THE KITCHEN WITCHES
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
A pair of lifelong best enemies catfight it out on the set of a community access cable TV cooking show in Caroline Smith’s entertaining if minor comedy The Kitchen Witches, now playing at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre.
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BRITISHMANIA
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013RECOMMENDED
Though the production is bare-bones (and “John,” “Paul,” “George,” and “Ringo” probably look most Beatle-like when seen from the Laguna Playhouse back row), there’s no denying that the multitalented stars of BritishMania sound so much like The Beatles as they sing and play their way through two hours of ‘60s British pop that if you’re anything like this reviewer, this nostalgic trip back in time will end up worth a drive down to Laguna Beach.
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
Monday, August 12th, 2013RECOMMENDED
Terrific performances and an outrageously funny script add up to some very good reasons to catch Underdog Theatre Company’s production of Douglas Carter Beane’s The Little Dog Laughed despite minuses in design and staging.
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THE SOUND OF MOTOWN
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
The hits of the Motor City reign Supreme in beautiful downtown Claremont as a dozen Wonder-fully talented young performers bring The Sound Of Motown to Candlelight Pavilion, entertaining audiences of all ages with over 4 dozen hits that are each and every one of them absolutely, positively Tops.
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EAT THE RUNT
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
A dozen actors take turns playing all eight roles in Eat The Run, Avery Crozier’s uniquely addictive black comedy, now back for a return visit to Hollywood’s Theatre Of NOTE, and to paraphrase a classic TV commercial, “Bet you can’t see it just once.”
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ROUNDING THIRD
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Playwright Richard Dresser pits Little League Coach Don (“Winning is everything”) against Assistant Coach Michael (“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game”) in his hilarious two-hander Rounding Third, now being given a crowd-pleasing intimate-stage production at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre.
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SISTER ACT
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Sister Mary Clarence, the nun formerly known as nightclub chantoose Deloris Van Cartier, has come to town, news that can only mean that the sensational Sister Act is celebrating musical comedy mass at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center For The Arts. (read more)
IN THE HEIGHTS
Monday, August 5th, 2013
San Diego REPertory Theatre opens its 38th season with an exciting, from-the-ground-up production of In The Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning slice of Nueva York life, the professional component of which is just about as perfect as it gets.
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