Melanie Gable

Looking back at 2010 OC Theater: Love, or a Lack Thereof

Will BlakelyBrad Fraser's True Love Lies​Back in the days when water was clean, love was worth it and nothing but unlimited promise beckoned on the horizon, OC Weekly used to host an annual OC Weekly Theater Awards. Launched in 1997 in order to celebrate the best theatrical accomplishments of the ... More >>

Mind Over Heart in Monkey Wrench's "Fever"

​ Wallace Shawn's The Fever, a 90-minute, harrowing monologue that crawls through the mind of one quite eloquent--if quite loquacious--character, is a tough sell. And not only because it's a 90-minute, harrowing monologue that crawls through the mind of one quite eloquent--if quite loquac ... More >>

No Cowbell Required For This Fever

​Nothing of critical import opens this weekend in the OC area, but a lot of shows are approaching the end of their runs, including critically acclaimed productions of Measure for Pleasure at the Garage Theatre in Long Beach (closes Saturday),  Pool (No Water) at the Monkey Wrench Collective i ... More >>

[Year In Review] The Arts and the Crafts and the Waves of 2009

Licentious to Kill

The Burlesque of Bond brings old-fashioned sexiness to a new era

His Last Truly Warm Comedy

Hunger Artists keep Shakespeares Twelfth Night alive