GODSPELL
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018Godspell will never make my list of favorite musicals. Despite its melodious Stephen Schwartz score, I find the show itself pretty much a snooze. Still, its many fans could hardly ask for a more imaginatively directed or more sparklingly performed production than The Wayward Artist’s at Santa Ana’s Grand Central Art Center.
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ALL SHOOK UP
Sunday, April 15th, 2018All Shook Up arrives at NoHo’s El Portal Theatre with its entertaining mix of Elvis Presley hits and jukebox musical plot in a big-stage production featuring top-notch professional leads performing on a community theater-like set backed by a talented but mostly too young ensemble.
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NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
Monday, April 9th, 2018
The Twenties roar and Gershwin tunes soar as Musical Theatre West gives L.A. its first taste of the 2012 Broadway delight that is Nice Work If You Can Get It.
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Friday, April 6th, 2018
A ragtag team of pint-sized spellers make musical theater magic at Burbank’s Grove Theatre Center as Domino One productions debuts its imaginatively directed and choreographed, delightfully performed intimate staging of the 2005 Broadway hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID
Monday, April 2nd, 2018
A fresh new look and some exciting casting choices make RCC Performance Riverside’s Disney The Little Mermaid as captivating for those who’ve seen the 2007 Broadway adaptation before as for those experiencing its “Under The Sea” wonders for the first time.
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DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
A tremendously talented cast and a terrific, all-original production design make Cal State Fullerton’s Disney The Little Mermaid a tuneful treat for audiences of all ages.
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CABARET
Friday, March 23rd, 2018
USC’s Musical Theatre Repertory once again rivals the finest intimate professional theater in town with its all-around smashing student-performed, student-directed, student-designed revival of the 1966 Kander and Ebb classic Cabaret.
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THE BOOK OF MORMON
Thursday, March 22nd, 2018
Six years into touring the U.S. and still going strong, The Book Of Mormon pays its third visit to the Segerstrom Center For Arts with an absolutely fabulous, almost entirely new cast, the 2011 Best Musical Tony winner continuing to entertain and delight audiences with its distinctive mix of raunch and romance, hilarity and heart.
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