Richard Bermudez News

Tim Rice's & Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita has had a thirty-seven year international love affair with the public since it premiered in 1978 in London and in 1979 on Broadway. The latest local reincarnation currently at Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre, Claremont until June 28 is lovingly directed by Chuck Ketter and excellently choreographed by Roger Castellano.

EVITA opens May 16, 2015 at the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont, blending a fine dining and musical theatre experience during their 30th season. With more than 20 major awards to it's credit, and the Oscar winning film version starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas, Evita has become iconic.

A friend referred to The King and I as a war horse, an old chestnut, for it has surely surpassed time as an enduring musical classic, but upon seeing it again, one realizes just how potent, vibrant and topical a piece it truly is. Musicals of such depth and perspective with a keen eye to the future seem to be a thing of the past. Yes, it's a love story at the core, an unlikely one, but with many, many more levels. It entails issues of race, slavery, the urgency for a king of a tiny uncivilized kingdom to change his primitive, barbaric ways, and for his children to receive a truthful education as he embarks on assimilating 19th century Siam to western culture and civilization...and to repeat, it's a bigger-than-life love story that has become eternally revered not only for its music but for its intolerance of bigotry of any type. At Welk Resort, Escondido, Joshua Carr has staged generously yet simply, the result of which is a truly stellar production of the story of Anna and The King performed through April 5

For some inexplicable reason, composer Frank Wildhorn frequently gets a bad rap, accused of copying from other composers or just being a giant step below the quality of say, Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, or Jerry Herman, among others. Many forget Wildhorn is responsible for the beautiful music of The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dracula the Musical and more recently, Bonnie and Clyde, as well as Jekyll & Hyde. Wildhorn's popular tunes, especially the ballads are glorious, verging on opera and stand on their own as hits, such as 'This Is the Moment', 'Once Upon a Dream', 'In His Eyes' and 'A New Life' all from his Jekyll & Hyde score. Combining talent with great lyricist / book writer Leslie Bricusse is a little miracle, so Wildhorn comes up, in fact, a real winner. And in Candlelight's current stellar revival, the show is a darkly rich feast for the eyes and ears, just in time for Halloween. Jekyll & Hyde will play out its intriguing game of good versus evil at Candlelight through November 23.

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre company (IVRT) is proud to announce the third show and second musical production in their season: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, continuing tonight, August 29 and September 5-7, 2014 at TIBBIES Center Stage Theater in Fontana.

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre company (IVRT) is proud to announce the third show and second musical production in their season: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, beginning tonight, August 26th at the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont and then continuing August 29 and September 5-7, 2014 at TIBBIES Center Stage Theater in Fontana.

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre company (IVRT) is proud to announce the third show and second musical production in their season: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, beginning August 26th at the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont and then continuing August 29 and September 5-7, 2014 at TIBBIES Center Stage Theater in Fontana.

The Grove Theatre announces a new passion play, The Kingdom, A Rock Musical, opening tonight, Friday, April 25th and running on weekends for 6 performances only through Sunday May 4th.

The Grove Theatre announces a new passion play, The Kingdom, A Rock Musical, opening Friday, April 25th and running on weekends for 6 performances only through Sunday May 4th.

The Grove Theatre announces The Kingdom, A Rock Musical, for 6 performances only running on weekends from Friday, April 25th and running through Sunday May 4th.

The King and I/music by Richard Rodgers;/book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II/based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon/directed by Neil Dale/Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre/through August 4

The Welk Resorts will close THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE starring Richard Bermudez, Karenssa LeGear, Randall Dodge, Sue Goodman and Bart Williams on May 2, 2010.

The Welk Resorts announces THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE starring Richard Bermudez, Karenssa LeGear, Randall Dodge, Sue Goodman and Bart Williams. This classic Gilbert & Sullivan Comic Operetta under the directing and choreographic genius of San Diego favorite Ray Limon! Run dates are March 11 - May 2, 2010

The Welk Resorts announces THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE starring Richard Bermudez, Karenssa LeGear, Randall Dodge, Sue Goodman and Bart Williams. This classic Gilbert & Sullivan Comic Operetta under the directing and choreographic genius of San Diego favorite Ray Limon! Run dates are March 11 - May 2, 2010

MUSICAL THEATRE WEST's production of Sweeney Todd will close on February 14, 2010.

MUSICAL THEATRE WEST kicks off the new year with the Stephen Sondheim masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd opened January 30 and runs through February 14 at the spectacular Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.

MUSICAL THEATRE WEST kicks off the new year with the Stephen Sondheim masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. Previewing on January 29, 2010, Sweeney Todd opens January 30 and runs through February 14 at the spectacular Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.

MUSICAL THEATRE WEST kicks off the new year with the Stephen Sondheim masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. Previewing on January 29, 2010, Sweeney Todd opens January 30 and runs through February 14 at the spectacular Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.

MUSICAL THEATRE WEST kicks off the new year with the Stephen Sondheim masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. Previewing on January 29, 2010, Sweeney Todd opens January 30 and runs through February 14 at the spectacular Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.

MUSICAL THEATRE WEST kicks off the new year with the Stephen Sondheim masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. Previewing on January 29, 2010, Sweeney Todd opens January 30 and runs through February 14 at the spectacular Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.