Posts Tagged ‘Marsha Norman’
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Monday, July 21st, 2025A pair of magnetic, gorgeously sung lead performances bring out the best in Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman’s The Bridges of Madison County. The makeshift production design it’s been given by Chromolume Theatre Company and some occasionally clunky staging not so much.
THE SECRET GARDEN, THE MUSICAL
Monday, December 4th, 2023
The Secret Garden, The Musical, makes a triumphant holiday season return to Chance Theater in its fourth incarnation, the first to take advantage of the company’s expansive Cripe Stage, and the result is a gorgeously performed, gorgeously designed stunner.
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THE SECRET GARDEN
Tuesday, February 28th, 2023
Inspired direction, stunning performances, a striking production design, and sumptuous orchestrations add up to something Los Angeles musical theater lovers have been waiting decades to experience, a Broadway-caliber revival of the Tony-winning The Secret Garden.
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THE COLOR PURPLE
Monday, November 12th, 2018
Sensational performances and an intimate theatrical setting make Greenway Arts Alliance’s The Color Purple an exciting addition to the L.A. holiday scene if not as spectacular a revival as the musical’s 2012 99-seat L.A. debut.
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THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Thursday, September 27th, 2018
Cassandra Marie Murphy and Caleb Shaw are sheer perfection as the star-crossed lovers of The Bridges Of Madison County, bringing composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown’s and book writer Marsha Norman’s exquisite take on Robert James Waller’s novel to soaringly romantic life in an all too brief, just concluded three-performance-only Inland Valley Repertory Theatre run at Candlelight Pavilion.
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THE COLOR PURPLE
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
Swing Nikisha Williams’ star turn as Celie, a fabulous supporting cast, and imaginative staging make the Broadway Revival Tour of The Color Purple, Alice Walker’s powerful recounting of a young black woman’s road to self-discovery and self-assertion, well worth seeing despite a minimalist scenic design ill suited to (and volume levels turned way too low for) a hall as mammoth as the Segerstrom Center For the Arts.
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IN YOUR ARMS
Monday, September 28th, 2015
Dance and romance reign supreme in In Your Arms, as thrilling an Old Globe World Premiere as I’ve seen in a good long while and one that most definitely deserves to be Broadway-bound.
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