The Getty throws a ritzy party for PST ART, and tenderness blossoms at Costco in the West Coast premiere of “Clarkston” at Echo Theater Company. Cold Blue Music Presents an Evening of Solos … and More Times classical music critic Mark Swed flags this virtuosic showcase from what he describes as “the longtime, invaluable L.A. new music record label.” The …
“Dido of Idaho,” an offbeat comedy by Abby Rosebrock at the Echo Theater Company, takes a shockingly dark turn. The play, presented in the round in a characteristically vibrant Echo Theater Company production under the acute direction of Abigail Deser, starts with Nora and Michael in bed listening to an aria in Henry Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas.” This piece …
Parapsychology — that inquiry into mental phenomena beyond the reach of psychology — is a perfect subject for the theater, where audience members have been trained to suspend their disbelief. Lucas Hnath, one of the most adventurous American playwrights working today, tests the occult waters in his eerily gripping play “The Thin Place,” now receiving its California premiere in a …
