PLAID TIDINGS
Friday, December 20th, 2013
The four heavenly songbirds who call themselves Forever Plaid have returned to earth “one last time” to treat SoCalians to their “live” holiday TV special as the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center presents Stuart Ross’s Plaid Tidings to much deserved audience cheers.
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Monday, November 11th, 2013
A trio of showstopping performances highlight Actors’ Repertory Theatre Of Simi’s crowd-pleasing production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, one of the most laugh-out-loud hilarious Broadway musicals ever.
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SONG AND DANCE
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
A stellar Robin De Lano and seven terrifically talented dancers made magic yesterday as Inland Valley Repertory Theatre closed its 2013 season with a two-performance only staging of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Song And Dance at Claremont’s Candlelight Pavilion
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SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ
Monday, September 23rd, 2013
“Kansas City,” “Yakety Yak,” “Love Potion No. 9,” and “On Broadway” are just four of the 1950s rock and pop hits now being performed to cheers and not one but two standing ovations as the Pasadena Playhouse revives the 1995 Broadway smash Smokey Joe’s Café, featuring forty of the greatest hits of rock-and-roll songwriting legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
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I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
Friday, September 13th, 2013
Men may be from Mars and Women from Venus, but the twain do meet … and fall head over heels … and then decide it’s time to fix each other’s flaws in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts’ smash off-Broadway musical revue, now getting a sparklingly performed 17th Anniversary revival at North Hollywood’s Crown City Theatre.
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BRITISHMANIA
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013RECOMMENDED
Though the production is bare-bones (and “John,” “Paul,” “George,” and “Ringo” probably look most Beatle-like when seen from the Laguna Playhouse back row), there’s no denying that the multitalented stars of BritishMania sound so much like The Beatles as they sing and play their way through two hours of ‘60s British pop that if you’re anything like this reviewer, this nostalgic trip back in time will end up worth a drive down to Laguna Beach.
THE SOUND OF MOTOWN
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
The hits of the Motor City reign Supreme in beautiful downtown Claremont as a dozen Wonder-fully talented young performers bring The Sound Of Motown to Candlelight Pavilion, entertaining audiences of all ages with over 4 dozen hits that are each and every one of them absolutely, positively Tops.
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SISTER ACT
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Sister Mary Clarence, the nun formerly known as nightclub chantoose Deloris Van Cartier, has come to town, news that can only mean that the sensational Sister Act is celebrating musical comedy mass at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center For The Arts. (read more)
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