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BWW Reviews: Scintillating MISS SAIGON @ Vista's Moonlight Amphitheatre
When it first premiered on the West End in 1989 and then on Broadway in 1991, Miss Saigon won over critics and public alike with its bold operatic score and absorbing story of the Viet Nam War and its aftermath. Almost twenty years later it is as relevant as ever and Moonlight's stunning production ...
Legendary Mitzi Gaynor Plays the Welk Resort
Legendary Mitzi Gaynor is currently on a limited tour of the latest incarnation of her Mitzi Gaynor Razzle Dazzle and now in her 70s, Gaynor continues to spread love, warmth and happpiness wherever she appears. Such was the case in Escondido Labor Day weekend, where she gave five sold out performanc...
BWW Reviews: Blake McIver Ewing Astonishes @ Sterling's
Actor/singer Blake McIver Ewing, well known for his big screen remake of The Little Rascals, his amazing 1992 Junior Vocalist Champion status on TV's Star Search and his stint on TV's Full House, among many others, has undeniably left his mark as an immensely talented child star. With his stage appe...
BWW Reviews: Christopher Allport Plays Sterling's
Christopher M. Allport's Cabaret Collective played Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's Sunday evening August 29. Collective most likely referring to the collection of Broadway pop tunes presented and also to the fact that Chris was joined by friends soprano Sarah Block and fellow 'Disney kid' Donny B. L...
BWW Reviews: Beth Malone Brings New York-Bound SO FAR to Sterling's
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On Saturday August 28 actress/singer Beth Malone returned to Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's to try out a newer installment of her cabaret show 'in progress' So Far to an enthusiastic SRO audience. Malone is a lesbian and is totally open ab...
BWW Reviews: Crown City Serves Up Korder's BOYS' LIFE
Pre-millenium American dreams got quickly dashed on 9/11/01, but even long before that, back to before the 80s when Howard Korder wrote Boys' Life, hopes/dreams never really sustained teenagers or college-age youth. There has always been confusion about identity - what constitutes happiness as a man...
BWW Reviews: Harris Scales Up 'RENT' for The Hollywood Bowl
On the weekend of August 6-8, the infamous 17,000-seat Hollywood Bowl plays host to a forcibly-scaled-up version of Jonathan Larson's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT, directed by none other than Neil Patrick Harris. Harris' challenge-besides honoring a beloved show as well as living up ...
BWW Reviews: Broadway-Bound ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS
Based on the rat pack film of the 60s of the same title with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Peter Lawford, Robin & the 7 Hoods is now a classy, sassy, jazzy musical, set in the early 60s... with all the glorious old standards by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, and helmed by the i...
BWW Reviews: Group rep Offers a Stimulating WALK IN THE WOODS
At first glance, this Walk is a heavily dramatic discussion between a savvy Russian diplomat Andrey (Larry Eisenberg) and a novice, yet sharp American negotiator John (Fox Carney), who meet in Switzerland to develop a treaty for nuclear disarmament. Seemingly heavy drama! However, as the piece progr...
BWW Reviews: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Is Alive! at L.A.'s Pantages Theatre
There is no denying that Mel Brooks is a comedy legend. Brooks' oeuvre--particularly his hilarious film work--harkens back to a time when getting laughs meant less cynical snark but, rather, more outlandish farce and the endless use of double-entendres and wordplay. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, Brooks' stage...
BWW Reviews: Woof! YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is on the Loose at Pantages
I revert to childhood when I see a Mel Brooks movie or show. The sillier the better: the sight gags, the double entendres, the more the merrier. The New Mel Brooks Musical, Young Frankenstein is a real rip-roaring hoot of a show from start to finish with a great cast and zippy fast-paced direction f...
BWW Reviews: Michele Lee's 'Catch the Light' at the CA International Theatre Festival
Michele Lee brought her acclaimed night club act Catch the Light to the California International Theatre Festival @ Founder's Hall in Calabasas for one night only Saturday July 24. Although suffering from a bout of laryngitis, Lee proved the consummate trouper, doing about half of her show and subst...
