Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles Theater Review’
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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FAMOUS
Sunday, July 29th, 2018
Fame wields a double-edged sword for those who come to Hollywood in search of it in Michael Leoni’s Famous, and if the latest from the writer-director of the smash hit Elevator is often flashier than it is profound, it is also without question one of the year’s electrifyingly staged productions, and thanks to the #metoo movement, just about as timely as a World Premiere play can get.
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SCREWBALL COMEDY
Friday, July 27th, 2018
If Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (The Front Page, Twentieth Century) were alive today, they might have written Screwball Comedy, a Norm Foster/Theatre 40 gem that more than does justice to the genre whose name it bears.
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MAYAKOVSKY AND STALIN
Sunday, July 22nd, 2018Some good actors attempt to breathe life into writer-director Murray Mednick’s talky, tedious Mayakovsky And Stalin, the longest two-and-a-half hours I’ve spent in a theater in years.
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MARY POPPINS
Friday, July 20th, 2018
In-the-round staging proves a perfect fit for Mary Poppins at Glendale Centre Theater, placing the emphasis firmly on P.L. Travers’ storytelling, the Sherman Brothers’ hum-along songs, a bunch of infectious dance numbers, and leading lady Deborah Robin, quite possibly the best of the seven Marys I’ve seen on stage.
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MUTT HOUSE
Thursday, July 19th, 2018
I defy anyone to resist the canine charmers of Mutt House, or their human companions, or the songs, or the laughter, or the romance, or the heart of this Kirk Douglas Theatre guest production, as gem-perfect an L.A. World Premiere musical as I’ve seen in at least a dog’s year.
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CRY IT OUT
Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
You don’t have to be a stay-at-home nursing mom to fall in love with Molly Smith Metzler’s Cry It Out, but if you are, this one’s especially for you, and it’s about time.
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