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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Theater Review: PACIFIC OVERTURES (East West Players) by Nick McCall

EAST WEST PLAYERS PULLS OUT ALL THE SHOGUNS FOR A MUSICAL THAT CALLS FOR INTIMACY On Sunday, East West Players opened their new production of Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim (music and…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:50PM
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Theater Review: THE VERY BEST PEOPLE (IAMA Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theatre) by Nick McCall

BLOOD AND RANCH DRESSING In December of 2020, the world was still in the grip of COVID-19’s unpredictable terror. Moderna and Pfizer had just released their vaccines, but supply was scarce…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:54AM
Thursday, August 8, 2024

Theater Concert Review: DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? (The Music of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and More by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg by Nick McCall

YOU COULD HEAR THESE PEOPLE SING, ALL RIGHT First performed in Shanghai in 2013, the Hollywood Bowl hosted a new installment of The Music of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, and More: Boublil a…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:21PM
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Theater Review: THE LAST FIVE YEARS (The Sierra Madre Playhouse) by Nick McCall

THE LAST FIVE YEARS AT SIERRA MADRE CAN BE SEEN IN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS Last weekend, Sierra Madre Playhouse opened what seems like a bewildering number of performance configurations of th…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AM
Saturday, March 2, 2024

Theater Review: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (A Noise Within in Pasadena) by Nick McCall

ATTEND THIS TALE: IT’S MURDER When A Noise Within, one of LA’s best companies, which specializes in classical theater, announced its current season, what most excited me by far was their…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM
Sunday, February 4, 2024

Theater review: TINY LITTLE TOWN: A NEW MUSICAL (Theatre Movement Bazaar at Broadwater Theater) by Nick McCall

TINY LITTLE TOWN OPENS WITH A BANG, BUT GETS CORRUPTED BY INCOHESIVE STYLES Theatre Movement Bazaar’s Tiny Little Town, a new musical comedy now playing at the Broadwater Main Stage, start…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:03AM
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Theater Review: THE RIGHT IS OURS! (Sierra Madre Playhouse) by Nick McCall

TECHNICAL ISSUES ASIDE, THIS NEW MUSICAL IS FULL OF HEART The Right is Ours!, a world premiere new musical which opened yesterday at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, tells the story of the friend…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:23AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime