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BWW Reviews: 3-D Theatricals Offers Up a Gorgeous FUNNY GIRL, Ends 9/29
Woo-Hoo! Thanks to OC's 3-D Theatricals, Southern California wasn't deprived of a revival of FUNNY GIRL after all. And, gosh, to top it off, they've even managed to find a Fanny Brice audiences can genuinely admire: Broadway and MAD TV alum Nicole Parker. This admirable new production of the classic...
BWW Reviews: KIN Has West Coast Premiere At Theatre 40
We all pursue someone to love out of our fear of being alone in facing life and death, as once you fall in love, you're not alone any more. And in the pursuit of love, you may just find additional comfort in the company of your kin, whoever and wherever they may be when things go wrong as well as ri...
BWW Reviews: Tony-Winning ANYTHING GOES Revival Is The Tops in O.C.
After almost a year of touring North America, the Roundabout Theatre Company's buoyant Tony Award-winning revival of ANYTHING GOES has finally docked its madcap ship of lunatics at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa for a shamefully-short one-week engagement through September 29. Featu...
BWW Reviews: Jeremiah James Rocks Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal
Tall and sexy 'matinee idol' handsome Broadway and London West End actor/singer Jeremiah James performed at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal Sunday September 22 with his all-new show Choose Love. As special guest star, James made a wise choice with his high school friend the beautiful Cherish Lee....
BWW Reviews: Group Rep's AWAKE AND SING a Mighty Tribute to Clifford Odets
Awake and Sing!/by Clifford Odets/directed by Larry Eisenberg/Group rep/through November 3...
BWW Reviews: Candlelight Scores Big With Traditional Mounting of SWEENEY TODD
Sweeney Todd/book by Hugh Wheeler/music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim/directed by Chuck Ketter/Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre, Claremont/through October 13...
BWW Reviews: THE BURNT PART BOYS Take a Trip Up The Mountain
A thoughtful vision by director Richard Israel, heartfelt performances, and seductive mountain music that will carry you away are what you'll find in The Burnt Part Boys...
BWW Reviews: The Perilous Adventures of PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE
Cue the traveling music and pack up the suitcases, Prince Pericles is going on an adventure. But as Shakespeare's protagonist will soon find out, this grand tour is not destined to be full of thrilling adventures. In the search for a bride he discovers unspeakable horror, flees for his life, and is ...
BWW Reviews: Sir Andrew's WIZARD OF OZ Descends on the Pantages
The Wizard of Oz/adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams/music by Harold Arlen/additional music by Andrew Lloyd Webber/lyrics by E.Y. Harburg/additional lyrics by Tim Rice/directed by Jeremy Sams/Pantages Theatre/through October 6...
BWW Reviews: Colony Presents Soaring BREATH AND IMAGINATION
Just as opera singer Caruso valued music as the highest form of art, playwright Daniel Beaty creates his Breath and Imagination as a perfect theatrical gem, overflowing with simplicity and wisdom. Now onstage at the Colony Theatre, in its West Coast premiere, Breath and Imagination soars with a bril...
BWW Reviews: Encore Dinner Theatre Has a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Now onstage at Encore Dinner Theatre in Tustin, Fiddler is a beautiful reminder of the true meaning of family and making one's way through life's shaky journey. This production, directed by Michael Lopez, is lovingly conceived from top to bottom....
BWW Reviews: A Sterling Celebration for a Sterling Gentleman
On September 15th, 1 host, 12 singers, 2 musical directors, 1 comedian, and a packed house of friends and invited guests celebrated Michael Sterling's birthday at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal. The night, appropriately titled A Sterling Affair, was a sparkling tribute to the man whose name has ...
BWW Reviews: Kentwood Players Reproduce Original Version of Skid Row in LITTLE SHOP
Little Shop of Horrors/book & lyrics by Howard Ashman/music by Alan Menken/based on the film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith/directed & choreographed by Michael-Anthony Nozzi/music direction by Joshua Eli Kranz/Kentwood Players at Westchester Playhouse/through October 19...
BWW Reviews: Crown Revives I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change/ book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro/music by Jimmy Roberts/directed by Gary Lee Reed/musical director: William A. Reilly/Crown City Theatre/through October 20...
BWW Reviews: L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company's HAMLET Is A Passionate Affair
You will not find a more impassioned version of Shakespeare's Hamlet than the one Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company is currently offering at the Odyssey Theatre. And with the very real possibility that this may be the company's final work comes the necessity of experiencing what these dedicate...
BWW Reviews: SCR Opens 50th Season with Revival of DEATH OF A SALESMAN
To kickstart its 50th Season, Orange County's Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory is presenting a newly-envisioned local revival of the classic 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play DEATH OF A SALESMAN, featuring an outstanding performance by veteran stage and screen actor Charlie Robinson in the ti...
BWW Reviews: Greenway Court Rings THE BELLS OF WEST 87TH
Sitcom, from TV to stage, is primarily the first impression of Elin Hampton's The Bells of West 87th, now onstage at the Greenway Court Theatre through October 13. Hampton comes from TV and most writers of that genre can easily get 'trapped' - like Molly in the play - into the oh so familiar situati...
BWW Reviews: Smashing FUNNY GIRL in Fullerton from 3D Theatricals
Funny Girl/book by Isobel Lennart; music by Jule Styne & lyrics by Bob Merrill/directed by Michael Matthews/3D Theatricals/through September 22 at Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton/September 27-29 at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Redondo Beach...
BWW Reviews: BARE Revival Hits its Mark
Bare became a cult hit when it premiered in Los Angeles in the fall of 2000. Originally scheduled to run for only six weeks, it ended up playing six months, and became the sweetheart of the musical theatre community, with numerous celebs in attendance and audience members making multiple visits, acc...
BWW Reviews: Footwork is Everything in IN MY CORNER, a New Play by Lizbeth Hasse and Joe Orrach at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
IN MY CORNER uses boxing, tap dance and music to tell a universal tale of fathers and sons accompanied by the riffs and rhythms of Latin, jazz and rock 'n roll. It is the story of a street smart, wise guy Puerto Rican kid from New York City who comes of age in the ring and at the barre....
BWW Reviews: Kritzerland Celebrates Third Anniversary with The Songs That Got Away Part II
On Sunday evening September 1, Kritzerland celebrated its third anniversary and 37th show at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal. Entitled The Songs That Got Away II, it featured a batch of songs from various composers/musicals that Bruce Kimmel considers great but that over time have received far le...
BWW Reviews: Lee Meriwether Makes A SHORT STAY at Carranor a Memorable One
A Short Stay at Carranor/ by William Blinn/ directed by John Gallogly/ Theatre West/ through September 29...
BWW Reviews: Geffen Aglow with RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN
Rapture, Blister, Burn/by Gina Gionfriddo /directed by Peter DuBois/Geffen Playhouse /through September 22...
BWW Reviews: GCT Rocks & Rolls with HAIRSPRAY
Hairspray/book by Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan/music by Marc Shaiman; lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman/choreographed by Orlando Alexander/directed by Martin Lang/Glendale Centre Theatre (GCT)/through October 12...
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