DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA


In a city where most plays run 6 weeks or less, The Elephant Theater’s
production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, John Patrick Shanley’s
unexpected love story of two very lost and damaged souls, has become a real
L.A. theater phenomenon. Recipient of the very hard-to-get L.A. Times “Critics
Choice,” Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, now in its fifth sold-out month, has
been extended yet again, through October.  Last night I found out why.
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THE LADY IN QUESTION

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Nobody spoofs classic movie genres better than Charles Busch.  On film, I’ve
loved his Psycho Beach Party (which as the title indicates spoofs at least two
genres at once) and Die Mommie Die (a brilliant takeoff on 50s/60s women’s
melodramas). Now I’ve had the chance to discover The Lady in Question,
Mr. Busch’s hilarious and spot-on send-up of 40s “woman in danger in Nazi
Germany” flicks.
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TALES OF TINSELTOWN


This delightfully silly visit to Hollywood in the 1930s is sure to be a crowd pleaser for the Co-Op. Matt Lutz and Gwen Hollander delight as smalltown movie fans Elmo and Ellie (he wants to write screenplays, she wants to be a star) who meet cute and bicycle cross country to NGN (not a typo) studios where fame awaits.
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