A Los Angeles Theatre Review: ‘Paranormal Inside’

October 13, 2025October 13, 2025 Edward Hong

Prince Gomolvilas’ Paranormal Inside, now having one of its rolling world premieres at East West Players, achieves the astounding feat in being a play that is so compelling while fully utilizing multiple global majority actors across different spectrums in meaningful ways, completely deliver on its supernatural premises to jaw-dropping effect, and also be a sequel that welcomes those who have knowledge of the previous play while not being entirely necessary for those who are unfamiliar. It is the perfect play arriving just in time for this year’s Halloween season.

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A Los Angeles Theatre Review: ‘Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity’

August 22, 2025September 10, 2025 Edward Hong

For four performances only, the Japanese American National Museum‘s Democracy Center is presenting two Asian American solo performance shows that complement each other in their commentary on how their identity affects their art during these current times.

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A Los Angeles Theatre Review: ‘Unbroken Blossoms’

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 Edward Hong

There is a sense of tragedy to acknowledge that whenever there is progress made with any given historically underrepresented community in the United States, history always finds a way to repeat itself. Are we doomed to keep repeating that cycle? Such is the question presented in the East West Players production of Unbroken Blossoms, a world premiere play written by Philip W. Chung and directed by Jeff Liu.