Posts Tagged ‘Rogue Machine Theatre’
MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA
Sunday, April 7th, 2024
What starts out a sitcom-style two-hander about a precocious teen being reared by his late father’s gay black husband ends up something far darker and deeper and more powerful in Christian St. Croix’s Monsters Of The American Cinema, the latest in a string of world-class Rogue Machine winners.
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MIDDLE OF THE WORLD
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
An Uber ride through the traffic-jammed streets of Midtown Manhattan proves life-changing for both driver and passenger in Juan José Alfonso’s Middle Of The World, a compelling, thought-provoking, surprise-packed Rogue Machine Theatre West Coast Premiere now playing at the Matrix.
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THE DEATH OF ME YET
Thursday, January 11th, 2024
Life-threatening illness and human mortality aren’t usually the stuff of comedy, but expect to laugh your socks off at solo-show whiz David Dean Bottrell’s The Death Of Me Yet, now paying a five-performance-only visit to Rogue Machine’s Matrix Theatre.
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BABY FOOT
Tuesday, October 24th, 2023
Two addicts, one on her way out of rehab after 90 days sober, the other on his way in with a frighteningly drug-free 90-day challenge ahead of him, meet to electrifying effect in Baby Foot, Tim Venable’s gut-punchingly powerful, unexpectedly laugh-getting follow-up to last year’s stunning The Beautiful People at Rogue Machine Theatre.
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HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
If the idea of spending two hours listening to Catholic conservatives inveigh against abortion, LGBT rights, and other left-wing causes sounds off-putting, think again.
There’s a reason why Will Arbery’s Heroes Of The Fourth Turning, now getting an absolutely sensational Rogue Machine Theatre Los Angeles Premiere, was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama. There’s a reason why the New York Times called it “astonishing and riveting.”
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BLUE
Sunday, April 9th, 2023
Award-winning L.A. stage star June Carryl proves herself a playwright to be reckoned with in Rogue Machine’s Blue, a ripped-from-today’s-headlines stunner now riveting audiences in the Matrix Theatre’s ultra-intimate Henry Murray Stage.
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COME GET MAGGIE
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023Rogue Machine Theatre’s World Premiere 1950s sci-fi spoof Come Get Maggie has almost everything a new original musical ought to have. It’s funny, it’s quirky, it’s clever, and it’s terrifically performed. What it lacks is an infectiously hummable score.
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LITTLE THEATRE
Sunday, December 18th, 2022
Justin Tanner’s ’90s-nostalgia-filled autobiographical gem Little Theatre once again showcases the prolific playwright’s gift for out-of-left-field laughs, especially when delivered by a couldn’t-be-better trio of Rogue Machine stars.
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