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ACTUALLY MAGICAL I didn't have any idea what to expect from this hybrid theatrical invention. It employs scenes from the beloved Richard Curtis film Love Actually, live musicians (who often …
A SPORADIC DREAM There's an epiphany near the end of Shakespeare's celebration A Midsummer Night's Dream when the mixed-up quartet of wayward lovers who've been confoundedly mashed …
A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW It is said that every playwright's first play needs to be about themselves before they are able to move onto more expansive material. This maxim seems to hold true f…
IT’LL LEAVE YOU DAZED AND CIRQUE-FUSED Neil Goldberg has a fine formula for his fantastic franchise. His eleven Cirque Dreams spectaculars feature ever-changing processions of dazzling…
GET YOUR FULL For the sake of the butterfly we love the cocoon. The Fully Monty, a musical version by David Yazbek and Terrence McNally, is industriously inspired by the popular 1997 film…
GROUP DYNAMICS SURGE AT HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO Four world premieres, especially crafted by in-house choreographers for the skills and needs of their company colleagues, display a tales…
GO-GO GET THIS ALBUM Head Over Heels is an exhilarating and seemingly improbable musical mash-up of Sir Philip Sidney's sixteenth-century work The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (libre…
THE PLAY ABOUT THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG GOES WRONG The title is brutally honest — and you can't say you weren't warned. In the style of Monty Python and Michael Frayn's self-destroying…
LITTLE SHOP OF HAPPINESS I'll be the first to admit that it may be impossible to create a bad production of the 1963 jewel-box musical She Loves Me. This perfect show, based on the 1937 play…
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING INDEED At about 8 am on December 7, 1941, Japanese planes filled the sky over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Bombs and bullets rained onto the vessels moored below on the Unite…
TAKING ANOTHER CRACK: AN UPDATE ON MARIE AND THE GREAT IMPRESARIO No matter how many times you see it, you will ALWAYS be amazed by the gorgeous Nutcracker that Christopher Wheeldon im…
LOSADA COLADA! Looking at photos of Euriamis Losada, it's no wonder the female (and some part of the male) populace goes gaga at his looks on his muscular 6' frame. Cuban-born and USA-raised…
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE She stands on the cover of her latest album, Hymn, like a diva who just came down from Sinai with the word of God, but instead of 10 Commandments, the British Broadway, W…
A NEWFOUND(LAND) WAY OF LOOKING AT MUSICAL THEATER This intimate ensemble piece may only have one stand-alone song, and it may not even be the best-crafted musical or have the emotional impa…
STRIDENTLY SILLY, THEN SUDDENLY SERIOUS The title Familiar alludes to family"and, when loved ones squabble over who they are and where they come from, this title questions just whatÂ�…
THIS REALLY IS HOLIDAY MAGIC I can’t think of more entertaining way to spend the holidays then to see A Very Merry Magic Mania at the Santa Monica Playhouse. This intimate showcase …
FROM CANCER TO THE COSMOS, OR TO HELA AND BACK There's cold fusion and then there's hot fusion–the theatrical kind. In the world-premiere HeLa, an awesome co-production by Sideshow …
A PERFECT TEN OUT OF TIN, OR YOURS, MIME, AND OURS This "soldier" is well worth saluting: There's an enchanting Christmas Pantomime on Michigan Avenue — Lookingglass Theatre Company's …
INGE'S NOISY DESPERATION Mission accomplished: Eclipse Theatre Company characteristically concludes its season with a play that wears a big heart on an open sleeve. The troupe, which cultiva…
BEAUTIFUL DESPAIR BY A MASTER THESPIAN The river of lost souls can be found in Westwood, and your magnificent tour guide is Brian Dennehy. In this coupling of one-acts by Eugene O’Neil…
GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES THEATRE Los Angeles, dubbed as the City of Angels, is truly a magnificent destination that holds some of the most beautiful architectural buildings in the …
TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT An ill wind hit Disney Hall last weekend with this collaboration between LA Phil’s Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki and Old Globe Theatre’s Artisitic Direct…
VALLEY OF THE HEART ON ITS SLEEVE Captivating stagecraft and a winning, although not always authentic, cast fuel this epic tale of war-time love. But the riveting aspects of a relationship b…
SAVING YOURSELF At the opening performance of Rogue Machine's presentation of the Los Angeles premiere of playwright Joe Gilford's Finks, artistic director John Flynn welcomed the audience a…
A GHOSTLY CAROL TO REMEMBER A Christmas Carol keeps the lights on at theaters across the country, filling their coffers every year and helping underwrite their other productions. It usually …
