Category: Review
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The Outsiders World Premier at La Jolla Playhouse
Within the first few minutes of La Jolla Playhouse’s production of The Outsiders a New Musical, I knew I was about to experience something special. The Outsiders, based on the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola film, tells the story of two teenagers trying to live their lives and follow their dreams in the middle of a…
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RIDE THE CYCLONE: THE MUSICAL gets its California premiere
Chance Theater in Anaheim, CA presents the California premiere of this hilarious, lovable musical until February 26, 2023. Music, book and lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell. “It’s an absolute riot. I laughed and I cried!” Such a fantastic show! Everything you want in a musical: clever lyrics, GREAT music, AWESOME creativity, and fabulous…
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Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord plays in LA
~ post by Clark Burnett A co-production with East West Players, the nation’s first professional Asian American theatre organization, this 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Drama “One-Woman Show” is coming to Center Theatre Groups‘ Kirk Douglas Theatre in Downtown Culver City from FEBRUARY 12 – MARCH 12, 2023. I was introduced to Kristina’s work during…
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It’s so TEMPTing
Exactly one year later, I got to see Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations a second time. And it’s still great. Ain’t Too Proud was a last-minute add-on to my NYC trip a year ago. I had the time, and I was curious. It wound up being my favorite show…
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And if it’s not right, you have to put it right…
Roald Dahl’s Matilda is so great, despite the questionable stage musical. I’ve been a bit of a Matilda hater ever since I saw it in New York with my friend Richard one afternoon. It was either Matilda or the short-lived Tupac musical Holler if Ya Hear Me and Matilda won out. I just really did…