Slow Thunder at Theatre 68 Arts Complex

Slow Thunder

Theatre 68 Arts Complex
5112 Lankershim Blvd. Hollywood

Welcome to Vieux Carre where, on a soft autumn evening, time stands still, and everything that's risen - or fallen - converges when her not-quite-ex, Peter, appears uninvited at Jewel's door. She's not pleased to see him and, with the arrival of her friends Rob and Bird, the quartet's chemistry - a volatile cocktail of loss and longing, vulnerability, and desire - jars the precarious balance and counterbalance of love and friendship.

Thru - Nov 12, 2023

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 323-467-6688

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Slow Thunder Reviews

Average Rating based on 5 reviews

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Stage and Cinema - Not Recommended

"...What a strange and unsatisfying evening. As baffling as the title of the producing company, bAfA TheatreWorks, Suse Sternkopf’s Slow Thunder is all slow and no thunder. Even with the presence of two of my favorite actors — Ann Noble and Rob Nagle — Sternkopf as director fails to create the undercurrent needed to bring her script to any kind of fruition. (Then again, even Lunt and Fontanne couldn’t have brought this overwritten, under-baked story to life.)"

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- Tony Frankel

Stage Scene LA - Somewhat Recommended

"...The cast is on fire, but Suse Sternkopf's Slow Thunder, now getting its World Premiere at NoHo's Theatre 68, is (as The Buckinghams phrased it in their 1967 hit) kind of a drag."

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- Steven Stanley

ArtsBeatLA - Not Recommended

"...Sometimes great actors can save a bad play. The sheer strength of their talent or the brilliance of their star power dazzles us into not noticing or caring that the vehicle they’re in is lacking an engine or wheels. (Al Pacino comes to mind. Hoo-ah!) More often than not, however, a poor script leaves otherwise strong actors stuck like T-rexes in a tar pit, flailing about to no avail with their tiny arms. This is the unfortunate situation with the current bAfA TheatreWorks production of Suse Sternkopf’s Slow Thunder at the Theatre 68 Arts Complex, which strands some of L.A.’s best actors in a play that emphasizes the slow and fails to display the thunder."

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- Terry Morgan

NoHoArtsDistrict - Highly Recommended

"...The performances are really excellent. Believable, relatable, endearing and tightly wound. The actors seem to say more with looks and refrain than with words, although those words are wonderfully wrought and powerful. There’s a storm always approaching, and you can feel the pressure mounting, the temperature dropping, and the electricity in the air."

- Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros

Stage Raw - Recommended

"...Slow Thunder, playwright Suse Sternkopf's gripping new drama now being presented at Theatre 68 Arts Complex, is one such notable event - a deceptively modest examination of the complexities of human love that builds to an emotional crescendo. Sternkopf, who directs her own work with a sure and efficient hand, has wisely assembled a cast of crack theatrical veterans, some of whom will be familiar to Los Angeles audiences."

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- F. Kathleen Foley

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Slow Thunder Reviews

Stage and Cinema - Not Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Somewhat Recommended

ArtsBeatLA - Not Recommended

NoHoArtsDistrict - Highly Recommended

Stage Raw - Recommended

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