Articles by David Ng

Vivacious, exotic and scored to a calypso-reggae beat, “Once on This Island” is a Caribbean cruise of a musical that offers audiences an abundance of pleasantly superficial diversions and sunny ports of call. Read more

Ludwig van Beethoven – genius, madman, cosmic musical prophet. Read more

THE SCRIPT reigns supreme in the theater world. Read more

Defending the barricades isn’t an official Olympic sport. Read more

IF THERE was an award for most imagery per square inch in a play, this year’s statuette would almost certainly go to the Rogue Artists Ensemble’s production of “The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Read more

Only in theater could a warehouse stock boy become king of England. Read more

There ought to be a SigAlert in effect for the Shakespeare Festival/LA’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Read more

Ricky Gervais made his grand entrance at the Kodak Theatre on Friday wearing a crown and silly grin as a giant sign bearing his name ignited in an incandescent blaze behind him. Read more

The former Masonic Temple in downtown Glendale is an old, decrepit and some say haunted building – a venue perhaps more suited to Hollywood horror flicks than the plays of Shakespeare, Beckett or Molière. Read more