DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Leave it to Cal State Fullerton’s musical-theater majors to give audiences a Disney’s Beauty And The Beast that tops just about every professional production I’ve seen, and I’ve seen a bunch.
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THE ABUELAS
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019Departing from its tradition of reviving theatrical classics, Antaeus Theatre Company opens its 2019/2020 season with the West Coast Premiere of The Abuelas, Stephanie Alison Walker’s mostly disappointing follow-up to The Madres.
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NEWSIES
Monday, October 21st, 2019
Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre’s spectacular Newsies is not only an infectiously entertaining (and unashamedly pro-labor) treat, it showcases a sensational young ensemble singing and dancing up a standing ovation-worthy storm.
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SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Monday, October 21st, 2019
There’s no more entertaining big-stage musical in town than Musical Theatre West’s regional premiere of Best Musical Tony nominee Something Rotten!, a musical theater buff’s dream come true and just as much fun for those who couldn’t put a last name to Chita, Patti, or Bernadette if their lives depended on it.
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THE MUSIC MAN
Saturday, October 19th, 2019
Adam Pascal’s charismatic star turn as Harold Hill is the best of at least 76 reasons why 5-Star Theatricals’ The Music Man gives Broadway some pretty stiff competition.
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LITTLE WOMEN
Saturday, October 19th, 2019Sierra Madre Playhouse gives students from the California School Of The Arts-San Gabriel Valley the chance to perform with experienced adult actors in Louisa Mae Alcott’s beloved American classic Little Women.
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NEIL SIMON’S MUSICAL FOOLS
Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
A little-known Neil Simon gem serves as the inspired source for Neil Simon’s Musical Fools, a delightfully tuneful, downright hilarious Open Fist Theatre Company musical comedy surprise.
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THE CANADIANS
Monday, October 14th, 2019
A couple of small-town 20something BFFs embark on the gay cruise of a lifetime courtesy of South Coast Repertory in Adam Bock’s hilarious–and unexpectedly touching–World Premiere romantic comedy The Canadians.
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