Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles Theater Review’
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Friday, August 17th, 2018
Ingenious staging and a talented young cast make Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along, a guest production at the Colony Theater, the summer’s brightest musical comedy surprise.
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THE CRUCIBLE
Monday, August 13th, 2018
The Topanga hills prove the ideal setting for Theatricum Botanicum’s gut-punchingly powerful revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the first of the six Crucibles I’ve seen to get everything right.
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DREAMGIRLS
Saturday, August 11th, 2018
With its dazzling costumes, pizzazzy lighting, and above all its sensational talent both on stage and off, Cupcake Theater’s Dreamgirls more than holds its own against its multimillion-dollar predecessors.
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DORIS AND ME
Friday, August 10th, 2018
Scott Dreier brings Doris And Me, his captivating musical tribute to Hollywood’s all-time number-one female star, to Burbank’s Colony Theatre for two hours of movie-and-music nostalgia to do Doris Day proud.
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THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
Tuesday, August 7th, 2018
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s The Motherf**ker With The Hat proves a terrific showcase for the young professional actors studying at the Gloria Gifford Conservatory at the school’s spiffy new digs on Hollywood Theatre Row.
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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018
Pitch-perfect casting makes a world of difference in the return engagement of Daniel Talbott’s haunting memory play What Happened When, an Echo Theater Company midweek gem.
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DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID
Monday, July 30th, 2018
An all-around splendid cast, inspired direction, delightful choreography, and an absolutely gorgeous production design combine to make Disney The Little Mermaid one of Candlelight Pavilion’s best productions ever.
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HAITI
Monday, July 30th, 2018
Theatricum Botanicum breathes new life into William DuBois’ swashbuckling historical soap opera Haiti, giving the long-forgotten look back at the Haitian Revolution its very first production—and a rip-roaring one at that—since the New Deal-funded melodrama made theatrical history in 1938 by featuring a black-and-white cast performing side by side on a Harlem stage.
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