REVIEW: "MATINICUS: THE STORY OF ABIGAIL BURGESS" — Chance Theater
A Heroine For All Seasons When lighthouse keeper Samuel Burgess moved his family to Matinicus Rock in the mid-19th century, Abbie Burgess...
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- May 7
REVIEW: "AVAAZ" — SCR's 25th Annual PPF Festival
Avaaz is both an exploration and a witty celebration of a life (albeit a complicated one) well lived. Welcome to Nowruz — the Iranian New...
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- Apr 30
REVIEW: “COLEMAN ‘72” by CHARLIE OH — South Coast Repertory
COSTA MESA — APR 30, 2023 “Coleman ’72” by Charlie Oh takes you on a spontaneous family road trip in the summer of 1972 when three Korean...
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- Apr 25
REVIEW: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S “THE KING AND I” — La Mirada Theatre & McCoy Rigby Entertainment
An Absolute Must-See!! APRIL 24, 2023 — LA MIRADA From the very first moments of La Mirada Theatre’s ravishing “The King and I,” it...
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- Apr 17
REVIEW: “AN AMERICAN IN PARIS” — MUSICAL THEATRE WEST @ Carpenter Performing Arts Center
A Timeless Story of Love and Romance in the Indomitable War-Torn City of Light LONG BEACH, CA — APRIL 17, 2023 To live and die for dreams...
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- Mar 13
REVIEW: “ONCE” — LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
MARCH 13, 2023 — LAGUNA BEACH When the violins begin to play — and the accordion and the mandolin and the guitars and the cello — and the...
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- Mar 5
REVIEW: "THE OUTSIDERS" — La Jolla Playhouse
They grew up on the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong. MARCH 5, 2023—LA JOLLA To millions...
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- Feb 23
REVIEW: "APPROPRIATE" — by BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS @ South Coast Repertory
A play that pushes you to the limit, and shocks you to the core — full of broken-family tropes, from pedophilia, to anti-semitism, to...
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- Feb 12
REVIEW: "9 TO 5, THE MUSICAL" — Musical Theatre West @ Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Pour Yourself a Cup of Ambition and Get to This Show! Nearly 4 decades before the "MeToo" movement, Dolly Parton, alongside Jane Fonda...
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- Feb 6
REVIEW: "RIDE THE CYCLONE, THE MUSICAL" — A CHANCE THEATER CALIFORNIA PREMIERE
Hilariously Bizarre! Yet Unceasingly Delightful! Time to strap yourself in for “Ride the Cyclone, The Musical,” with music, lyrics and...
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- Jan 24
REVIEW: "GREASE" — La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
A rollicking rock ‘n roll homage to the 50s, young love, and teenage coming of age. It was, as historians say, a time of transition....
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- Dec 9, 2022
REVIEW: "RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA" — Musical Theatre West
It Really Was a Lovely Night! Ahhhh…Cinderella! There’s simply no denying this charming, witty adaptation from principal architect,...
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- Dec 7, 2022
REVIEW: "LITTLE WOMEN, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL" — Chance Theater
Four Sisters, Learning How to Sail Their Ships It's hard not to love the March girls of Concord, Massachusettes, so deeply etched are Jo,...
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- Nov 2, 2022
REVIEW: "LOVE AMONG THE RUINS" — Laguna Playhouse
Two Charismatic Stars Cause Sparks in a Battle of the Sexes LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE is thrilled to announce a sparkling tour de force showcase...
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- Nov 1, 2022
REVIEW: "A FEW GOOD MEN" — La Mirada Theatre & McCoy Rigby Entertainment
A Military Courtroom Drama With a Galaxy Cast If ever a play was meant to be a movie, it is "A Few Good Men," which opened Saturday...
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- Oct 29, 2022
REVIEW: "DAMN YANKEES" — Musical Theatre West @ Carpenter Performing Arts Center
An Old-Fashioned Faustian Fable with a Baseball Twist MAYBE you thought that was a heat wave that hit town two weeks ago? We prefer to...
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- Oct 21, 2022
REVIEW: "RENT" — Cupcake Theater @ Hollywood Majestic
It's odd to have joined the generations that talk about what "the young" are doing, saying and going through these days, and how that is...
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- Mar 14, 2022
REVIEW: "What I Learned in Paris"—South Coast Repertory
Delightful Entertainment, More Romantic Than Political Only five years after Atlanta son Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, Vice...
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- Feb 23, 2022
REVIEW: "Marry Me a Little"— International City Theatre
Spring has sprung in Long Beach. High time, then, for a Stephen Sondheim revue! Urban legend has it that Stephen Sondheim’s “Marry Me a...
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- Feb 18, 2022
REVIEW: "Next To Normal"— Chance Theater, Anaheim
There, Amid the Music, a Fragmented Mind is on the Edge No show stemming from Broadway these days makes such a direct grab for the heart...
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