Katie Buenneke

John Patrick Shanley is one of the most respected playwrights working today, with credits including Doubt (which was adapted into a movie with Meryl Streep in 2008) and Moonstruck (which won a few Oscars in 1987). Unfortunately, his newest play, Outside Mullingar, which is now playing at the Geffen Playhouse......

For a musical that’s all about complex female pop stars, Breaking Through doesn’t have many catchy songs or much of a tale. The new show, currently playing at the Pasadena Playhouse, follows singer-songwriter Charlie Jane (Alison Luff) as she tries to make it as a pop musician. As her star......

Todd Almond's Girlfriend, which played at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City this summer, was a throughly charming musical. His new show, Kansas City Choir Boy, now playing at the same theater, is an alienating experience. The show follows a man (played by Almond) who falls in love with......

The tragedy of Sophocles’ Antigone is that both she and her enemy are right. Antigone wants to bury her disgraced brother, Polynices, while her uncle, King Creon, wants to rule fairly and quell a civil war. Unfortunately, in Jean Anouilh’s version of the story (now playing in a new translation......