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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Theater Review: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (Broadway Production at The Ahmanson Theatre) by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS LIVES HAPPILY EVER AFTER Almost two hundred years ago, Hans Christian Andersen penned a quaint story about a lonesome prince in search of a woman who can prove to his mo…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:56PM

Friday, November 22, 2024

Theater Review: LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K (Handspring Puppet Company and Baxter Theatre at The Wallis) by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

A LIVING PORTRAIT Regular patrons of the theatre are accustomed to passively sitting back, letting the story flow off the stage and course through them. Life & Times Of Michael K is not …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:49PM

Friday, November 8, 2024

Theater Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (National Tour) by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

TIME I’LL NEVER GET BACK Any time I see a show that truly knocks it out of the park, it fills me with so much joy to be able to review it. Nothing quite compares to the transcendent experi…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:18PM

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Theater Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO (National Tour, Pantages) by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

YOUR GREAT ADVENTURE AWAITS If you rearrange the letters of “progeria,” you can get “opera rig,” or “rigor ape,” or “prior age.” That last one is befitting. Progeria is an in…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:16PM

Friday, August 2, 2024

Theater Review: COMPANY (2023-2024 North American Tour) by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

THE COMPANY WE KEEP To wed or not to wed — that is the question that Stephen Sondheim poses in his 1970 musical Company, for which he is the composer and lyricist (with a book by George Fu…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:23PM

Saturday, June 8, 2024

Theater Review: A STRANGE LOOP (Ahmanson Theatre) by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

A STRANGE LOOP’S IDENTITY CRISIS See if you can guess which musical this is. “A young black man sets out on a spiritual journey to discover his art, love, and himself. Along the way, he …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:38PM

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Theater Review: WONDERFUL JOE (Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes at The Nimoy by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

RONNIE BURKETT HAS THE WORLD ON A STRING You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Santa as a beer-bellied, Silverlake bear puppet twerking in a nightclub with Jesus and the Tooth Fairy. Wonde…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AM

Friday, April 5, 2024

Cabaret Review: KEN PAGE (“Right Here, Right Now” at Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood) by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

PAGE BY PAGE Anyone who gets a standing ovation merely by entering the room has undoubtedly accomplished something great. Ken Page’s illustrious career and sterling character earned him su…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:08PM

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Theater Review: FATHERLAND (Fountain Theatre) by Christopher Lloyd Bratten

FATHER V. SON Over 2,000 people stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Within two years, more than 1,200 attackers would be charged. One such perpetrator, Guy Reffitt from Texas, was c…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:56PM

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