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Review: Actors Co-op's The Baker's Wife
The company of The Baker's Wife. Photos by Lindsay SchneblyYes, it’s true. “Too much truth can be hard to digest.” By the time those words are spoken in the second act of The Baker’s Wife it’s been...
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Review: Man Covets Bird and Delivers Magic at 24th Street Theatre
Andrew Huber and Leeav Sofer. Photos by Cooper BatesYou can tell when a theatre company cares about its audience, especially when that audience is largely made up of young people. It doesn’t talk down...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Monday, October 5, 2015
Tickets go on sale November 11 for the Troubies’ holiday show, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Motown, coming to the Falcon Theatre. Show runs Dec 2 – Jan 17 with opening night on Friday, Dec 11. The...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Saturday, October 10, 2015
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment will open RENT by Jonathan Larson on October 23. Directed by Richard Israel with musical direction by John Glaudini and...
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Review: CARRIE The Killer Musical Experience - Still Killing It at the Los...
Emily Lopez as Carrie White. All photos by Jason NiedleWhere you sit will make a big difference in the kind of experience you will have at Carrie the Killer Musical Experience. Aptly renamed from its...
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Review: ANNIE, A Perfect Example of Optimism's Staying Power
Gilgamesh Taggett and Issie Swickle. Photos by Joan MarcusAs I was waiting for my theatre guest to arrive at the Pantages Tuesday night for the opening of Annie, a school bus pulled up. Within seconds,...
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First Look: Cabrillo Music Theatre's DAMN YANKEES
Cabrillo Music Theatre’s season opens with Damn Yankees, directed by Kirsten Chandler, playing now through October 25, 2015 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Aging, die-hard Washington Senators...
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Photo Flash: 3-D Theatricals' THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Rachel York (Morticia) and Bronson Pinchot (Gomez)3-D Theatricals’ revival of Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice’s The Addams Family (music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa) starring Bronson Pinchot and...
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Review: A Tribute to the Master - SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM
Barbara Carlton Heart, Kevin McMahon, Josh Wise, Stephanie Fredricks, Jake Novak, and Shaina Knox. All photo by Suzanne MapesHe has been studied, copied, emulated, and lauded but one fact is...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Thursday, October 22, 2015
Matt Magnusson replaces the previously announced Constantine Maroulis as Scorpio in the company of Breaking Through at Pasadena Playhouse. The world premiere musical is choreographed by Tyce Diorio and...
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Photo Flash: La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts' RENT
John Devereaux, Mark Whitten and Devin Archer.All photos by Jason NiedleJonathan Larson’s RENT, directed by Richard Israel, runs through November 15 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. This...
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Photo Flash: Rubicon Theatre Company's MY FAIR LADY
Rubicon Theatre Company presents a two-piano chamber version of the legendary Lerner and Loewe classic My Fair Lady, directed by James O’Neil. The 17-member cast features Ovation and Indy Award-winner...
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First Look: BREAKING THROUGH at Pasadena Playhouse
Alison Luff and Matt MagnussonThe world premiere musical Breaking Through starring Alison Luff and Matt Magnusson at Pasadena Playhouse is choreographed by Tyce Diorio and directed by Sheldon Epps. The...
View ArticleSan Diego Celebrates the Holidays! Here Comes The Grinch and White Christmas
The Holidays are coming and that means two Christmas favorites will open in San Diego this month. At The Old Globe, everyone’s favorite green meanie is about to make his appearance in Dr. Seuss’ How...
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Review: El Grande Circus de Coca-Cola, a Comedic Clown Fest from South of the...
L-R: Lila Dupree, Aaron Miller, Marcelo Tubert, Olivia Cristina Delgado, and Paul Baird on accordian. Photos by Ed KriegerWhenever a production transfers from the humble beginnings of a 99-seat theatre...
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Review: MIRAVEL Needs More Jazz, Less Talk
Jake Broder, Devereau Chumrau and Will Bradley.It’s a story that takes too long to tell but the jazz sizzles and Miravel definitely has potential. Billed as a jazz musical by Jake Broder, co-author of...
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First Look: Anne of Green Gables at Chance Theater
Chance Theater's holiday production Anne of Green Gables directed by Casey Long, with musical direction by Bill Strongin, runs through December 27, 2015. Photos by Doug Catiller, True Image...
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Photo Flash: The Bridges of Madison County at the Ahmanson Theatre
The national tour of The Bridges of Madison County opens at the Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 8pm, with previews beginning December 8. The two-time Tony...
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First Look: The Group Rep's THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
The Group Rep presents the west coast premiere of That Lovin’ Feelin’ written by James A. Zimmerman, directed by Jules Aaron, celebrating the history and hits of the Righteous Brothers, Dec 11 - Jan...
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Review: Guys and Dolls, Reinvented and Rich with Life at The Wallis
Jeremy Peter Johnson, Richard Howard, and Kate Hurster.All photos by Kevin ParryLuck has nothing to do with it. Mary Zimmerman’s Guys and Dolls is a well thought out, surprisingly fresh reinvention of...
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