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REVIEW: "Bright Star," - Candlelight Pavilion, Claremont
“…Heart strings get tugged on something fierce as this 1920s North Carolina yarn unfurls in grass roots harmonies and tear-stained...

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Apr 29, 2019


REVIEW: "Singin' In The Rain,"- La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, McCoy Rigby Entertainment
"...The perfect entertainment for any fan of the Golden Age of movie musicals!" When an audience leaves a theatre humming the tunes, you...

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Apr 24, 2019


REVIEW: "Next To Normal," - The Wayward Artist, Santa Ana
Natalie: “Thanks for all this sharing, no really, I'm all ears. But where has all this caring been for 16 years? For all those years I...

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Apr 18, 2019


REVIEW: "Poor Yella Rednecks," - South Coast Repertory
Tong: “Let me tell you what kind of story white people want to hear - Playwright: “Wait, why only white people?” Tong: “Because only...

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Apr 16, 2019


"Avenue Q" - Costa Mesa Playhouse
Christmas Eve: "Brian and I never fight. I yell, and he do what I say...” As a post-modern, breakthrough musical of a very different...

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Apr 15, 2019


REVIEW: "Heisenberg" - Laguna Playhouse
"...Do you find me exhausting but captivating?” asks Georgie in Simon Stephens’ sweet, surprising “Heisenberg.” Played at full quirky...

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Apr 8, 2019


REVIEW: "Photograph 51" - South Coast Repertory
"...Walking a Fine Line Between Ambition and Arrogance" In the early 1950s, English chemist Rosalind Franklin was in the thick of a race...

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Mar 17, 2019


REVIEW: "No, No, Nanette" - Candlelight Pavilion, Claremont
"...From graceful old-school soft-shoe to Charleston-inflected jazz-age exuberance!" Forget June! Silly, feel-good fun is bustin’ out all...

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Mar 12, 2019


REVIEW: "A Chorus Line" - Sierra Repertory Theatre, Sonora
“…If you can't get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”-George Bernard Shaw Sierra Repertory Theatre, located in...

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Mar 10, 2019


REVIEW: Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach - Chance Theater, Anaheim
“…Well Crafted, Ripe Entertainment!” Picture a demonic, ravenous man-eating rhinoceros, friendly bickering between a pretentious...

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Mar 4, 2019


REVIEW: LIZZIE, The Musical - Chance Theater
"...We want it loud, sexy, bloody, angry, creepy, funny, rebellious, and thoroughly entertaining.” Disclaimer: If you’re doing date...

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Feb 20, 2019


REVIEW: Crimes of the Heart - Costa Mesa Playhouse
"...A pure vein of Southern gothic humor!" It's 1974 in rural Mississippi, five years after Hurricane Camille, and Babe Magrath is having...

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Jan 28, 2019


REVIEW: Titanic, The Musical - Candlelight Pavilion, Directed by Chuck Ketter
"... A story put to music, which never falls short of exemplifying the contrast of hope and despair" In 1997, a new musical swept the...

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Jan 21, 2019


REVIEW: A Charlie Brown Christmas - Chance Theater
"...As Fresh as Snowfall!" If you are looking for a way to bring a little more magic into the Christmas season, look no further than...

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Dec 16, 2018


REVIEW: The Perfect Christmas - Candlelight Pavilion, Claremont
“…A Holiday Sugar Plum for the Whole Family!” Director John LaLonde has done it again! “The Perfect Christmas,” presented by Candlelight...

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Dec 9, 2018


REVIEW: Jane Austen's Emma: The Musical - Chance Theater
"...This is a Butterfly of a Musical!" The resplendent musical adaptation of "Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical" that's currently...

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Dec 5, 2018


REVIEW: Vampire Queen of Mars - Costa Mesa Playhouse
"...This show will definitely become a camp classic!" In this amusing, over-the-top spoof of low-budget, sci-fi B-movies prevalent from...

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Oct 21, 2018


REVIEW- Fancy Nancy, The Musical - Chance Theater
“...My favorite color is fuchsia. That’s a fancy way of saying purple.” Chance Theater has done it again! Based on the popular “Fancy...

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Oct 15, 2018


REVIEW: The Other Place, - Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center
Chance Theater proudly presents the 5th show of their 20th Anniversary Season with the Orange County premiere of Sharr White’s...

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Oct 6, 2018


REVIEW- "Bonnie & Clyde" - Candlelight Pavilion
Boy meets girl on a deserted road in Depression-era West Dallas, and sooner than you can say "Warren Beatty," they're rolling in the...

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Oct 2, 2018
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