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LOVE LIKE BLUE
In Act 1, three relationships break up. In Act 2, the same six individuals begin anew, but with different partners. A clever “why hasn’t that been done before?” premise, skillfully executed in...
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BABY
RECOMMENDED Three women learn that they are pregnant. One is surprised, the second overjoyed, the third shocked, almost horrified by the news. Thus begins Baby, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire’s...
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IT’S THE HOUSEWIVES
RECOMMENDED Ever heard of the superstar rock group The Housewives? The three PTA mothers who became as big as the Beatles? The gals who had such #1 hits as “Ironing Bored,” “The Reynold’s Rap,” and...
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BLOOD BROTHERS
RECOMMENDED The arrival of Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers in Los Angeles is big news indeed. Though the musical ran 840 performances on Broadway in the mid-1990s, and has been playing continuously on...
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SANTASIA—A CHRISTMAS COMEDY
Santasia—A Holiday Comedy is back for its 9th annual potpourri of skits, videos, musical production numbers, and recollections of Christmases past—and what a show it is, whether you’re someone who’s...
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JANET KRUPIN RHAPSODY IN NEW
The sky’s the limit for Janet Krupin, superstar in the making, who followed her L.A.’s Next Great Stage Star 2010 victory with a sensational cabaret debut that people will be talking about in years to...
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THREE SISTERS OR PERESTROIKA
At the risk of alienating the many who consider Anton Chekhov one of the world’s greatest playwrights, I must preface this review with a confession. I am not now, nor am I likely to become, a Chekhov...
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KOWALSKI
The year was 1947 and Tennessee Williams, still basking in the success of his New York Drama Critics Circle Award-winning The Glass Menagerie, was hoping to avoid a sophomore jinx with his upcoming A...
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PARADE
It takes guts and chutzpah to write a musical about a hundred-year-old anti-Semitism-fueled lynching that remains today one of the most horrific miscarriages of justice in United States history, but...
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DREAMGIRLS
Spectacular design, inspired direction and choreography, and above all one electrifying star turn—elements that together made the 2010 National Tour of the legendary Dreamgirls one for the ages—have...
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DEAR WORLD
When was the last time you got to experience Jerry Herman’s Dear World? If you’re the most fortunate of Angelinos, it was probably way back in 2003 at Musical Theatre Guild’s one-performance-only...
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SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY
Santasia – A Holiday Comedy is back at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre for its 18th annual potpourri of wacky Benny Hill-like skits, SNL-ready videos, Broadway-parodying production numbers, nostalgic...
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THE BLADE OF JEALOUSY
The Blade Of Jealousy, Henry Ong’s contemporary updating of a 17th-century Spanish screwball farce, proves a misfire for the writer of the justly lauded Sweet Karma, a misdirected, overacted, and...
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THREE SISTERS OR PERESTROIKA
NOT RECOMMENDED At the risk of alienating the many who consider Anton Chekhov one of the world’s greatest playwrights, I must preface this review with a confession. I am not now, nor am I likely to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
KOWALSKI
The year was 1947 and Tennessee Williams, still basking in the success of his New York Drama Critics Circle Award-winning The Glass Menagerie, was hoping to avoid a sophomore jinx with his upcoming A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PARADE
It takes guts and chutzpah to write a musical about a hundred-year-old anti-Semitism-fueled lynching that remains today one of the most horrific miscarriages of justice in United States history, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DREAMGIRLS
Spectacular design, inspired direction and choreography, and above all one electrifying star turn—elements that together made the 2010 National Tour of the legendary Dreamgirls one for the ages—have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DEAR WORLD
When was the last time you got to experience Jerry Herman’s Dear World? If you’re the most fortunate of Angelinos, it was probably way back in 2003 at Musical Theatre Guild’s one-performance-only...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY
Santasia – A Holiday Comedy is back at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre for its 18th annual potpourri of wacky Benny Hill-like skits, SNL-ready videos, Broadway-parodying production numbers, nostalgic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE BLADE OF JEALOUSY
The Blade Of Jealousy, Henry Ong’s contemporary updating of a 17th-century Spanish screwball farce, proves a misfire for the writer of the justly lauded Sweet Karma, a misdirected, overacted, and...
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