Elaine Mura

Fool for Love Review – Can’t Live With and Can’t Live Without

March 7, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

FOOL FOR LOVE, Sam Shepard’s treatise on love/hate relationships, premiered in 1983. In 1984, the play won Obie Awards for Best Director, Best American Play, and Performers Ed Harris, Kathy Baker, and Will Patton. FOOL […]

UnRavelled Review – Holding Hands across Time

February 28, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

A new drama by award-winning playwright Jake Broder, UNRAVELLED made its virtual premiere on February 25, 2021. Sponsored by the Global Brain Health Institute (University of California, San Francisco) and Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), UNRAVELLED […]

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet Review – A Modern Take on an Old Classic

February 28, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

After over 25 years of resisting re-doing ROMEO AND JULIET, Matthew Bourne finally found the perfect reason to resurrect that old – and, according to Bourne, overdone – classic Shakespearean tale. What a great opportunity […]

Art Review – A Study in Friendship

February 23, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

Yasmina Reza’s Tony award-winning play, ART, opens the International City Theatre’s thirty-sixth season – virtually. A French playwright, novelist, and actress known for her satiric twists – exemplified by her savage, often caustic “God of […]

Tonight’s the Night Review – The Virtual Us

February 15, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

A toast to Zoom reunions, TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT celebrates all of those singles turned into Zoomers as they search for that “one and only” during the time of the pandemic. A world premiere streaming musical, […]

Before/During/After Review – How Love Lives and Dies

February 6, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

Long familiar to audiences from her television role in “Orange is the New Black,” Finnerty Steeves makes her feature script debut with BEFORE/DURING/AFTER, a film in which she also stars. BEFORE/DURING/AFTER became a festival darling […]

Hi, Are you Single? Review – It’s Tough Looking for Love

February 2, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

You’re in for a surprise when you see author/performer Ryan J. Haddad’s autobiographic solo show. In keeping with the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s philosophy, this is a play “that disrupts conventional processes and stimulates transformative […]

Love’s Labour’s Lost Review – Canada’s Stratford Festival Joins Los Angeles’ CTG

January 20, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

One of Shakespeare’s earlier comedies, LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST was first performed for Queen Elizabeth I in 1597. Known for the longest scene in all of Shakespeare’s plays (588 words) and for the use of […]

Matthew Bourne’s “Cinderella” Review – A New Way to Tell an Old Story

January 18, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

Directed by the forever original and creative choreographer Matthew Bourne, ballet master of the unique and unexpected, CINDERELLA shines – both as an enduring children’s fairy tale and as a musical carousel set to Prokofiev’s […]

100 Days to Live Review – The Essence of Life

January 15, 2021 Elaine Mura 0

Set to release on February 2, 2021, 100 DAYS TO LIVE first premiered at the San Diego International Film Festival, where it was awarded “Best World Premiere.” A taut psychological thriller about serial murder, suicide, […]