HEATHERS THE MUSICAL
Saturday, January 11th, 2020Heathers The Musical proves a terrific talent showcase for the high schoolers, undergrads, and just-out-of-college triple-threats who strut their stuff at the Simi Valley Performing Arts Center in a Studio C Performing Arts staging marred only by an Opening Night lighting malfunction and the most rudimentary of sets.
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BLUE MAN GROUP ON TOUR
Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
The quirky trio of pseudo-extraterrestrials known round the world as Blue Man Group have arrived at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts with their 2020 Speechless Tour to dazzle and delight with their patented brand of quirky physical comedy, seemingly superhuman feats, and audience interaction for kids of all ages.
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BAD HABITS
Monday, January 6th, 2020
A nonagenarian TV legend spars with a quintet of salty-tongued singing nuns in Steve Mazur’s comedic crowd-pleaser Bad Habits, a holiday hit for Santa Monica’s Ruskin Group Theatre held over to start 2020 with a bang.
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CHARLEY’S AUNT
Saturday, January 4th, 2020
Effervescent performances by a pitch-perfect cast, inspired direction by a Broadway National Tour vet only just out of his teens, and a script so fresh and funny, you’d hardly guess it was written over a hundred-twenty-five years ago combine to make Glendale Centre Theatre’s in-the-round staging of Brandon Thomas’s Charley’s Aunt the year’s first bona fide comedy hit.
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LITTLE WOMEN THE MUSICAL
Monday, December 23rd, 2019The March sisters come of age once more in Little Women The Musical, engagingly performed by Westchester’s Kentwood Players, though not with the caliber of voices that would make its songs truly take flight.
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DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS
Saturday, December 21st, 2019Production values are low but the laughter quotient is high in writer-director Paul Storiale’s Dysfunctional Family Christmas, 70 minutes of wacky 1980s sitcom-style fun.
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ELF THE MUSICAL
Friday, December 20th, 2019Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center welcomes Christmas with Elf The Musical, the delightful, tuneful Broadway stage adaptation of the 2003 Will Ferrell family favorite.
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THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
Monday, December 16th, 2019
When it comes to terrorizing an all-American family while scheming to get his own egomaniacal way, nobody did it better in the 1930s than radio superstar Sheridan Whiteside, just one reason why Golden-era Broadway fans won’t want to miss The Group Rep’s spiffy revival of Kaufman and Hart’s screwball comedy classic The Man Who Came To Dinner.
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