LEGALLY BLONDE
Thursday, November 15th, 2018
Legally Blonde, already as perfect a musical adaption of a hit movie as any romcom lover could wish for, proves just as perfect a vehicle for a couple dozen UC Irvine student performers with bright professional careers ahead.
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WAITRESS
Thursday, November 15th, 2018
Broadway aficionados with a thing for romantic comedies will be in musical romcom heaven this week and next as the Segerstrom Center For The Arts welcomes Waitress, the winningest Broadway musical romcom since Elle Woods stole hearts in Legally Blonde.
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THE COLOR PURPLE
Monday, November 12th, 2018
Sensational performances and an intimate theatrical setting make Greenway Arts Alliance’s The Color Purple an exciting addition to the L.A. holiday scene if not as spectacular a revival as the musical’s 2012 99-seat L.A. debut.
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CHILDREN OF EDEN
Sunday, November 4th, 2018
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Noah and his brood get their Sunday School stories told Broadway-musical-style in Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s Children Of Eden, a gorgeously staged, terrifically performed showcase for Cal State Fullerton’s musical theater BFA classes of 2019 and 2020.
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AVENUE Q
Friday, November 2nd, 2018
Avenue Q proves an ideal showcase for ten terrifically talented Trojans, eight of whom are making their Musical Theatre Repertory debuts, as USC’s premier all-student musical theater company opens its 13th season with 2004’s Tony-winning grown-up take on a children’s TV classic.
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Monday, October 29th, 2018
Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre welcomes the ghosts-and-goblins season with the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky clan known as The Addams Family, providing Southland audiences with the snap-snappiest Halloween entertainment in town.
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BRIGHT STAR
Monday, October 22nd, 2018
Gorgeous bluegrass melodies, a leading lady’s incandescent star turn, all-around terrific supporting performances, ingenious staging, and a plot straight out of a 1930s/40s Hollywood weeper will have you crying joyful tears that Musical Theatre West has made Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Bright Star its 66th season opener.
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BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
You’d swear it was the real Carole up there singing hit after hit after hit, so spot-on is Sarah Bockel’s star-making performance as the 1960s/70s songwriting legend in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, this week’s best entertainment bet down Orange County way.
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