Cynthia Citron

Cynthia Citron

Cynthia Citron is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.

Her published books, available on Amazon, include:

‘Sideways The Play’ overburdened with the f-word.

By Cynthia Citron SANTA MONICA, California — There were a lot of f-words in the Oscar-winning movie Sideways.  And I’m not talking alliteration here.  But the words were somehow mitigated by the dazzling scenery of the California wine country and the luminous performances of Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. In Sideways The Play, however,

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‘No Way But Through’ an endless exercise in psycho-babble

By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California —   No matter how intently you pay attention, No Way Around But Through doesn’t make a lot of sense. Billed as a “dark romantic comedy,” this new play by actor/playwright Scott Caan is intermittently comic but persistently cranky rather than dark.  As for romance, Caan, who plays Dano on

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‘Stoneface’ a hilarious tribute to Buster Keaton

By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD —  If you’re pining for perfect pratfalls, you’ve got to see Stoneface because its star, French Stewart, has them down prat. Stewart, best known for his six seasons as the alien Communicator in TV’s 3rd Rock from the Sun, displays a breathtaking physicality as he portrays comedy icon Buster Keaton in a role custom-tailored for

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Find his plays incomprehensible? Well, then, you’re not worthy!

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — I discovered something very interesting when I interviewed poet-playwright Murray Mednick last week: If you want to get a provocative interview, start by making the subject angry. I begin by remarking, quite innocently, that I don’t understand his plays. Innocent, but terminally tactless. “You want me to explain my plays

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‘Love Struck’ and ‘Synthesthesia’ offer some new theatre approaches

 By Cynthia Citron     BEVERLY HILLS, California — In my view, it’s cause for rejoicing when a play is beautifully written and is performed by actors who are at least as brilliant as the writing.  Mostly because it doesn’t happen all that often.   Two new shows demonstrate what I mean.   Love Struck, which opened at the

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