REVIEW: "Oedipus Rex"— Golden West College Theater Arts
"Yearning For The Truth at Any Cost..." Classical theater needn’t be tedious, as Golden West College reminds us each season. If properly...
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- Mar 11
REVIEW: "HAMLET"— Golden West College Theater Arts
"Of all the ways to catch a killer, few are as psychologically devious as the trap set by Hamlet." Her face gleams keenly under an...
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- Feb 28
REVIEW: "Mamma Mia!—Vanguard University Lyceum Theater
Come Take a Chance on this Irresistible "Mamma Mia!" It's time to break out the platform shoes and feather boas one more time! Vanguard...
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- Jan 10
REVIEW: "Cabaret"— Academy for the Performing Arts, HBHS
"Right this way, your table's waiting..." Fifty-five years ago, the musical “Cabaret” took Broadway by storm, winning eight Tony Awards...
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- Oct 25, 2021
REVIEW: “The Addams Family” — Orange Lutheran High School
"...A character-fueled comedy that aches to be seen!" There they are, lined up like tombstones, and looking as if they had just stepped...
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- Mar 9, 2020
REVIEW: "Acting: The First Six Lessons" — Golden West College Theatre Arts
Golden West College Theatre Arts Department presents “Acting: The First Six Lessons,” playing March 6th through March 15th, and directed...
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- Jan 22, 2020
REVIEW: "Tarzan, The Stage Musical"— (OCCT) Orange County Children's Theatre
"Teach me to speak the language of men!" — Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes OCCT’s "Tarzan, The Stage Musical," based on the 1999...
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- Jan 14, 2020
REVIEW: "Sweeney Todd" – Academy for the Performing Arts, Huntington Beach
This ‘Sweeney Todd’ Really Gets In Your Face A weathered vessel sails into 19th century London's bleak and dreary harbor carrying a...
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- Nov 18, 2019
REVIEW: "Mary Poppins" — Arts and Learning Conservatory, Costa Mesa
Life’s a Jolly Holiday with ALCs “Mary Poppins!” At the Arts and Learning Conservatory in Costa Mesa this month, the 2019-20 season was...
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- Oct 28, 2019
REVIEW: "Gypsy, A Musical Fable" – Academy for the Performing Arts, Huntington Beach
..."I’m not a stripper. At these prices, I’m an ecdysiast!” Easily one of my favorite Broadway musicals, I have seen “Les Miserables”...
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- Oct 20, 2019
REVIEW: "Beauty and the Beast" — Cal State Fullerton Performing Arts
“A Sightseer's Delight and a Theatergoer's Dream…” Now through October 27th, California State University Fullerton’s Little Theatre is...
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- Oct 10, 2019
REVIEW: "Playing With Fire (After Frankenstein)" — Golden West College Performing Arts
"I Ought to be Thy Adam, But I am Rather the Fallen Angel..." At the North Pole, gun in hand, an angry creator confronts his anguished...
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- Aug 16, 2019
REVIEW: "Big Fish" — Orange County Children's Theatre (OCCT), Huntington Beach
"A Masterwork With a Moral" HUNTINGTON BEACH: Where fantasy wages war with reality in “Big Fish, a New Broadway Musical,” a delightful...
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- Apr 25, 2019
REVIEW: "Heathers, The Musical" - Young Theatre, CSUF
Heather Chandler: “…God, Veronica. My afterlife is so boring. If I have to sing Kumbaya one more time.” “Heathers The Musical,” the...
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- Apr 12, 2019
REVIEW: "Footloose" - Plummer Auditorium, La Habra Theater Guild
Ariel: [Chuck mimics a fire engine's siren and grabs Ariel around the waist; she laughs] You'd never guess your daddy's a fire chief!...
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- Mar 21, 2019
REVIEW: "The Cherry Orchard," - Young Theatre, Cal-State Fullerton
“…A Delicate Balance of Comedy and Tragedy” Chekhov is arguably the second-greatest dramatist in history. In this, his most biographical...
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- Mar 20, 2019
REVIEW: "The Phantom of the Opera," - Academy for the Performing Arts
“…Close Your Eyes and Surrender!” In celebration of their 25th Silver Anniversary, APA proudly presents the most popular musical of all...
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- Mar 13, 2019
REVIEW: "The Great God Pan" - Golden West College Theater Arts Mainstage
"...A seed of doubt is planted, and from it sprouts an agony that edges into anguish." In “The Great God Pan,” the haunting play by Amy...
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- Feb 26, 2019
REVIEW: In The Heights - Marina High School Theatre
"...Hey! Can I help it if my soul loves a kickin' beat?" “In the Heights,” the hit musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda...
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- Feb 20, 2019
REVIEW: Winnie the Pooh KIDS - Morgan-Wixson Theatre's Y.E.S. Program
"...With all the warmth and comfort of a big bedtime storybook!" It’s hard to concentrate when there’s a rumbly in your tumbly. No one...