MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019
Truth is indeed stranger than fiction in Michael Mitnick’s time-traveling, mind-tripping look at the Mysterious Circumstances surrounding the still unsolved death of the world’s foremost Sherlock Holmes scholar.
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THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Thursday, May 30th, 2019
The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown’s exquisite musical two-hander, showcases UCLA talent to stunning effect as part of Pacific Resident Theatre’s Sunday Concert Series in the company’s newly inaugurated intimate cabaret space.
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BE A GOOD LITTLE WIDOW
Saturday, May 25th, 2019
Life presents unexpected challenges to a newlywed bride in Bekah Brunstetter’s gut-puncher of a dramedy Be A Good Little Widow, a particularly fine visiting production at West L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre.
TOO MUCH SUN
Friday, March 29th, 2019
Tony-nominated playwright Nicky Silver goes Chekhovian without abandoning his gift for snappy one-liners in Too Much Sun, a West Coast Premiere that manages to transition from comedy to something befitting the Greeks without missing a beat.
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists are open for business out Santa Monica way in Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s solid revival of the 1982 cult musical classic Little Shop Of Horrors.
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BLACK SUPER HERO MAGIC MAMA
Friday, March 15th, 2019Playwright Inda Craig-Galván puts a personal face on a national epidemic in Black Super Hero Magic Mama, a Geffen Playhouse that scores points for originality provided you’re a fan of Marvel/DC blockbusters.
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REBEL GENIUS – A LOVE STORY
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
Albert Einstein may seem the least likely of protagonists for a contemporary pop musical, but wonder of wonders, he makes for a compelling leading man in Rebel Genius – A Love Story, Matthew Puckett’s World Premiere showcase for the gifted triple-threats of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program
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FOR THE LOVE OF (OR, THE ROLLER DERBY PLAY)
Monday, March 11th, 2019With director Rhonda Kohl choreographing like you’ve never seen a play choreographed before, it’s perhaps no wonder CTG picked Theatre Of NOTE’s For The Love Of (Or, The Roller Derby Play) to open year’s Block Party at the Kirk Douglas despite its overly familiar coming-of-age love story and a two-and-a-half-hour running time that could stand some significant snips.
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