All My Sons at The Matrix

All My Sons

The Matrix
7657 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles

This non-traditionally cast, multi-racial production sheds new light on Arthur Miller's powerful story. World War II has ended and Joe Keller, an airplane parts manufacturer, is caught in a personal battle between social responsibility and business success that could threaten his quest for the American dream.

Thru - Dec 18, 2011

Price: $25

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 323-852-1445

www.matrixtheatre.com

All My Sons Reviews

Average Rating based on 7 reviews

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LA Weekly - Recommended

"...The acting is top-flight, a rare and excellent rendition of the play. Watson needs to be less specific as to the era, in order to allow his attempts at opening up the text to emerge as a bold idea rather than a tentative experiment."

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- Steven Leigh Morris

Backstage - Highly Recommended

"...This production should not be missed, as it has authenticity of characters and allows audiences to recapture Miller's fine craftsmanship. It rings true in today's climate of corporate avarice and shifting morality."

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- Melinda Schupmann

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...Setting aside the novel multi-racial casting of All My Sons, The Matrix Theatre Company's production of Arthur Miller's play is moving and powerful."

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- Barnaby Hughes

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

"...I prefer simply to consider the Matrix Theatre ensemble an inspired example of colorblind casting, taking one of the truly great plays of the 20th Century and affording a rainbow spectrum of actors the rare opportunity to portray some of the richest roles ever written for the American stage. See All My Sons with colorblind lenses and you have a truly remarkable production, and one which makes Miller's themes all the more universal and relevant to this 21st Century world."

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- Steven Stanley

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

"...It's what we might label a noble experiment that doesn't jell, but on John Iacovelli's stylistic set, under Brian Gale's evocative lighting design, Cameron Watson's direction rings true. These are real people caught up in extraordinary circumstances and the honesty that comes through makes this solid theatre, in spite of misplaced liberal ideals."

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- Dale Reynolds

LA Stage Times - Recommended

"...Still, if you have much theatrical experience under your belt, you've probably seen enough of this kind of casting to be able to suspend disbelief and just let the play work its wonders. Cameron Watson's staging worked that way for me, striking all the momentous emotional chords as it gradually revealed the webs of deception and culpability that stem from the cracked airplane parts that Joe's company shipped out during the war."

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- Don Shirley

WeHo News - Recommended

"... Yet this is a production that soars on the small observations and behaviors that ground us in the epic drama of these families' ruined lives. It's a shame for anything to distract us from that."

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- Samuel Bernstein

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All My Sons Reviews

LA Weekly - Recommended

Backstage - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

LA Stage Times - Recommended

WeHo News - Recommended

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