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THEATER AS THERAPY The waiting room at a psychiatrist's office is an emotional airlock between the chaos of the outside world and the sanctuary of the therapy office. It's public yet private…
Are you a theatre aficionado who loves nothing more than attending the opening night of the latest musical production? Or perhaps it's time to introduce your family or friends to the joys of…
DIAGNOSIS: DANCER Human nature loves to ponder the impossible to answer: What does food taste like to other people? What does a colorblind person imagine color looks like? What is it like to…
DELIGHTFUL PRODUCTION; SLIPPER-Y NEW SCRIPT Arriving for last Saturday's matinee performance and observing the front of house community support made for a welcoming atmosphere. It was deligh…
DON'T BE SKIPPIN' PIPPIN Here's a can't-miss opportunity: Beginning tomorrow, July 19, North Coast Rep is presenting the perky but dark 1972 musical, Pippin. With a book by Roger O. Hirson,�…
STEWPENDOUS Pulitzer-Prize finalist Stew by Zora Howard, and directed by Tyler Thomas, opened last Sunday at the Pasadena Playhouse. This play invites audiences into the intimate and …
THE TEMPEST AS RADIO PLAY One can only wonder why productions of Shakespeare's The Tempest have been sprouting up like magical vines in the jungle. Is it because the tale is about revenge as…
ANTSY The subject of "haves" and "have-nots" in the theater is nothing new, having been explored from The Greeks to Molière. More recent hallmarks are the Industrial Age's The Hairy Ape by …
OOHS AND OZ Just in time, a new, colorful and fun version of everyone's childhood favorite movie is here in Long Beach. Musical Theatre West's Royal Shakespeare version of The Wizard of O…
I HAVE A HUNCH YOU'LL LOVE THIS Victor Hugo published The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or Notre Dame de Paris in French, in 1831. Since that time the novel about Quasimodo, the hunchback and the…
BREWING UP SOME GOOD CHUCKLES IN THEIR KITCHEN Cooking shows are typically feel-good shows. The calm of Martha Stewart. The sweetness of Rachel Rae. The edge of Emeril Lagasse. Of course, it…
LAST SUMMER THIS SUMMER Written in 1976 by the late Jane Chambers, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove " which opened in 1980, NYC " is a milestone in lesbian theatre history. Chambers' name is leg…
FASCINATING, FUN AND FEEL-GOOD RHYTHM With stellar performances on two baby grands, a few silly props, and creative use of audience participation, Kirsten Salpini (sometimes wearing a tie to…
COME UP TO SIGNATURE Arnulfo Maldonado's scenic design speaks volumes before the play begins. The small front porch of a house is pushed as closed to the audience as possible. Will there eve…
REDNECKS IN MANHATTAN Manhattan Theatre Club has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of Poor Yella Rednecks, written by Qui Nguyen (Revenge Song) and directed by May A…
WISHES ARE CHILDEN In the wake of news that Center Theatre Group, home of three major L.A. theaters, is "pausing" productions at their mid-size Mark Taper Forum and offering "select programm…
TO BE FOR FREE IS A BEAUTY There may be something rotten in the state of Denmark, but there's something enthralling on the stage at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. In The Public Theat…
AN ACTOR WHO WILL CHARM THE JOEY PANTS OFF YOU Joe Pantoliano, affectionately nicknamed Joey Pants, has a recognizable face and voice from decades of TV and film " too many to mention, but p…
THESE PASSENGERS WON'T STAY IN THEIR SEATS! Die-hard fans of So You Think You Can Dance get to know their choreographers. For me, there was Sonya Tayeh (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) … and th…
WATCHING THIS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE FUN, BUT IT SURE FEELS LIKE HOME Fun Home, which opened yesterday at Studio Theatre, will likely touch even the most cynical of hearts. Deep but never sappy, …
A DUAL DUARTE DE PERÓN Understudy Isabella Lopez won a heartfelt standing ovation for her captivating portrayal of Eva Perón, the spiritual leader of Argentina last night in this A.R.…
YES, ONE MORE TIME IS ONE MORE TIME ONE MORE TIME, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME It well may be that there are no new plots left in the world of theater. But does that mean we have to keep se…
AMAZING THEATER? BANK ON IT Steven Skybell (Henry Lehman), Joshua David Robinson (Emanuel Lehman), and Firdous Bamji (Mayer Lehman) absolutely stunned in the the first American-made producti…
THE MUSICAL WITH LEGS San Francisco Playhouse's exuberant, high-kicking production of A Chorus Line proves that the musical is as fresh as the day it appeared almost fifty years ago, when th…
A NOT-SO-DEMON BARBER ON INCOHESIVE STREET Annaleigh Ashford's thoroughly delightful and sympathetic portrayal of Mrs. Lovett, the good-humored but sinister piemaker is, unfortunately, one o…
