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CABARET, FILM & DANCE NEWS for Friday, August 19, 2016
CABARET/CONCERTSThe ladies of Crimes of the Heart:An “Oh-So” Criminal Cabaretreturn to Rockwell Table & Stage for an encore performance on August 23 at 8pm. The show celebrates Broadway’s femme...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Tickets go on sale 8/27 for La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere musical starring Daphne Rubin-Vega, Miss You Like Hell. The new work was commissioned four years ago by the Playhouse and was part of the...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Monday, August 29, 2016
MUSICAL NEWSAn all-star ensemble joins For The Record when it returns to Los Angeles with a new production, For The Record: Scorsese - American Crime Requiem, kicking off the 2016-17 season at The...
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Review: NEWSIES Continues to Win Audiences' Affection in LA
Original company, North American Tour of NEWSIES.©Disney. Photos by Deen van Meer.I already knew Disney’s Newsies had developed cult status before I saw the show because its legions of loyal “Fansies”...
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Review: The Troubies and Getty Villa Throw a HAUNTED HOUSE PARTY
Beth Kennedy and Matt Walker in Haunted House PartyAll photos by Craig SchwartzTroubadour Theatre Company’s classless clowns of classical comedy go rogue in their latest adaptation at the Getty Villa....
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Review: Pasadena Playhouse's The Fantasticks, a Beautiful Study in Nuance
Ashley Park and Conor Guzmán Photos by Jim Cox Photography.When The Fantasticks first opened Off-Broadway in 1960, it was a pretty sure bet no one had ever written the word Bengasi [Benghazi] in a...
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First Look: La Mirada Theatre's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
From the Oscar®-winning team of Peter Parnell, Alan Menken, and Stephen Schwartz comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance, and what it means to be a hero. Based...
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Review: GENERATION ME Tackles Important Teen Issues
Milo Manheim and Anabella Ronson-Benenati. All photos by Shane Alan BradleyTwo years ago this teen musical was one of the best new works to come through Hollywood. Its young writers Julie Soto, Ryan...
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Review: A MEXICAN TRILOGY: An American Story: A Legacy of Letting Go
Kenneth Miles Ellington Lopez, Ella Saldaña North, Esperanza America, Julio Macias and Olivia Cristina Delgado. Photos by Grettel Cortes PhotographyThe essence of Latino Theatre Company’s monumental...
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Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, It Vas a Fun Night, Ya
L-R: Tracy Lore, Chris Kauffmann, Larry Raben, and Anne Montavon.Photos by Ed KriegerWhen October hits and Halloween horror movies begin to flood late night TV, you can always count on at least one...
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Review: For The Record: Scorsese - American Crime Requiem
All I can say is get ready to be blown away. This theatricalized cinematic hybrid entertainment-on-steroids comes at you with all the force of a loaded gun, if the stage was the barrel, the singers...
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Review: SKULLDUGGERY: The Musical Prequel to Hamlet, a Rowdy Good Time
John Bobek and David Haverty. All photos by Jessica Sherman PhotographyI love a good prequel, especially when a contemporary playwright decides to take on the back story of a hallowed play by the likes...
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Review: Spindle City, a Disappointing Tale of a Fascinating Legend
Emily Bridges and Rowan Treadway. All photos by Rick Rose.Did she or didn’t she? To this day, no one knows for sure. In 1893, Lizzie Borden was tried for the murders of her father and stepmother in one...
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Review: 24th Street Theatre's Hansel & Gretel Bluegrass is Artful Storytelling
Angela Giarratana and Caleb Foote. All photos by Cooper Bates24th Street Theatre takes on the Brothers Grimm in its latest world premiere Hansel & Gretel Bluegrass by Bryan Davidson, but forget the...
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Review: Sci-Fi Silliness Reigns in Rubicon Theatre's RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN...
Back L-R: Lucy Willhite, Stephen Russell, Jesse Graham, Harley Jay, Jason Graae and Omar D. Brancato. Front: Madeline Gambon, Trevor Wheetman, Craig McEldowney, Kimberly Hessler and Caleb Horst. All...
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Review: Cirque du Soleil Creates a Wondrous World in TORUK - The First Flight
Photo: Jesse Faatz Costumes: Kym Barrett © 2015 Cirque du SoleilDon LaFontaine was one of the most prolific (and best-loved) voice actors in the movie industry for more years than I can even remember,...
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Compete in LA's Next Great Stage Star 2017!
Do you have what it takes to be LA’s Next Great Stage Star? If so, Stage Star 2017 is looking for you! Presented by Princess Cruises, the competition will hold auditions for 10 men and 10 women between...
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Review: Michael Arden Reinvigorates Merrily We Roll Along at The Wallis
Donna Vivino and Aaron Lazar. Photo credit: Kevin ParryWhen Merrily We Roll Along opened on Broadway in 1981, no one anticipated that it would be a flop. With a score by Stephen Sondheim and direction...
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MUSICAL NEWS for December 8, 2016
HOLIDY MUSICAL NEWS UDPATEPasadena Playhouse opens its annual Panto at the Playhouse tonight. The interactive holiday treat this year is A Cinderella Christmas by Kris Lythgoe and stars Lauren Taylor,...
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Photo Flash: A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS at Pasadena Playhouse
L-R: Lauren Taylor, Alex Newell Matthew Patrick Davis and the ensemble Pasadena Playhouse's annual Panto at the Playhouse A Cinderella Christmas by Kris Lythgoe runs through January 8. Come early to...
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