Posts Tagged ‘Whitefire Theatre’
THE WISDOM OF EVE
Sunday, November 3rd, 2024The results are uneven, and at nearly three hours in length the play outstays its welcome, but at the very least Mary Orr’s The Wisdom Of Eve gives Whitefire Theatre audiences the chance to see how All About Eve might have turned out had it been adapted by its original author and not by the brilliant Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who received sole writing credit (and two Oscars) for the film. (The answer is not nearly as good.)
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BUYER & CELLAR
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
Emerson Collins delivers the solo performance of the year (opposite none other but Barbra Streisand herself) in Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar, the latest winner from The Sixth Act.
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MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Monday, March 27th, 2023
Terrific lead and featured performances make The Fable Theatre’s back-to-basics intimate revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along at the Whitefire a tasty Sondheim lover’s treat.
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TWELVE O’CLOCK TALES WITH AVA GARDNER
Monday, January 23rd, 2023
Alessandra Assaf delivers a spellbinding solo turn as one of the most glamorous screen goddesses in Hollywood history in Twelve O’clock Tales with Ava Gardner, now playing Sunday matinees at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks.
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SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY
Monday, December 9th, 2019
L.A.’s most popular year-end comedy extravaganza since the year 2000, Santasia – A Holiday Comedy is back for even more December magic in 2019, making this year’s collection of wacky Benny Hill-like skits, SNL-ready videos, Broadway-parodying production numbers, nostalgic recollections of Christmases past, and a whole lot of drag (rated R-for-language and H-for-heart) even more of a must-see.
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THE BLADE OF JEALOUSY
Monday, July 2nd, 2018The Blade Of Jealousy, Henry Ong’s contemporary updating of a 17th-century Spanish screwball farce, proves a misfire for the writer of the justly lauded Sweet Karma, a misdirected, overacted, and mostly laugh-free World Premiere now playing Sundays at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre.
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SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY
Thursday, December 21st, 2017
Santasia – A Holiday Comedy is back at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre for its 18th annual potpourri of wacky Benny Hill-like skits, SNL-ready videos, Broadway-parodying production numbers, nostalgic recollections of Christmases past, and a whole lot of drag, the best possible news for audiences seeking holiday comedy rated R-for-language and H-for-heart.
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