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Theater Review: The Designated Mourner at REDCAT
Wallace Shawn’s play The Designated Mourner, showing at REDCAT through May 21st, is an existential drama that unfolds in an unnamed city, in an unnamed country, at an unspecified time. Under the minimalist direction of André Gregory, a cast of … Continue reading
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“Pure Confidence” A Powerful Play About an Unlikely Friendship
The high-stakes world of pre-Civil War horse racing sets the stage for this captivating drama during the time of slavery followed by the Reconstruction era in the 1900’s. Director Marya Mazor tells us that “this is a play, that at first glance, … Continue reading
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My Dystopia With André: REDCAT presents The Designated Mourner
2017 has and continues to be a year of landmark plays and players in Los Angeles. REDCAT plays host for ten performances to just such a production when it stages Wallace Shawn’s “The Designated Mourner” from May 11th to 21st … Continue reading
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Tagged dystopia, redcat, The Designated Mourner, Wallace Shawn
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West Side Story Soars at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
“West Side Story” was the first Broadway musical I ever saw. I was barely four years old, but I remember every second of that extraordinary theatrical experience. Since then, I’ve seen the film at least ten times and know the … Continue reading
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“Lord of the Underworld’s Home for Unwed Mothers” at Skylight Theatre
Skylight Theatre Company launches the World Premiere production of resident writer Louisa Hill’s “Lord of the Underworld’s Home for Unwed Mothers,” recipient of the Mark Twain Award for Comic Playwriting from the Kennedy Center American College of Theatre Festival. The story … Continue reading
‘Sister Act’ Broadway is Coming to the Cabrillo Music Theatre
SISTER ACT is the feel-amazing musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring original music by Tony and 8-time Oscar winner Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and The Beast, Little Shop of Horrors), … Continue reading
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The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) A Total Laugh Fest
The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) written by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor and directed by Jerry Kernion takes you on a fast paced ride through the high and lows of comedy. From Aristophanes to Shakespeare, Moliere to Vaudeville, Charlie … Continue reading
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“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” Still Great After All These Years
The Antaeus Theatre Company inaugurates the newly completed Kiki and David Gindler Performing Arts Center in the City of Glendale with Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” This is one of Williams’ personal favorites … Continue reading
“Into The Woods” – This Is A Place You Never Want To Leave
I’ve seen Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods” on Broadway, in L.A. and on the screen. Obviously, I’m a super big fan of the show. But I have to say, this production, now playing at the Ahmanson, is … Continue reading
“Elevator” Soars To The Heights
“Elevator” written and directed by Michael Leoni is one of the most original, entertaining plays I’ve seen in a very long time. From the moment I walked into the Coast Playhouse where the play now resides, I knew I was … Continue reading
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