Elaine Mura – Page 2 – Splash Magazines

Gaslight House Review – Twists and Turns

May 1, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

A dark and very quirky comedy written and directed by Howard Skora, GASLIGHT HOUSE is making its world premiere at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks. GASLIGHT HOUSE is Skora’s third comedy to debut at […]

Hadestown Review – Orpheus Underground

April 29, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

The road to show business success is long and daunting – as exemplified by HADESTOWN, Anais Mitchell’s exciting, energetic, and inventive musical. The original version of the show first surfaced in Vermont in 2006 and […]

Live at the Purple Lounge Review – Tale of Five Comics

April 26, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

A world premiere drama developed in the Crimson Square writer’s lab, LIVE AT THE PURPLE LOUNGE opens the Crimson Square Theatre Company’s spring season. The play, which runs the gamut of laughter through tears, tells […]

The Sound of Music Review – The Alps Still Echo

April 25, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

Inspired by the true story of the von Trapp family based on Maria von Trapp’s memoir, “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers,” THE SOUND OF MUSIC has wowed audiences and critics alike since it […]

LA Now and Then Review – History in a Tuneful Nutshell

April 20, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

It’s about time! Time for a show celebrating the City of Angels, past and present. LA NOW AND THEN does just that in a musical revue with all-new songs about Los Angeles, some nostalgic, some […]

Blues for an Alabama Sky Review – Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler

April 19, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

A stunning revival of a play first produced in 1995, BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY introduces the Mark Taper Forum’s spring offering. It is 1930 in Harlem; and, to quote playwright Pearl Cleage, “The creative […]

A Doll’s House, Part 2 – Nora Comes Back Home

April 18, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

When Henrik Ibsen wrote “A Doll’s House” in 1879, the shocking play created a tsunami in Scandinavia. How could a happily married woman with a devoted husband and two picture-perfect children want more? And yet […]

A Heated Discussion Review – If They Could See Us Now

April 11, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

First commissioned in 2019 and more than two years in development, A HEATED DISCUSSION is the love child of more than 45 participants who worked tirelessly to give the production form and substance. Spearheaded by […]

Stalled – A First Staged Workshop

April 11, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

Pacific Resident Theatre is developing the new musical STALLED, and the company is now presenting the first staged workshop. Conceived and written by Liesl Wilke and expanded from a piece which won the Raymond Carver […]

Bright Half Life Review – Sharing Past, Present, and Future

April 10, 2022 Elaine Mura 0

The Road Theatre Company continues its thirtieth anniversary repertory season with BRIGHT HALF LIFE. Penned by Pulitzer Prize nominee Tanya Barfield and directed by Amy K. Harmon, BRIGHT HALF LIFE is an actors’ showcase piece […]