Category Archives: Theater

‘Meanwhile,’ the KaBam! Cast Blasts Through with Superhero ‘Lair’ at the New American at Hollywood Fringe

With the glut of super-serious, superhero films coming out of Marvel and DC Comics these days, it’s shows like “Meanwhile, Back at the Super Lair…,” writtten by Greg Kalleres, that seek to blast through the BS, keep things in check, … Continue reading

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Not Fake News: Pacific Opera Project Presents West Coast Premier of Rossini’s La Gazzetta

Pacific Opera Project’s next production is the west coast premiere of an opera by a major composer. You might expect a contemporary name like Glass, Hegge or Adams to fill in that blank, but with La Gazzetta, POP is presenting … Continue reading

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Theater Review: Next to Normal at Hillcrest Center for the Arts

The Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical “Next to Normal” examines the courageous and heartbreaking life of a family living with their mom’s chronic mental illness. The musical, written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, also won three Tony Awards and is now playing at … Continue reading

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Award-winning ‘Easy Targets’ Returns to Hollywood Fringe With New Reasons to Sock-it-to-’em

Last year’s Winner of the HFF17 Best Comedy Award, “Easy Targets,” brought to the Hollywood Fringe Festival by members of the Burglars of Hamm–at the then-Sacred Fools Theater, now The Broadwater–gave a gave deal of relief, albeit only temporarily, in … Continue reading

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“The Empire Strips Back – A Burlesque Parody” at the The Theatre at Ace Hotel on June 1st

I remember a friend pointing out an article about a Star Wars themed burlesque parody last fall that was having a good run in Australia. It sounded really exciting and it was a titillating idea to play with, but I … Continue reading

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Mae West’s ‘Sex’ at the Hudson in Hollywood

“Looking for Sex?”  “Why yes!”  Such was the dialogue–ah!–with a playfully cute man at the Hollywood box office on Theatre Row as he asked me, and I replied, with a fun-loving and carefree bawdiness that felt fresh and surreptitious, as … Continue reading

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Pacific Resident Theatre Gives Life to a New Staging of Dorothy Parker’s Work – Marilyn Fox Talks About Creating “The Dorothy Parker Project”

Marilyn Fox, longtime artistic director for Pacific Resident Theatre, is currently focused on a project in which she has contributed her writing, directing, and acting skills. “The Dorothy Parker Project” is a dramatization of short stories, poems and musings by … Continue reading

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‘Bad Jews’ A Very Funny Biting Comedy About Family Not Being Jewish Enough

“Bad Jews” written by Joshua Harmon is a savage and ferociously hysterically funny play about family, faith, legacy and a “Chai” (a gold ornament of the Hebrew word which means living), now playing at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. Self … Continue reading

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‘South Pacific’ At La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts Gives Us A Very Enchanting Evening

‘South Pacific’ is a musical that premiered in 1949 on Broadway. Richard Rodgers composed the music, Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the lyrics and the book along with Joshua Logan. It was definitely a progressive musical at the time as it … Continue reading

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Random LA: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at ‘Drag Becomes Her’

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