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MUSICAL NEWS for Tuesday, January 3, 2017
International City Theatre in Long Beach starts the year off with Forever Plaid, directed and choreographed by Scott Dreier and Kurtis Simmons, at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. It’s the ‘50s...
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First Look: The 20th Anniversary Tour of RENT
The Company of RENT. All photos by Carol Rosegg, 2016The 20th Anniversary Tour of RENT will play the Hollywood Pantages Theatre January 25-29. Evan Ensign restages Michael Greif’s original direction of...
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Jeffrey Kahane - Venturing Out Into What Matters with LOST IN THE STARS
Photo courtesy CMArtistsNot since 1950 have audiences in L.A. been able to see a live professional performance of Kurt Weill’s musical masterpiece Lost in the Stars. That changes this month when the...
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Review: Christopher Reiner Reflects on the Road in END UP HERE
Photo by Joe ReinerComposer Christopher Reiner serves up a sixty-minute set of original songs and prose selections at ZJU Theatre Group that demonstrates the unique range of programming found at Zombie...
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Review: Love Transcends Limitations in Casa 0101's ALADDIN Dual Language...
L-R: Valeria Maldonado, Rosa Navarrete, Sebastian Gonzalez and Daniel Martinez. All photos by Luis GaudiLove transcends the limitations of language in Casa 0101’s charming production of Disney’s...
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Review: An Elegant Revival of THE LAST FIVE YEARS Soars in La Mirada
Natalie Storrs and Devin Archer. All photos by Michael LamontJason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Yearsis the kind of musical you often find produced in small theaters and black boxes. Written for a cast...
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Photo Recap: LOST IN THE STARS, Presented by LACO and CAP UCLA
Lost in the Stars. All photos by Reed HutchinsonThe January 28 & 29th performances of Lost in the Stars, presented by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (and CAP UCLA) as the culmination of LACO’s Lift...
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Center Theatre Group and Fun Home Announce Choir Competition!
Heads up singers - want to win tickets to see Fun Home at the Ahmanson? Center Theatre Group is holding a cool choir competition in conjunction with the upcoming national tour of Fun Home, which begins...
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Review: CIRCUS 1903 Recreates the Golden Age of Circus
Jessica Spalis and Peanut the Elephant. All photos by Mark TurnerIf Dorothy in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had run away from home and found this traveling circus instead of Professor Marvel and his...
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Review: Not Man Apart's PARADISE LOST is a Visceral World
Jones Talmadge (Satan), Anne-Marie Talmadge (Michael), Alex Garland (Beelzebub), Kendall Johnson (Raphael), Elisa Rosin (Gabriel), Moses Norton (Belial), and Janine Montag (Moloch).All photos by...
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Review: ABSINTHE L.A. Brings Sin City to Los Angeles, and It's an Instant Hit
The Farquhars. All photos by Erik KabikIt used to be true that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But not anymore. For the next five weeks, LA audiences will get a taste of Sin City right here in...
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Meet the Producers of A LITTLE NEW MUSIC
L-R: Producers Peter Welkin, Amy Francis Schott, Luke Klipp, Corey Lynn Howe, Christopher Maikish, and Kila PackettIt takes a village to create a new musical. And it takes a village like A Little New...
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Review: BELLA GAIA – A Poetic Vision of Earth From Space
Kenji Williams. Bella GaiaFor years we’ve been taught how important it is to take care of the planet. In rural areas, that was especially true because farming the land and managing the earth’s...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Davis Gaines returns to a role that won him an Ovation Award this June, Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, this time at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Glenn Casale directs, musical direction...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Ebony Repertory Theatre will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Broadway musical Five Guys Named Moe with a new production at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center May 18 – June 11. The...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Wayne Moore’s Freeway Dreams, a musical comedy about commuters stuck in freeway traffic whose dreams emerge as they daydream opens May 19. Originally staged as a cabaret show which ran for five months...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Friday, May 12, 2017
Laguna Playhouse is closing its season with The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, written and performed by James Lecesne, with music by Duncan Sheik and directed by Tony Speciale. When a...
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Review: LUCKY STIFF, a To-Die-For Madcap Musical Comedy
L-R: Brandon Parrish, David Atkinson, Gina D’Acciaro, Vito Viscuso, Jose Villarreal, Selah Victor, and Alastair James Murden. All photos by Michael LamontBefore Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty teamed...
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MUSICAL NEWS for Thursday, May 18, 2017
3-D Theatricals presents a re-imagined production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma June 16 - 25 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center and June 30 - July 9 at Cerritos Center for the...
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Review: FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE is the Summer Party You Don't Want to Miss
Obba Babatundé (front) with Octavius Womack, Rogelio Douglas, Jr., Eric B. Anthony, Jacques C. Smith and Trevon Davis. All photos by Craig SchwartzWhen I moved back to Los Angeles in the mid-’90s, I...
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