Posts Tagged ‘Stephen Schwartz’
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
CASA 0101 triumphs like never before with the musical stage adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback Of Notre Dame in a production that more than holds its own against L.A.’s most prestigious 99-seat theaters.
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Saturday, August 10th, 2024
Dramatic and compelling and jam-packed with equal parts spectacle and heart, The Nocturne Theatre’s The Hunchback Of Notre Dame is all this and more, though not however a kids-friendly family musical like Disney’s The Little Mermaid or Beauty And The Beast.
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CHILDREN OF EDEN
Sunday, November 4th, 2018
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Noah and his brood get their Sunday School stories told Broadway-musical-style in Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s Children Of Eden, a gorgeously staged, terrifically performed showcase for Cal State Fullerton’s musical theater BFA classes of 2019 and 2020.
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Tuesday, August 21st, 2018
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo’s classic take on Beauty And The Beast, arrives at Moonlight Stages in a powerfully acted and gorgeously sung production that is, make no mistake, not the kids-friendly Disney musical some parents might be expecting despite the presence of half-a-dozen or so songs from the 1996 animated movie hit.
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Saturday, April 21st, 2018
Victor Hugo’s classic tale of the misshapen Quasimodo and the shapely gypsy beauty who wins his lonely, aching heart comes to glorious musical life thanks to Alan Menken’s gift for melody and a couple dozen of SoCal’s most multi-talented performers in 5-Star Theatricals’ The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
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GODSPELL
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018Godspell will never make my list of favorite musicals. Despite its melodious Stephen Schwartz score, I find the show itself pretty much a snooze. Still, its many fans could hardly ask for a more imaginatively directed or more sparklingly performed production than The Wayward Artist’s at Santa Ana’s Grand Central Art Center.
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Sunday, September 18th, 2016
Take a classic novel by Victor Hugo, half-a-dozen songs from a favorite Disney film, and the inspired casting of a deaf actor as Quasimodo and you’ve got three, though hardly the only reasons for The Hunchback Of Notre Dame to top any musical theater lover’s must-see list as summer turns to fall.
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