Tuesday, June 3, 2014
When is the last time you were at a show after which the audience couldn’t get to their feet fast enough to offer up a thunderous and well deserved standing ovation? Yet, that’s precisel…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 12:55PMTuesday, May 6, 2014
“Wishes may bring problems, such as you regret them; better that though, than to never get them!” the characters sing in “Into The Woods”—Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s five…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 02:59PMTuesday, April 15, 2014
“Bring me to the light”—of the Historic Gem Theatre in Garden Grove California, that is, where after a tragic fire in May 2011, their resident theater company, “One More Productions�…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 09:22PMTuesday, March 11, 2014
Los Angeles is alive with the sound of “The Musical Of Musicals: The Musical” which returned to “The Chromolume Theatre At The Attic” on Friday March 7th for a limited, three-week ru…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 01:05PMTuesday, February 18, 2014
One is a modern updating of a classic comedy; the other is a classic bit of Americana, and, having each opened over Valentine’s Day weekend, you can bet there’s romance, songs, and music…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 04:43PMSaturday, January 25, 2014
They’re on a mission—for big laughs! Fresh from San Francisco, the sensational cast of the second national tour of “The Book Of Mormon” stopped into the majestic Pantages Thea…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 02:56PMTuesday, December 10, 2013
When is the last time you heard “They don’t make Christmas like that anymore!”? This holiday season just got a whole lot merrier in Southern California as the landmark “Laguna Playho…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 01:16PMTuesday, November 5, 2013
Long Beach has an acute and very green case of “Transylvania Mania”—as “Young Frankenstein, The Musical” makes its regional premiere as the triumphant season opener for Musical The…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 02:23PMTuesday, October 15, 2013
Oh My God, You Guys! “Legally Blonde, The Musical” 3-D Theatrical’s new closer for their 2013 season, is totally worth the wait! Having opened on Friday, October 11th, 2013, it will pl…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 05:40PMThursday, September 12, 2013
“Hoop-skirts are uncomfortable, ungainly and in a high wind, totally unpredictable!” asserts Evelina Applegate—the feminist heroine of “Bloomer Girl”. Instead, she prefers the more…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 03:27PMWednesday, August 21, 2013
There’s something magical about a favorite show-tune heard over the airwaves! Fortunately for any fan of terrific Broadway songs there’s Sirius XM Radio’s “On Broadway”–a sta…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 03:42PMTuesday, July 23, 2013
‘was not long ago, in the not-too-far-away land of Fullerton California, that a valiant theatre company called 3-D Theatricals took a giant step forward in their evolution of presenting qu…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 03:30PMWednesday, June 26, 2013
Last summer, “Buck-ing Trends” reported on a special concert engagement of an amazing new musical to be unveiled at New York City’s renowned “Feinstein’s”. Now, nearly a year lat…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 02:16PMMonday, June 3, 2013
In 2008, Writer-Lyricist Brian Yorkey and Composer Tom Kitt gave theater-goers everywhere the prescription for a bold new musical centering around a suburban housewife and mother struggling…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 05:49PMWednesday, May 22, 2013
In 1974, Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart and Gower Champion (the team behind the iconic “Hello Dolly”) reunited for another musical–this one centering on the bitter-sweet romance…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 05:10PMTuesday, April 16, 2013
There’s a lot more reasons than simply seven to go see “Seven Brothers For Seven Brothers” at “The La Mirada Theater Of The Performing Arts” where their latest offering, a high…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 02:01PMWednesday, March 6, 2013
Few names in the history of theater are more respected or considered so revolutionary as Sir William S. Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan. Frustratingly however, over time, their works have …
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 04:41PMMonday, February 4, 2013
“Ladies and Gentlemen,” audiences are greeted upon entering the Chance Theater’s intimate auditorium; “Welcome to ‘Triassic ParQ’!” Having opened Wednesday, January 30th, “…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 03:09PMWednesday, January 2, 2013
“Think about your life, Pippin…” sings the enigmatic Lead Player to “Pippin“, Charlemagne’s son in Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson’s musical masterpiece of the same name…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 05:11PMSunday, December 2, 2012
“In olden days” (1934 actually,) songwriter Cole Porter along with librettists Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse created a tune-filled tale surrounding a luxury liner called “The American�…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 09:21PMThursday, November 22, 2012
“Holly Ho! Holly Ho-Ho-Ho–Holly Ho! Holly Ho! Sing A Christmas Carol that was written long ago…” …So harmonize 50‘s-era Troubadours, “The Four Lads” at the start …
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 09:01PMTuesday, October 30, 2012
“In the heart of little ol’ New York there runs a thoroughfare; It’s the part of little ol’ New York that runs into Times Square–a ’crazy quilt’ that ’Wall Street Jack’…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 04:58PMMonday, October 8, 2012
“They got rhythm, they got music…“ in Downey California–in fact, they got some of the bounciest, most vibrant tunes George and Ira Gershwin ever wrote, since the Downey Civic Lig…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 09:09PMFriday, September 28, 2012
Hollywood: “Ground Zero”–where scandal is tweeted out before it even happens (–particularly if one’s fellow actors aren’t above passing on a reputation-impugning ’blind…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 01:47PMTuesday, September 11, 2012
ood and Evil–and their merits–men have argued throughout history” we’re told in a number from “Jekyll & Hyde”–the hit musical starring Constantine Maroulis…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 06:35PMWednesday, August 15, 2012
The night was April 18th, 1976 when an authentic Theatrical breakthrough occurred with the announcement of the winner for “Best Featured Actor In A Musical“ –Samuel “Sammy“…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 10:17PMWednesday, August 1, 2012
“Every fantasy is you–every dream that might come true; You are the song I sing–YOU are my everything…I am in love with you!” (–Excerpt from “Love Songs…A Musi…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 03:00PMTuesday, July 17, 2012
Oh, if life were only like what we thought it would be when we were kids…you know: miniature trolley’s running through our neighborhood, friendly, sexually ambiguous puppets living just …
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 06:36PMMonday, June 4, 2012
Once upon a time and long ago, a writer named James M. Barrie introduced the world to a wonderful chap named Peter Pan–the boy who wouldn’t grow up. When the musical adaptation of th…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 07:23PMMonday, May 14, 2012
“This show is dedicated to anyone who has ever danced in a chorus or marched in step…anywhere!” said Michael Bennet of his Tony-Award winning mega-hit, “A Chorus Line” which took �…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 09:25PMWednesday, April 11, 2012
What a novelty–a musical that’s literally about the music! In these ’post Andrew Lloyd Webber” days of seismically over sized glitz and special effects, it’s often easy for a s…
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