THEATER CRITIC’S CHOICE: “LITTLE ARMENIA”
LA City Beat, CA
Aug. 17, 2006
In the neighborhood surrounding the Fountain Theatre, an immigrant
couple frets that their daughter wants to marry an outsider – an
Icelandic American. Meanwhile, an Armenian American teenager falls
in with a shady garbage collector, and two women worry about losing
their waitress jobs if a restaurant moves to Glendale. These are
among the narrative strands that intertwine in this research-based
play by three authors: Lory Bedikian, Aram Kouyoumdjian and Shahe
Mankerian. It sounds like a recipe for sprawl, but Armina LaMann’s
staging is remarkably concise and consistent in tone. The text balances
warm emotion with a few less than flattering perspectives and a wealth
of local color – the narrator’s home is on a street only a half-block
from the theater.
-Don Shirley
The Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Ave., Hollywood, (323) 663-1525.
Thurs.-Sats. at 8 p.m.; Suns. at 2 p.m. Closes Sept. 3.
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