THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK
Sunday, February 25th, 2018
Marc and Bella Chagall soar head over heels in love in Kneehigh Theatre and Bristol Old Vic’s magical chamber musical The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk, the latest bit of U.K. theatrical wizardry to pay a visit to Beverly Hills’ Wallis Center For The Performing Arts.
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THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes concludes her deservedly acclaimed “Elliot Trilogy” with The Happiest Song Plays Last, its powerful Latino Theater Company California Premiere made momentous by the fact that Parts 1 at 2 are both currently playing in L.A.*
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3RD MONDAYS
Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
A quintet of L.A.’s top musical theater stars take center stage on the 3rd Monday of every month to perform Broadway hits Past, Present, and Future at Sterling’s Upstairs At The Federal as the Foundation For New American Musicals treats audiences to the appropriately titled 3rd Mondays.
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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Monday, February 19th, 2018
The excitement never lags as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins take centerstage in Million Dollar Quartet, Tony-nominated as Best Musical of 2010 and the latest from 3-D Theatricals, a rock-and-roll crowd-pleaser for ages eight to eighty-nine.
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GUYS AND DOLLS
Sunday, February 18th, 2018
The sets get a thumbs down from this reviewer, but everything else about the latest from Musical Theatre West is standing-ovation-worthy as a supremely talented cast, choreographer, and director make Frank Loesser’s seven-decade-old classic Guys And Dolls feel fresh and new down Long Beach way.
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PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Sunday, February 18th, 2018
Two-dozen disco-era hits provide the sing-along, dance-along soundtrack to the international smash Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, and if the latest from Celebration Theatre doesn’t lend itself to downsizing like The Boy From Oz and The Color Purple, this unexpected celebration of family and its three unlikely Australian hero(in)es provide more than enough reason to cheer.
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THE CHOSEN
Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
Friendship has rarely felt so good or hurt so bad, nor have father-son relationships caused more joy or pain than they do in Chaim Potok’s exquisite coming-of-age novel The Chosen, adapted for the stage by Aaron Posner and Potok and now making an absolutely superb Fountain Theatre debut.
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HIGH SOCIETY
Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
The Philadelphia Story meets Cole Porter in the rarely-produced High Society, and though hardly one of Broadway’s Greatest Hits, its one-night-only Alex Theatre revival once again proved Musical Theatre Guild a master of the concert staged reading.
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