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MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES at the Getty Villa
Photo by Craig Schwartz Dany Margolies – The Daily News Each year for the past decade, the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades has commissioned a Los Angeles theater company to adapt an Ancient Greek play...
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RAVENSCROFT – Kentwood Players at the Westchester Playhouse
Photo by Shari Barrett Dany Margolies – The Daily News When is an English drawing-room murder mystery not an English drawing-room murder mystery? Or perhaps playwright Don Nigro’s Ravenscroft is not...
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CARRIE THE KILLER MUSICAL EXPERIENCE at the Los Angeles Theatre
Photo by Jason Niedle Dany Margolies – The Daily News There’s a right way to deal with bullies. And then there’s Carrie’s way. The 17-year-old high school senior, whose upbringing by her...
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BULLETS OVER BROADWAY at the Pantages Theatre
Les Spindle – Edge on the Net Writer-director Woody Allen’s memorable 1994 film comedy“Bullets Over Broadway” served up a touch of vintage Billy Wilder (a la “Some Like It Hot” and “One, Two, Three”)...
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BARCELONA at the Geffen Playhouse
Photo by Michael Lamont Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw The clash of values in playwright Bess Wohl’s disputatious two-hander takes place between Irene (Betty Gilpin), a chattering blonde tourist from...
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THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX at the Mark Taper Forum
Photo by Craig Schwartz Lovell Estell III – Stage Raw The sneaky, overworked phrase “friends with benefits” takes on new meaning in this watery comedy by Bathsheba Doran. Read more… Dany Margolies –...
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KING LEAR at A Noise Within
Frances Baum Nicholson – The Daily News It is an interesting new spin on Shakespeare’s “King Lear” to look at the downfall of this unwise ruler from the lens of Alzheimer’s disease. That is what...
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TRANSITION at the Lounge Theatre
Photo by Ed Krieger (Photo by Ed Krieger) Dany Margolies – The Daily News On Nov. 10, 2016, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met for nearly 90 minutes at the White House. To...
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INTO THE WOODS at the Ahmanson Theatre
Photo by Joan Marcus Frances Baum Nicholson – The Daily News Every once in a while there comes an opportunity to experience an extraordinarily rich theatrical performance. Such is the case with the...
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THE BODYGUARD at the Pantages Theatre
Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen Not many musicals literally start with a bang. In the case of The Bodyguard: the Musical, now playing at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, an opening gunshot was...
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LUCKY STIFF at Actors Co-op
Michael Lamont Neal Weaver – Stage Raw It’s hard to imagine a more far-fetched plot than the one that animates this zany musical by Lynn Ahren (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music), based on...
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SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! at the Pasadena Playhouse
Jim Cox Photography Deborah Klugman – LA Weekly Born in 1915, Sister Rosetta Tharpe has been called the godmother of rock & roll for her profound influence on a legion of famous vocalists,...
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TURN ME LOOSE at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
(Photo by Lawrence K. Ho) Deborah Klugman – Capital & Main In his powerhouse performance as Dick Gregory, the stand-up comic who rose to fame in the 1960s, Joe Morton tells the following story: He...
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OUR VERY OWN CARLIN MCCULLOUGH at the Geffen Playhouse
Chris Whitaker Deborah Klugman – LA Weekly Our Very Own Carlin McCullough is about a mother and a daughter and the tennis coach who comes into their lives and transforms them. Read more… Jonas Schwartz...
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VALLEY OF THE HEART at the Mark Taper Forum
Craig Schwartz Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen Two immigrant families, one Mexican and one Japanese-American, have lived peacefully as neighbors on a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley for years,...
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DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Bradford Rogne Dany Margolies – The Daily News Sure, “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” keeps its audience amused. The show also educates, teaching us a bit about the history of Tupperware and the woman,...
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LINDA VISTA at the Mark Taper Forum
Craig Schwartz Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen What does ‘starting over’ really mean if you’re stuck in the same self-destructive behavior patterns? In Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of Linda...
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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at the Pantages Theatre
Joan Marcus Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen Believe it or not, the characters in the musical version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory do not actually enter the titular chocolate factory until...
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Deborah Klugman – LA Weekly Our Very Own Carlin McCullough is about a mother and a daughter and the tennis coach who comes into their lives and transforms them.Read more… Jonas Schwartz – TheaterMania...
View ArticleVALLEY OF THE HEART at the Mark Taper Forum
Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen Two immigrant families, one Mexican and one Japanese-American, have lived peacefully as neighbors on a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley for years, working together in...
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