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Review: The Brick: A One Man Musical Metamorphosis
Bill Berry. All photos by James F. DeanIn Bill Berry’s solo show The Brick: A One Man Musical, Berry isn’t addressing the audience in a theater. He’s on a beach having a two-way conversation with his...
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Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Captures Rock and Roll History
L-R: John Countryman, Michael Monroe Goodman, Cole, and David ElkinsAll photos by Caught in the Moment Photography3-D Theatricals recreates a pivotal moment in rock and roll history in their latest...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Monday, February 26, 2018
The Little Mermaid - Sound Stage Live!March 15 – 18, 2018What’s the newest way to experience Disney’s The Little Mermaid? Sound Stage Live’s first-ever immersive musical theatre event combining live...
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Review: Love Comes as a Surprise in DADDY LONG LEGS
Ashley Ruth Jones and Dino Nicandros. Photos by Tracey RomanIt can be a wonderful adventure to watch two people falling in love, particularly when they themselves don’t realize it’s happening. When the...
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Review: ALLEGIANCE - A Full Circle Moment for an Important Work
George Takei as Sam Kimura. All photos by Michael LamontAfter nearly nine years, Allegiance has come home to Southern California. The co-production by East West Players and the Japanese American...
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The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Your Sunday Recommendation
There are only two more performances left of this poetic flight of fancy but, if you can take the time, I highly recommend you get to The Wallis and see it. The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk is the...
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MUSICAL NEWS - Mark Your Calendars Now
Hamburg Company of Love Never Dies. Photo courtesy of Brinkhoff/MoegenburgLove Never Dies – Hollywood Pantages TheatreApril 3 – 22, 2018Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera begins...
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Review: LOVE NEVER DIES Finds its Happily Never After
Meghan Picerno as Christine Daaé and Gardar Thor Cortes as The Phantom. All photos by Joan MarcusRomance based on obsession is a challenging tale in today’s world. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 hit...
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THE VERDI CHORUS, A Musical Family Related by the Love of Opera
The Verdi Chorus todayAristotle once said, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Nowhere is that phrase truer than with a choir. When individual voices, each unique in character and...
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Review: Romance and Racism are Testy Bedfellows in SOUTH PACIFIC
Stephanie Renee Wall and John Cudia. Photo by Michael LamontGlenn Casale directs this Rodgers & Hammerstein gem dealing with romance and racism in the South Pacific during World War II. The score...
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Review: BLUES IN THE NIGHT, a Spectacular Showcase for Three Incredible Women
L-R: Paulette Ivory, Bryce Charles and Yvette Cason.All photos by Lawrence K. HoSomewhere in a cheap hotel in Chicago, circa late 1930s, three women are singing the blues. Two have been around the...
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Review: Three Cheers for the Talented Kids in SCHOOL OF ROCK
Rob Colletti and the cast of School of Rock. All photos by Matthew MurphyAs kid musicals go, School of Rock isn’t half bad. It falls somewhere between Annie and Matilda on the Richter scale of stories...
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Review: New Musical SOFT POWER Smashes Conventions
Conrad Ricamora and Alyse Alan LouisPlaywright David Henry Hwang and composer Jeanine Tesori are pushing buttons and challenging conventions with their new work, Soft Power, now in its world premiere...
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THE COLOR PURPLE Sounds the Clarion Call to Arms
Carrie Compere, Adrianna Hicks and the cast of The Color PurpleAll photos by Matthew MurphyThat joyful noise you hear coming from the Hollywood Pantages Theatre this month is the thrilling sound of...
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Review: A CABARET to Chill You to the Bone
Alex Nee (center) and the cast of CabaretKander & Ebb’s political musical Cabaret captures a horrific period in history. Set in 1929-1930 as the Nazis were coming into power, it is an unsparingly...
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Review: Reprise 2.0 is Back in the Musical Business with SWEET CHARITY
Krystal Joy Brown, Laura Bell Bundy, and Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer. All photos by Michael Lamont.When Reprise! Broadway’s Best closed its doors in 2012, musical theatre lovers heaved a collective sigh. The...
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Get Ready for ANNIE at the Hollywood Bowl
Kaylin Hedges and David Alan GrierGet ready musical lovers – everyone’s favorite singing orphan is coming to town and she’s taking over the Hollywood Bowl! ANNIE, the Tony Award-winning musical by...
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Review: ON YOUR FEET! Will Have You On Your Feet!
Mauricio Martinez and Christie Prades. All photos by Matthew MurphyThose of us who lived in Miami in the 1980s know firsthand the phenomenal rise of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. They...
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Review: New Musical MUTT HOUSE Belongs to the Dogs
Ben Palacios, Max Wilcox, Garrett Marshall, Ryan McCartan, Amanda Leigh Jerry and Gabriel González. All photos by Daren ScottSinging strays and the humans who love them are the focus of the world...
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Review: PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES Will Win You Over Hook, Line, and Sinker
Cori Cable Kidder and Michael Butler Murray. All photos by Gina LongOne thing’s for sure - country musicals are an awful lot of fun. There aren’t very many of them and, if you can name one at all, it’s...
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