Posts Tagged ‘Morgan-Wixson Theatre’
BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL
Tuesday, October 8th, 2024A trio of topnotch star turns are the three best reasons to catch Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s over-the-top staging of the horror rock extravaganza that is Bat Boy: The Musical. (It would help too if you could understand what the characters are saying/singing.)
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IN THE HEIGHTS
Tuesday, July 11th, 2023Spirited performances make In The Heights, Lin Manuel Miranda’s celebration of life in New York’s Washington Heights, a Morgan-Wixson Theatre crowd-pleaser, however the production loses points for its lighting and sound designs.
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ROMEO & JULIET: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENDING
Monday, August 15th, 2022
Should Romeo woo Juliet or should he court Rosaline? This is just the first of three major life decisions left up to an audience vote at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Ann and Shawn Fraistat’s Romeo & Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending, a hilariously clever new take on a centuries-old classic.
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IT’S ONLY A PLAY
Sunday, January 19th, 2020
If you love live theater and the people who make it, you will absolutely adore Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s delectable latest, and even if you don’t know Ben Brantley from Ben Franklin, you’ll have a smashingly good time at Terrence McNally’s It’s Only A Play.
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THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Monday, October 7th, 2019
A veritable who’s who of Morgan-Wixson Theatre regulars, a director on a roll, and a crackerjack team of production designers join forces to make Broadway’s The Drowsy Chaperone the all-around best Morgan-Wixson musical I’ve reviewed since first raving about their Thoroughly Modern Millie back in 2009.
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THE WEDDING SINGER
Saturday, July 6th, 2019
Having recently spoofed the ’60s with Little Shop Of Horrors, Santa Monica’s Morgan-Wixson Theatre now treats audiences to the adroitly concocted blend of music, comedy, and 1980s nostalgia that is Chad Beguelin, Tim Herlihy, and Matthew Sklar’s The Wedding Singer.
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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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SHE LOVES ME
Monday, September 24th, 2018
Feuding co-workers who’ve no idea they’re secretly in love with each other make for romantic musical comedy magic in the 1963 Broadway classic She Loves Me, Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s delightful 2018-2019 season opener.
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