Email Author Lovell Estell III

2011 Stories by Lovell Estell III

• Camp Sunday

  published December 22, 2011

  In one of the best shows this reviewer has seen at Groundlings in a while, director Mitch Silpa's cast of comedians does a bang-up job with a... More >>

• Baby Doll

  published November 24, 2011

  In this first-rate staging of Tennessee Williams' rarely produced drama Baby Doll, Tony Gatto turns in a stellar performance as Archie Lee... More >>

• Don't Hug Me, I'm Pregnant

  published September 22, 2011

  This latest addition to Phil Olson's goofy Don't Hug Me musicals offers its share of wholesome humor (think Rowan & Martin's... More >>

• Iris

  published September 22, 2011

  This latest offering from Cirque du Soleil is a dazzling homage to the cinematic arts. It will have a permanent home at the Kodak Theatre, which... More >>

• I Love Lucy® Live on Stage

  published September 22, 2011

  If you're an I Love Lucy fan, this is your moment. The show, based on the TV series that still runs in syndication 60 years after its... More >>

• Beau Jest

  published August 25, 2011

  So what's an attractive Jewish girl supposed to do when she's dating a man who's a gentile but doesn't want her parents to know about it? The... More >>

• Come Together: A Beatles Cabaret

  published August 11, 2011

  Having seen this show some time ago, it's good to report that a number of rough edges have been smoothened, so that this cabaret-style tribute to... More >>

• Dysnomia

  published July 21, 2011

  The play's title refers to a Greek goddess associated with disruption, which is just what befalls the family on display in Marja-Lewis Ryan's fine... More >>

• Four Clowns

  published May 26, 2011

  Creator-director Jeremy Aluma's performance piece made quite a splash during its run at last year's Hollywood Fringe Festival. This latest... More >>

• Endgame

  published March 24, 2011

  A successful staging of Samuel Beckett's absurdist classic requires a director who can mine the play's comic and lyrical elements, and effectively... More >>

• Hoboken to Hollywood: A Journey Through the Great American Songbook

  published January 6, 2011

  The big-band show in this musical (book by Luca Ellis, Paul Litteral and Jeremy Aldridge) is staged as a behind-the-scenes live taping of a... More >>