BEEHIVE
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Beehive: a) a structure housing a colony of bees; b) a hairstyle for women, popular around 1960, in which the hair is arranged in a high rounded shape on top of the head; c) a fabulous musical revue featuring the greatest hits of the top girl singers and girl groups of the swingin’, turbulent 1960s.
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JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Anyone under a certain age who hears the title Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris may well wonder, “Who the hell is this Jacques Brel?”—a question likely to provoke a cry of “Sacrilege!” from more seasoned theater aficionados.
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SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
PCPA Theaterfest concludes its Summer 2010 season with Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World, a magical change-of-pace evening of music starring three sensational PCPA favorites (and one terrific “newcomer”) and directed with consummate imagination and flair by PCPA’s multi-talented Erik Stein.
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RING OF FIRE
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Johnny Cash fans will be in country music heaven through August 1 as FCLO Music Theatre present Ring Of Fire: The Music Of Johnny Cash. Correction: make that music fans, pure and simple. Singer-songwriter-icon Johnny Cash transcended easy classification, blending rock and roll, rockabilly, folk, and gospel, making this production a musical event of the first order.
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BEYOND
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Beyond is like nothing you’ve ever seen before in a Los Angeles theater—a spectacular blend of glitz, glamour and feathers galore, Paris via Las Vegas transported to NoHo, replete with statuesque sequined dancing showgirls, aerialists soaring above the stage, gorgeous costumes, and did I mention feathers?
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OUR FAVORITE SINGS
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010What do you call a blend of musical revue and cabaret?
RECOMMENDED
The Tre Stage calls it Our Favorite Sings, an entertaining hour and a quarter of musical theater talents singing their favorite songs live and un-miked in an intimate black box space.
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TOWN WITHOUT PITY
Monday, June 28th, 2010
In that brief period between the “Lollipop, Lollipop” 1950s and the British Invasion of 1964, teen idols like Dion, Ricky Nelson, and Bobby Vee were topping the charts with their blend of All American good looks and bubblegum pop.
And then there was singer-songwriter Gene Pitney.
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AIN’T WE GOT FUN
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Ain’t We Got Fun, Ben Hensley and Michael Montiel’s nostalgic look back at early 20th Century vaudeville, makes for forty-five of the brightest minutes you’re likely to enjoy this year.
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