WINK
Saturday, December 29th, 2018Casting a non-binary actor as a non-binary protagonist merits snaps, but the two-hour suspension of disbelief required of an audience by Neil Koenigsberg’s Wink sinks whatever good intentions may have prompted its playwright to put fingertips to keyboard.
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THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
Sunday, December 23rd, 2018
A salacious Santa’s unspeakable indiscretions aren’t nearly so laughable in a #metoo era as they were when Jeff Goode premiered The Eight: Reindeer Monologues twenty-five Christmases ago, just one reason his quarter-century old collection of R-rated solo confessions proves even more powerful and relevant than when it debuted in 1994, a dark comedy gone darker than ever as its ingeniously staged, splendidly performed Crown City Theatre Company debut makes abundantly clear.
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SISTERS THREE
Friday, December 21st, 2018A pair of quirky contemporary adult siblings bearing more than a passing resemblance to Anne and Emily Brontë generate dramatic sparks aplenty in Jami Brandli’s Sisters Three, that is until Charlotte shows up near the end and the Inkwell Theater World Premiere turns from a mostly quite absorbing two-hander to a solo performance that goes off the deep end … way off.
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A CHRISTMAS STORY
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Ralphie Parker’s back for a second December at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, still wishing and hoping to find a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle BB gun under the tree, still providing audiences of all with A Christmas Story sure to both touch the heart and tickle the funny bone.
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ROPE
Monday, December 17th, 2018Director Anna Safar puts an unexpected but not unwelcome comedic spin on Patrick Hamilton’s Rope, a Robo & Bash Production at NoHo’s Avery Schreiber Playhouse.
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YES, VIRGINIA
Monday, December 17th, 2018Mindy Sterling and Arnetia Walker do some late-ish-in-life female bonding on New Year’s Eve in Stan Zimmerman and Christian McLaughlin’s feel-good holiday two-hander Yes, Virginia, the latest from Pop-Up Playhouse.
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SCISSORHANDS
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
The magic and wonder and humor and heart of a Tim Burton movie classic come to haunting musical life as Rockwell Table + Stage and The Fuse Project debut Scissorhands, the ideal holiday alternative for those who prefer their Christmas season entertainment with an edge.
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THE WONDERFUL WINTER OF OZ
Saturday, December 15th, 2018
The Yellow Brick Road leads to Pasadena this week and next as Lythgoe Family Panto debuts its latest kids-friendly holiday musical spoof, a seasonally retitled The Wonderful Winter Of Oz.
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