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HFF: THE TOXIC AVENGER Wins Again
Jared Reed as The Toxic Avenger. All photos by Rich ClarkA blind baby doll librarian, a nerd-turned-toxic-super hero, and a maniacal mayor clash in this campy musical by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan....
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HFF: Bumpersticker: The Musical, a Sure-fire Fringe Favorite
L-R: Jahmaul Bakare, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Lamont Dozier, Jr., Anne Yatco,Nadia Ahern, and Zachary FordBumpersticker: The Musical conquers the Hollywood Fringe Festival with its terrific triple threat...
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HFF: A FEAST OF SNACKS - Sweet, Silly, Wacky & Weird
A Feast of Snacks consists of four short musical comedies written by Michael Gordon Shapiro packaged into a complete one hour presentation. The unrelated stories run the gamut from sweet and endearing...
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HFF: Transformation in NINE DRESSES or The Nine Circles of Hell
There isn’t a woman alive who can’t relate to Brenda Varda’s one woman musical, Nine Dresses: Sex, Death, Fashion, which takes on the subject of fashion in a very personal and humorous way. The title...
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HFF: THUG TUNNEL is all kinds of Cazy Wonderful
The cast of Thug Tunnel. Photo by Matt KamimuraThug Tunnel’s improv roots serve it exceedingly well. Comedians – especially those skilled in improvisation – approach comedy and comic timing differently...
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HFF: Photo Flash - The Cure to Mortality
Original sci-fi musical comedy The Cure to Mortality has one more performance left on the Hollywood Fringe Festival schedule. You can catch the show June 25th at 7:30 pm at Asylum @ McCadden Theatre....
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HFF: BROADWAY NOIR has Potential but needs Development
Nathan Ondracek and Max Lichtig. All photos by Matt KamimuraThis is a show that hasn’t yet decided what it wants to be. While it’s clear the company has put a great deal of effort into it and presents...
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The Old Globe's West Coast Premiere of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Opens July 6th
Megan McGinnis as Marianne Dashwood and Peter Saide as Willoughby.All photos by Liz Lauren, courtesy of Chicago Shakespeare TheaterTony Award nominee Paul Gordon(Emma, Jane Eyre, Daddy Long Legs) and...
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MUSICAL NEWS for June 21, 2016
Valerie Perri stars as Dolly Levi in 3-D Theatricals’ revival of Hello Dolly! which plays July 15 - 31 at Fullerton’s historic Plummer Auditorium. Following its performances in Fullerton, the...
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Review: BEAUTIFUL - The Carole King Musical is Everything You Hope it Will Be
Abby Mueller in Beautiful. All photos by Joan MarcusIt was a Tony Award-winning vehicle for Jessie Mueller who played Carole King on Broadway and now you’ll see her older sister, Abby, in the title...
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First Look: Chance Theater's A CHORUS LINE
Chance Theater’s production of A Chorus Line runs through July 31 on the Cripe Stage @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center. It is directed by Chance’s artistic director Oanh Nguyen, choreographed by Hazel...
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Cirque du Soleil's AVATAR TORUK - The First Flight, Coming in November
AVATAR, TORUK - The First Flight, the new Cirque du Soleil touring production inspired by James Cameron’s Avatar is coming to Southern California for a few short days in November. Written and directed...
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Photo Flash: CABARET at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre
Direct from Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company’s national tour of Kander & Ebb’s Cabaret will play the Hollywood Pantages Theatre July 19 – August 7. Directed by Sam Mendes and co-directed &...
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Dim the Lights for Garry Marshall, Founder of the Falcon Theatre
Garry Marshall, film and television writer, director, and actor, has passed away at the age of 81, at 5:00pm on Tuesday July 19 from complications of pneumonia following a stroke at a hospital in...
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Review: It's Austen Time - Sense and Sensibility / I Love You Because
L-R: Megan McGinnis (Marianne Dashwood) and Sharon Rietkerk (Elinor Dashwood) Photo by Liz Lauren, courtesy of Chicago Shakespeare Theater.This past week I saw two different musicals that have taken...
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Review: In & Of Itself, Where Theatre and Magic Become Art
Derek DelGaudio. All photos by Jeff Lorch Photography“willing suspension of disbelief” --the willingness to suspend one’s critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic...
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Photo Flash: The B Productions' Little Shop of Horrors
The B Productions’ modern twist on Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors plays one more weekend at the NoHo Arts Center. Directed by Brianna McDonnell, with musical direction by...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Pasadena Playhouse has announced the cast for its upcoming production of Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones’s The Fantasticks, directed by Seema Sueko. Show runs Sept 6 – Oct 2, with opening night on Sept...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Wednesday, August 17, 2016
NEW SEASONSValley Performing Arts Center launches its 2016-2017 season with a one night only performance of Jerry Herman’s Dear World starring Tyne Daly as Countess Aurelia, Friday, Sept 30 at 8pm....
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MUSICAL NEWS for Thursday, August 18, 2016
MUSICAL CELEBRATIONWallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will host a free two-day celebration for the community on Sept 10 (2pm – 10 pm) and 11 (10am – 2pm) featuring performances by many of...
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