ELEVADA
Monday, May 21st, 2018
A rather nonsensical premise is all that’s holding back Sheila Callaghan’s Elevada from being the unqualified smash romantic comedy it sets out to be. Even so, romcom lovers like this reviewer will find themselves captivated by its terrifically acted, stunningly designed Chance Theater West Coast Premiere.
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SPRING AWAKENING
Sunday, May 20th, 2018
Director-choreographer-designer Madeleine Heil reinvents Broadway’s Best Musical Tony winner Spring Awakening so sensationally at NoHo’s Cupcake Theater, it’s easily one of the two or three finest of the dozen productions I’ve seen so far.
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WOOD BOY DOG FISH
Sunday, May 20th, 2018
Wood Boy Dog Fish, Rogue Artists Ensemble’s deliciously twisted take on Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio has moved uptown and upscale from the Bootleg to Toluca Lake, terrific news for those who like their fairy tales dark and dirty and theatrically magical.
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BAD JEWS
Friday, May 18th, 2018
Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews is back in a terrifically acted and directed Odyssey Theatre Ensemble production that does its smart, button-pushing source material proud.
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SOFT POWER
Friday, May 18th, 2018
A New York cast and production team bring Los Angeles audiences the World Premiere latest from Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang and Tony-winning composer-lyricist Jeanine Tesori, the crowd-pleasing East-meets-West “play with a musical” Soft Power, as audacious in concept as it is for the most part effective in execution.
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NEXT TO NORMAL
Monday, May 14th, 2018
A spectacular Mazie Rudolph’s star turn as a woman struggling with manic depression is just one reason Broadway’s Next To Normal makes for one of Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center’s best.
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DIE, MOMMIE, DIE!
Sunday, May 13th, 2018
Over-the-top doesn’t begin to describe the performances–or the fun of seeing so much scenery chewed by so sensational a cast–in Center Theatre Group’s Block Party reprise of Celebration Theatre’s 2017 comedy smash Die, Mommie, Die!
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THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF CLUELESS
Sunday, May 13th, 2018
East Coast transfer student Tai Frasier may have been clueless when she showed up at Beverly Hill High just aching for a makeover, but the folks at Rockwell prove themselves masterful movie spoofers once again with their riotous, rollicking latest, The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Clueless.
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