High Maintenance at The Road on Magnolia

High Maintenance

The Road on Magnolia
10747 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood

An unfairly disgraced actor makes her comeback in Ibsen's "A Doll's House" - opposite a robot that may bring about the end of the acting profession. "High Maintenance" raises questions about the relationship between art and AI, and how the status quo can turn both against each other, but really, it's just funny. After all, a robot built to act is "the product of theatre and big tech, an ego is inevitable."

Thru - May 19, 2024

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Sat, May 4: 2:00pm

Sun, May 5: 7:00pm

Wed, May 8: 8:00pm

Fri, May 10: 8:00pm

Sat, May 11: 8:00pm

Sun, May 12: 2:00pm

Fri, May 17: 8:00pm

Sat, May 18: 8:00pm

Sun, May 19: 2:00pm

Show Type: Comedy

Box Office: 866-506-1248

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High Maintenance Reviews

Average Rating based on 4 reviews

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LA Splash - Recommended

"...Zimmerman helms the production with skill, milking each and every joke to its fullest. The ensemble cast does a good job of making this sci-fi tale look real, with special kudos to Prentice, who is a painfully convincing robot-turned-actor. The play definitely looks at the "what-if" scenario of robots taking over the stage, especially current following the recent strikes which attempted to put limits and controls on the advance of AI technology in the industry."

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- Elaine Mura

Stage Scene LA - Somewhat Recommended

"...Christian Prentice dazzles as a state-of-the-art robot about to star as Torvald in Ibsen's A Doll's House opposite TV diva Ivy Khan's Nora in Peter Ritt's High Maintenance, an initially captivating Road Theatre World Premiere that fails to live up to expectations in its romance-derailing, credibility-straining final scenes."

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- Steven Stanley

Stage Raw - Not Recommended

"...Director Stan Zimmerman can't overcome the problems with the writing, and the pacing drags. The problems with Ritt's play are twofold. The dialogue resembles generic sitcom shtick, and this was compounded by the fact that the audience I saw it with barely laughed during the 90-minute runtime. If you're noticing that nobody is laughing during what is supposed to be a comedy, that's a problem. I've already mentioned that the AI/robots replacing workers question is mostly missing here, but also the idea of Laura being "high maintenance" - the very title of the play - is also completely absent. Laura as written couldn't be nicer or more cooperative."

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- Terry Morgan

Broadway World - Somewhat Recommended

"...Peter Ritt's world-premiere comedy HIGH MAINTENANCE at the Road Theatre in North Hollywood tackles timely issues rocking the world - including the entertainment world - to mixed results. Sci-fi TV star Laura Miller (Ivy Khan) has been labeled "difficult" and is desperate to redeem her reputation. So she makes a risky move by accepting a role on stage in a version of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" - opposite an AI "thesp-bot" named Roger (Christian Prentice). What could go wrong?"

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- Harker Jones

High Maintenance at The Road on Magnolia