Theatertimes was launched online in 2006 as a first attempt at providing a few theater reviews each month by Cristofer Gross, a former theater publicist attempting to jump the fence and somehow be critical of artists he had often worked with and in some cases been friends.
The pivot point was a play at the very theater in which he had worked for the better part – in some ways the best part – of 22 years. It not only featured several actor friends and a favorite director one of its signature publicity shots was his, as he had been called in to help in a pinch.
Kimberly Scott and Susannah Schulman in Jeff Whitty's 'The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler.'
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LINKS TO REVIEWS
All My Sons / Geffen Playhouse
And the Winner Is / Laguna Playhouse
Arms and the Man / A Noise Within
As You Like It / A Noise Within
As You Like It / Pasadena Playhouse
Autobahn / Open Fist Theatre
Bach at Leipzig / South Coast Repertory
The Bigger Man / Circle X
The Black Rider / Ahmanson Theatre
Blue Door / South Coast Repertory
A Body of Water / Old Globe Theatre
Boston Marriage / Geffen Playhouse
Christmas on Mars / The Old Globe
The Constant Wife / The Old Globe
Curtains / Ahmanson Theatre
Demeter in the City / Cornerstone Theater Company
Fences / Pasadena Playhouse
The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler / South Coast Repertory
God of Hell / Geffen Playhouse
Hitchcock Blonde / South Coast Repertory
The Importance of Being Earnest / Ahmanson Theatre
In the Continuum / Kirk Douglas Theatre
Jitney / Stagewalkers / Lillian Theatre
Last Easter / Laguna Playhouse
The Last Five Years / Pasadena Playhouse
Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates / Mark Taper Forum
Little Egypt / Matrix Theatre
Man from Nebraska / South Coast Repertory
A Marvellous Party: A Noel Coward Celebration / Laguna Playhouse
Mother Courage / La Jolla Playhouse
Much ADoobie Brothers About Nothing / Troubadour Theatre Company
Nightingale / Mark Taper Forum
Nothing Sacred / South Coast Repertory
Othello / The Old Globe
Phaedra / A Noise Within
The Price / A Noise Within
Pyrenees / Kirk Douglas Theatre
The Real Thing / South Coast Repertory
Ridiculous Fraud / South Coast Repertory
Shear Madness / Laguna Playhouse
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure / Pasadena Playhouse
Sister Act: The Musical / Pasadena Playhouse
The Sisters Rosensweig / Old Globe Theatre
The 60s / Pacific Resident Theatre
Slow Dance on the Killing Ground / Athena Theatre
Sonia Flew / Laguna Playhouse
The Studio / South Coast Repertory
The Tempest / A Noise Within
Tick, Tick . . . BOOM / Coronet Theatre
The Time of Your Life / Open Fist Theatre
The Times They Are A-Changin' / Old Globe Theatre
A Touch of the Poet / A Noise Within
Trying / Old Globe Theatre
Two Pianos, Four Hands / Laguna Playhouse
Ubu Roi / A Noise Within
The Violet Hour / Old Globe Theatre
Water & Power / Mark Taper Forum
Wishful Drinking / Geffen Playhouse
Without Walls / Mark Taper Forum