFTEEN MEN IN A SMOKE-FILLED ROOM (Beverly Hills), DEFENDERS (Hollywood), LOVE IN BLOOM (Santa Monica), and NEIL SIMON’S MUSICAL FOOLS (Atwater)....
Theater Reviews
08 Sep Theater Review by Morna – September 2019
[vc_row] [vc_column width='1/3'] Morna Martell [/vc_column] [vc_column width='2/3'] SISTERS IN LAW (Beverly Hills) Tovah Feldshuh portrays Democrat Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephanie Faracy is Republican Sandra Day O’Connor in this play that celebrates the friendship – and conflict – between two modern day legends. As the US Supreme Court’s first...
09 Aug Theater Reviews by Morna – August 2019
[vc_row] [vc_column width='1/3'] Morna Martell [/vc_column] [vc_column width='2/3'] REVIEWS OF TWO COMEDIES NOW PLAYING: THE LAST DAYS OF DON JUAN (West Hollywood) The character of Don Juan was first created in 1630 by Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina, as a tragic drama about a libertine on the pathway to Hell. Now...
12 Jun Theater Reviews by Morna – June 2019
[vc_row] [vc_column width='1/3'] Morna Martell [/vc_column] [vc_column width='2/3'] THE DUCHESS & THE STRIPPER (Hollywood) The Hollywood Fringe Festival is exploding all over the city in June, so don’t miss this truly exciting Theater-For-All event. From the hundreds of choices offered, being British-born and now American, I picked this one. It’s 1961...
01 May Theater Reviews by Morna -05/19
MICHAEL SHERMAN (Everywhere), BOXING LESSONS (Hollywood), DIANA OF DOBSON’S (Glendale)...
02 Apr Theater Reviews with Morna – 04/19
BIRDLAND BLUE (Downtown L.A.), BAR MITZVAH BOY (Santa Monica), RENÉE TAYLOR’S MY LIFE ON A DIET (Beverly Hills), THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS (North Hollywood), and DORIS AND ME: ONE MAN’S OBSESSION WITH DORIS DAY (Sierra Madre)....
04 Mar Theater Reviews with Morna – 03/19
Morna reviews ANNA KARENINA (Hollywood), AMERICA ADJACENT (Los Feliz), MISS AMERICA’S UGLY DAUGHTER (Hollywood), and TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE (Sierra Madre)....
01 Feb Theater Reviews by Morna – 02/19
WITNESS UGANDA – A DOCUMENTARY MUSICAL - Beverly Hills, LAST CALL – Atwater Village, SMART LOVE - Venice, DEATH HOUSE – North Hollywood, A WALK IN THE WOODS – Westwood...
03 Jan Theater Reviews by Morna – 01/19
1776 THE MUSICAL (La Mirada), SISTERS THREE (East Hollywood), A MISUNDERSTANDING (Hollywood), and ROD SERLING’S STORIES FROM THE ZONE (Beverly Hills)...
02 Dec Theater Reviews by Morna- 12/18
A review of A CAROL CHRISTMAS – North Hollywood, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE &HERE’S JOHNNY – Cahuenga, SUGAR PLUM FAIRY – Los Feliz, and LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE – Beverly Hills....
02 Nov Theater Reviews by Morna
THE WOMAN WHO WENT TO SPACE AS A MAN (East Hollywood), BLISS (OR EMILY POST IS DEAD! (Atwater Village), MIDDLE 8 (Hollywood), ANATOMY OF A HUG (North Hollywood), and THE BOYS NEXT DOOR (Culver City)...
04 Oct Theater Reviews by Morna
BLACK! (West Hollywood), OPPENHEIMER & FINKS (Venice), LOST IN TIME (Atwater), OLD CLOWN WANTED (West Los Angeles), BEAUTY QUEEN OF LENANE (Hollywood), and THE RESCUED (North Hollywood)...
31 Aug Theater Reviews by Morna
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE (Hollywood), SCHOOL GIRLS: THE AFRICAN MEAN-GIRLS PLAY (Culver City), PARADISE (Santa Monica) and HOLE IN THE SKY (Lake View Terrace)...
01 Aug Theater Reviews by Morna
MUTT HOUSE (Culver City), SCREWBALL COMEDY (Beverly Hills), THE LOS ANGELES THEATRE SCENE and MAYAKOVSKY AND STALIN (Hollywood)...
01 Jul Theater Reviews by Morna
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET ( Laguna Beach) Get ready for a rousing night of rock ‘n’ roll! Inspired by a famous recording session, this biographical musical tells what happened when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins came together in December 1956 at Memphis’ Sun...