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Review: Chance Theater's Energetic Cast is Giving it Up in Lysistrata Jones
L-R: J.D. Driskill, Jackson Tobiska and Devon HadsellPhotos by Photo by Thamer Bajjali, True Image StudioNot much happens in Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Finn’s short-lived Broadway musical...
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Review: 50 Shades! The Musical - A Parody with Balls
Sheila O'Connor, Caroline Reade, Tiffany Dissette, BJ Gruber, Alexis Field. Photos by Ed Krieger.Girls’ night out just got a whole lot sassier now that 50 Shades! The Musical has arrived in LA for a...
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Musical News for Tuesday, March 4, 2014
The company of American Idiot. Photo by Jeremy DanielIndividual tickets for Green Day’s American Idiot which runs May 13 – 18 at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre are now on sale to the general public. It...
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Musical News for Tuesday, March 4, 2014
OPENINGS:The Visceral Companyhas announced its 2014 season production schedule. Included in the lineup are a fresh from off-Broadway west coast premiere (Recall), an LA premiere and the company’s first...
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First Look: Kentwood Players' Fiddler on the Roof
Kentwood Players presents Fiddler on the Roof with book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Jerry Bock, and music by Sheldon Harnick March 14 - April 19 at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry...
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Musical News for Monday, March 10, 2014
OPENINGS: Get up close & personal with La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts’ latest musical in its ONSTAGE series when Floyd Collins opens this month. They’ve created an intimate theatre...
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Review: Battledrum’s Drummer Boys Bond Over Battle
L-R: James Simenc, David Crane and Donzell LewisPhotos by Gina LongThe shining moment in this 70-minute Civil War musical comes in the final scene when the entire cast executes Ameenah Kaplan’s...
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Musical News for Thursday, March 13, 2014
OPENINGS:Musical Theatre West will present the west coast premiere of S’Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, created and directed by Ray Roderick, with musical direction by Bret Simmons and...
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Musical News for Thursday, March 20, 2014
OPENINGS: Pasadena Playhouse has announced its 2014-15 season, which includes the critically acclaimed Stop Kiss(Nov. 4-30), by Diana Son, directed by Seema Sueko; Sleeping Beauty, Panto at the...
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Musical News for Monday, March 20, 2014
OPENINGS: Congrats to Chromolume Theatre who celebrated their 12th Anniversary on Saturday with a reception following their performance of The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! stylishly directed by...
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Musical News for Thursday, March 27, 2014
OPENINGS: Since 2007, CRE Outreach has worked to empower military veterans and the visually impaired through the performing arts. Now they are bringing an original musical to the Promenade Playhouse...
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Musical News for Monday, March 31, 2014
OPENINGS: The full cast has been announced for Pasadena Playhouse production of Vanessa Claire Stewart’s STONFACE. The production, which enjoyed a run in 2012 at Sacred Fools Theatre Company, will play...
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Musical News for Thursday, April 3, 2014
OPENINGS: The Group Rep presents the world premiere of The Ghost of Gershwin May 9 – June 22, featuring music by Wayland Pickard, book by Doug Haverty, lyrics by Laura Manning and Wayland Pickard,...
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Review: La Mirada Theatre's FLOYD COLLINS Shines Like a Beacon
Mark Whitten as Floyd Collins. Photos by Michael LamontIt took nine years for Adam Guettel and Tina Landau’s Floyd Collins, which debuted Off-Broadway in 1996, to finally premiere in LA and it’s hard...
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First Look: Musical Theatre West's S'WONDERFUL: The New Gershwin Musical
Musical Theatre West presents the west coast premiere of S’Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, created and directed by Ray Roderick, now through April 20. S’Wonderful features over 40 classic hits...
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Musical News for Monday, April 7, 2014
OPENINGS: 3D Theatricals has announced the cast for Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, which will run May 2 – 18 at Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton (opening night May 3). Audiences of...
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Musical News for Thursday, April 10, 2014
OPENINGS:Actors Co-op will close its 22nd Season with 110 in the Shade (book by N. Richard Nash, music by Harvey Schmidt, & lyrics by Tom Jones). Richard Israel directs, with Bryan Blaskie as...
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Musical News for Monday, April 14, 2014
OPENINGS: Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate will open Pasadena Playhouse’s 2014–2015 Season, running Sept. 16 - Oct. 12, 2014. Featuring some of Porter’s best music, this classic includes songs like “Brush Up...
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La Mirada Theatre Announces 2014-2015 Season
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment have announced a “practically perfect” 2014- 2015 season which will include the world premiere of Jane Austen’s Pride and...
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Musical News for Thursday, April 17, 2014
OPENINGS: James Barbour will star as Jean Valjean in the Los Angeles premiere of Les Misérables at La Mirada Theatre. Directed by Brian Kite, with musical direction by John Glaudini and choreography by...
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