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Bryan Moore

About Bryan Moore

Theatrical connoisseur, colorful raconteur of some note, sartorial gentleman about town. Coffee's for closers. Fortune favors the bold.

“Marilyn, Mom and Me” Theater review

Everyone loves a good showbiz story and the inaugural offering of ICT’s 2024 season leaves no one in the theater wanting. The world premiere of “Marilyn, Mom and Me” by award winning playwright and director Luke Yankee delivers the goods … Continue reading

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The 27th Annual Long Beach Sunnyside Cemetery Tour

The distant, dusty fragments of the past and the spirits of the permanent residents of Sunnyside Cemetery may be long gone but for one bright and beautiful Autumn day those celebrated souls returned to their earthly state once again as … Continue reading

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“Deathtrap” at the International City Theater

Ira Levin’s 1978 play “Deathtrap” has long been a staple of American theater. Winning countless awards and boasting one of the longest-running theatrical records, it’s never been short of ecstatic audiences and its share of controversy over the decades since … Continue reading

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“Frankenstein 1930” Theater Review

Halloween season is upon us and the audience was in full force at last night’s preview of “Frankenstein 1930” at the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater, running Sept. 23rd to Oct. 21st. Young and old alike crowded the seats to … Continue reading

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“As You Like It” theater review

        For those who are not particularly fans of Shakespeare, the bugbear is always the same: “I have no clue what they’re talking about!” The immortal Bard’s poetic dialogue can indeed be daunting for some. It’s definitely … Continue reading

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Theater Review: ‘Exit Wounds’

The nightmare of survivor’s guilt can be a prolonged, excruciating, never-ending darkness that is often endured by the perpetrators loved ones just as much as the victims’ families as lives are left in shambles. Everyone that is left to pick … Continue reading

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‘The Motherfucker with the Hat’ Theater Review

“The cycle of self-sabotage” is not only a line of dialogue from the current Studio Stage offering at the Long Beach Playhouse but is also a recurring theme that the characters cannot escape no matter how hard they may believe … Continue reading

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The 26th Annual Long Beach Sunnyside Cemetery Tour

Living history events have long been a mainstay across the globe and the 26th Annual Historical Cemetery Tour at Long Beach’s Sunnyside and Municipal Cemetery surely must be one of the finest to earn a point of place in the … Continue reading

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Theater Review: Holmes and Watson

The works of playwright Jeffrey Hatcher are excellent for two reasons: his structure of complex plots and his indulgence in the classic “whodunnit” form. In Hatchers work, said complex plots usually wrap up quite nicely at the play’s conclusion, most … Continue reading

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