BWW Reviews: Cabrillo's CINDERELLA is a Beautiful Gem
Once upon a time...Rodgers and Hammerstein took a simple fairytale and made it into a captivating musical. Cabrillo Music Theatre's lovely production of their now classic Cinderella has all the right ingredients to enthrall audiences of all ages that can truthfully answer the question 'Do You Love M...
BWW Reviews: Go BEYOND the Mundane @ The El Portal
Described as a mix of Cirque and French cabaret, Beyond has music -songs and a lot of dance, aerial acts, a contortionist, beautiful girls, well-toned handsome boys and many added surprises to please the senses. Conceived by Aurelien Roulin as an international type of variety cabaret, its prime goal...
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BWW Reviews: L.A. Premiere of Witty '[title of show]' Is Hilarious Fun
Have you ever sat around with a bunch of your smart friends and just gabbed all night about anything and everything, mostly about personal creative struggles or maybe trading a few snarky pop culture anecdotes? Well, seeing the long-awaited Los Angeles premiere of the Tony Award-nominated musical [t...
BWW Reviews: OC Pavilion Recreates a Colorful Hello Dolly
Some shows I can see again and again, especially if they're composed by Jerry Herman. Hello Dolly is one of those extra-special feel-good musicals and 3D Theatricals' production now in Santa Ana @ The OC Pavilion is wondrously delectable....
BWW Reviews: History Comes Alive in Musical Theatre West's Star-Spangled '1776'
History buffs aside, most people would probably cringe at the thought of sitting through what could be-on the surface-a boring, classroom-like history lesson disguised as a stage musical that runs more than two and a half hours long.But yet, almost immediately, those fearful first impressions wonder...
Top Rank 'Lieutenant'
The wildly funny and enjoyably outrageous production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which opened Sunday evening at the Center Theater Group's Mark Taper Forum....
Theatre 40 Offers a Delectable Black Coffee
There's only one mystery writer, in my book, who has managed to capture and enthrall the hearts of millions through the past century, the one and only Agatha Christie. Her plays, like the longest running play on the West End The Mousetrap as well as this early hit Black Coffee, not only keep audienc...
BWW Reviews: Raquel Sandler a Hit @ Sterling's
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One of the top five finalists in LA's Next Great Stage Star 2010 Raquel Sandler successfully premiered her cabaret gig @ Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's Sunday July 11 to a packed house. This outstanding singer/character actress picked tunes that not only s...
BWW Reviews: Alan Cumming Brings His One-Man Show to the Broad Stage
Cumming's impish charm is undiminished. The show was 15 minutes shorter, with 12 songs instead of 15. The best anecdotes are still in, like Ann Miller's obscene comment about Eyes Wide Shut, and there are a few new ones, like about his 45th birthday tupperware party and the hilarious saga of his par...
BWW Reviews: Laguna Serves Up a Dreamy LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
Life Could Be a Dream @ the Laguna Playhouse, which opened Saturday July 10 with its original cast in tact and the very same creative dream team, is even stronger on a bigger stage. Opening it up for the Moulton Theatre in Laguna has not diminished one grain of its vibrant electricity. In fact, it's...
BWW Reviews: Fishburne a Thoroughly Good THURGOOD
Thurgood /by George Stevens, Jr./ directed by Leonard Foglia /Geffen Playhouse /through August 8...
BWW Reviews: Sterling & Stroili Host LA Talk Radio
Every Monday at 4 pm PST on LA Talk Radio - Internet Radio - Michael Sterling and Paul Stroili co-host State of the Arts, a new 50 minute radio show that covers music, theatre and dance events in and around Los Angeles. These two gents are doing a great service to the community in bringing back the ...
BWW Reviews: Sally Kellerman - A Jazz Hot Baby @ Vitello's
Academy-Award nominated actress/singer Sally Kellerman presented her cabaret act 'Blues & Jazz!' as a sort of CD party for Sally Wednesday June 30 @ Vitello's in Studio City. What a knockout! This lady knows her way around a tune and knows how to envelop her audience. Spontaneous from the getgo, she...
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