LEADING LADIES
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Playwright Ken Ludwig is a master of the contemporary farce, something that
anyone who has seen his much performed Lend Me A Tenor can attest to.
Another Ludwig gem is Leading Ladies, now getting first-rate treatment by Norris
Center, a gem of a professional theater hidden in beautiful Rolling Hills Estates,
down Palos Verdes way.
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SAY YOU LOVE SATAN
Sunday, January 20th, 2008RECOMMENDED
Say you’re an average-Joe sort of gay man. Suddenly a vision of male
perfection appears before you and asks you out on a date. Wonder of
wonders this hunk of hunks wants YOU! Say, then, that you happen to notice
a tiny tattoo just where his forehead meets his hairline, a tiny tattoo of the
number 666, aka “the number of the beast.” What if this perfect new
boyfriend of yours just happened to be the son of Satan? What if, in fact, he
was Satan himself, evil incarnate with a six pack!? Would you just dump him
and return to your perfect-in-every-way-but-just-too-sweet (sort of) boyfriend?
Or would you keep on walking on the wild side, knowing that you might just be
heading down a path towards … ETERNAL DAMNATION?
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THE CATHOLIC GIRL’S GUIDE TO LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
24-year-old Lizzy’s boyfriend Steven is on top of her, attempting to entice her
into having sex with him. “If you don’t, you’re going to hell,” he informs her.
“No, really,” he adds. And then, “I mean it.” After all, he continues, “we’ve
been dating for three weeks now. Just relax.” Legs in the air, Lizzy replies,
“I’m not relaxed,” and then explains her real reason for just saying “no.” “I’m
saving myself for marriage,” she tells Steven. “But this is New York,” he
protests. “No one’s going to throw rocks as you.” And then he throws in the
kicker. “I love you!” (This is after three weeks.) And the final assault: “If we
stop now, this could physically harm me.” Literally begging: “Have a heart.
It’s Thanksgiving!”
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NU-QUEER WINTER
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008RECOMMENDED
Sketch comedy has become a popular late night/weeknight addition to our
local small theater scene. Now gay and lesbian theatergoers have their very
own sketch troupe, the funny gang of eight who call themselves The Gay
Mafia. Their latest hour of outrageous skits is cleverly entitled Nu-Queer Winter,
and while not at the level of Saturday Night Live and Mad TV, these out
performers have put together a fun 60 minutes of comedic (and very adult)
entertainment.
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AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
Friday, January 4th, 2008
The Celebration Theatre is in good hands this month with As Much As You Can,
a contemporary twist on the Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner genre, written by
Paul Oakley Stovall. Under Krissy Vanderwarker’s excellent direction, As Much As
You Can becomes a funny, heart-warming, and ultimately very moving slice of
contemporary African American life.
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PAGING DR. CHUTZPAH
Monday, December 31st, 2007RECOMMENDED
“Never again will I lie down with a woman of the opposite sex without making a
total commitment,” swears middle-aged Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Lester
Oronofsky (Marq Del Monte) to his receptionist Myrna Jorgensen (Alycia Tracy).
Oronofsky has, by his own reckoning, slept with “two baker’s dozen” female patients.
(With a private consulting room overlooking Central Park, “how could I resist?”)
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ALICE-SIT-BY-THE-FIRE
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
You might think that a nearly 90-year-old play by the author of Peter Pan, rather
preciously titled Alice Sit-By-the-Fire, would come across dated and dull to
contemporary audiences. If so, think again.
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THE KID FROM BROOKLYN
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Danny Kaye is alive and well and performing in North Hollywood! Well, if not the
genuine article, then at least an amazing facsimile. Giving one of the most
memorable performances of this or any year, Brian Childers IS Danny Kaye in the
just opened The Kid from Brooklyn, now wowing audiences at the El Portal Theatre.
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