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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Off Broadway Theater Review: CLOSER THAN EVER (York Theater) by Paul Birchall

SOPHISTICATED SONGWRITING IN CLOSER THAN EVER One might well approach this musical about growing into middle age with some trepidation. The fact is that plays about midlife usually tend to…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:49PM

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Off-Broadway Theater Review: CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO (3LD Theater) by Paul Birchall

REAL TERROR IN THE AIR AND IN THE THEATER If this play doesn’t make you want to travel by train instead of by air, nothing will. Here’s a performance project (credited to creators Bob …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:53AM

Friday, October 5, 2012

New York and Tour Theater Review: HAMLET (Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts) by Paul Birchall

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DANE The Globe Theater of London brings its touring production of Shakespeare’s tale of the Melancholy Great Dane to the Michael Schimmel Center, and one is tempted…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:52AM

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: POTENTIAL SPACE (Theatre of NOTE) by Paul Birchall

IN LOVE OR IN LOVE WITH BEING IN LOVE Playwright Kristen Vangsness’ intriguing, but ultimately frustrating comedy features as its center a gal who makes the mistake of confusing love with,…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:34AM

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: A KIND OF LOVE STORY (Sacred Fools) by Paul Birchall

THE LONG MEET CUTE If you’re inclined to think in terms of film noir, you could very easily give playwright Jenelle Riley’s quite charming romantic comedy the subtitle “The Long Meet C…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:37PM

Monday, September 17, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE FULL MONTY (Third Street Theater) by Paul Birchall

THE SCHLONG AND SHORT OF IT The great local critic Wenzel Jones, writing about the play “Naked Boys Singing,” (another play in which men happily doffed their clothes to showcase their Fu…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:02PM

Friday, September 14, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: ENCOUNTER (East West Players) by Paul Birchall

THE PEASANTS ARE REVOLTING, NOT THE PRODUCTION Set amidst the teeming, verdant jungles of South India, Encounter is an often compelling dance theatrical production from the Navarasa Dance Th…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:38PM

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING (Elephant Stage Theatre) by Paul Birchall

NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE Author Joan Didion’s powerful piece of writing, the elegiac monologue The Year of Magical Thinking, receives its Los Angeles premiere in this intimate production at t…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:07PM

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