Hollywood Fringe Review: The Pokemusical Goes on an Adventure
Richie Ferris as Brock, Seth Salsbury as Ash and Kelsey Schulte as Pikachu. Photos by Lyssa SamuelI know next to nothing about Pokémon and from the photos I’d seen I figured The Pokémusical would...
View ArticleHollywood Fringe Review: The Real Housekeepers of Studio City
Ryan O'Connor (Scot), Lani Shipman (Ashley), Leigh Ann Smith (Olivia) & Daniel Switzer (Ethan). Photos by Roger Fojas.If you grew up in the last half of the twentieth century you’ve seen your fair...
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Julia Plostnieks, Travis Dixon, Heather Lake & Christopher MaikishOnly another theatre person knows what any other theatre person really goes through trying to create a life in the theatre; the...
View ArticleWhat's Happening Around Town for June 25, 2013
Reprise Comes To An EndWe were saddened to learn that Reprise Theatre Company has come to an end. Founded by Marcia Seligson in 1997, Reprise went on to present 48 main-stage musicals and more than 30...
View ArticleReview: The Last Days of Mary Stuart, an Electro-Opera Evolution
Mary (Marianne Thompson) begins her rise in Becca Wolff's The Last Days of Mary Stuart. Photo Credit: Molly Erin Kahrimmersive (adj): noting or pertaining to digital technology or images that deeply...
View ArticleWhat's Happening Around Town for June 30, 2013
What Am I Hearing? The Aural Life of the Theatre Join LA Stage Alliance and the Geffen Playhouse this Monday July 1st for What Am I Hearing? The Aural Life of the Theatre, the latest in the series of...
View ArticleFourth of July Entertainment and Celebrations Around Town
PBS presents A Capitol Fourth, Thursday July 4th at 8/7c with performances by Barry Manilow, Candice Glover, Darren Criss, Megan Hilty, Motown the Musical, Neil Diamond, Jackie Evancho, Scotty McReery,...
View ArticleLa Petite Review: IONESCOPADE: A Musical Vaudeville
Ionescopade, an episodic vaudeville for 7 actors and 3 musicians is a fast-paced comically driven entertainment based on the writings of Eugene Ionesco that runs through August 11 at the Odyssey...
View ArticleFirst Look: Valerie Perri and David Burnham in SUNSET BOULEVARD
Valerie Perri and David Burnham star in Musical Theatre West’s 20th Anniversary revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, July 12 – 28 at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center...
View ArticleFirst Look: SISTER ACT Comes To The Pantages Theatre in Hollywood
Sister Act opens June 9th at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for a 3 week engagement and will run through July 28, 2013. The cast of Sister Act. Photos by Joan MarcusTa'Rea Campbell, Florrie Bagel...
View ArticleFirst Look: Chance Theater's BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson opens this Friday, July 12 at Chance Theater and will run through August 4, 2013. Part history, part rock concert, and part SNL sketch comedy satire, the show reimagines...
View ArticleWhat's Happening Around Town for July 10, 2013
The Real Housekeepers of Studio City, an original one-act musical with music by Joe Greene, book & lyrics by Heidi Powers & Tom Moore, directed by Ryan Bergmann. Winner of Best of Fringe and...
View ArticlePhoto Blast: Vicki Lewis and Davis Gaines in Laguna Playhouse's I DO! I DO!
Vicki Lewis and Davis Gaines star in Laguna Playhouse's production of I Do! I Do! music & lyrics by Tom Jones, book by Harvey Schmidt and directed by Alan Souza. Now through August 11, 2013. For...
View ArticleMusic News: L.A. Update, a Little Bit of Everything
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: The Book of Mormonhas added five additional weeks of performances to the originally announced return engagement at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The show will begin its run...
View ArticleReview: Musical Theatre West's Revival of Sunset Boulevard
Valerie Perri as Norma Desmond. Photos by Ken JacquesHollywood’s boulevard of broken dreams was immortalized in the 1950 black & white motion picture Sunset Boulevard, a film noir classic starring...
View ArticleInterview with Joshua Finkel: Building Your Cabaret Act
If you’re a singer who has always wanted to create your own solo show, here is a great place to begin. Joshua Finkel has created a successful method of putting together a cabaret act and talks about...
View ArticleMusical News for July 20 - A Little Bit of Everything
OPENINGS: Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group presents Dancing on the Edge, a theatrical dance production that explores beauty, laughter, tears and love within a sexy, turbo-charged mosaic of...
View ArticleMusical Update for July 23, 2013: Here's What's Happening
OPENINGS: 3-D Theatricals’ SHREK the Musical opened over the weekend and continues performances at Fullerton’s Plummer Auditorium through Aug. 4, followed by an additional weekend at the Redondo Beach...
View ArticleReview: A Suburban Showgirl Balances Life and Art
Palmer Davis as the Suburban ShowgirlPhoto credit: Marge PalmerThe challenge of balancing a career as a professional dancer with motherhood is the dilemma at the heart of Palmer Davis’ one woman show...
View ArticleAll the Latest Musical News for July 26, 2013
MUSICALS: The Pantages Theatre has announced thatJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoatwill replace The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, which has been postponed for a subsequent season. Joseph...
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