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Avenue Q

Avenue Q

Avenue QReviewed by Socks WhitmoreThe Wayward Artist @ Grand Central Art Center TheatreThrough July 30, 2023 RECOMMENDEDIt’s funny, it’s furry, it’s an infamous fan favorite—The Wayward Artist presents the “Triple Crown” Tony winner for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q (music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff […]

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Doris and Ivy in the Home

Doris and Ivy in the Home

Doris and Ivy in the HomeReviewed by Iris MannTheatre 40Through August 23RECOMMENDEDNorm Foster is known as Canada’s Neil Simon. In dealing with such profound issues as aging, life and death, love and loss, sickness and health, loneliness, friendship and hope, the playwright has fashioned a sweetly touching work. He has also endowed the play with […]

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Heroes of Santa Clarita

Heroes of Santa Clarita

Heroes of Santa Clarita Reviewed by Julyza CommodoreThe Main (Santa Clarita)Thru July 23rd RECOMMENDED You may think that discussing what is expected in relationships, and how to manage these said expectations, sounds like an easy feat. Think again.An original work written by Randall Jay Greenwald and directed by David Stears, Heroes of Santa Clarita, comments […]

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2 Pianos 4 Hands

2 Pianos 4 Hands

2 Pianos 4 HandsReviewed by G. Bruce SmithLaguna PlayhouseThrough July 23RECOMMENDED How can there be so much talent packed into two men attached to four hands? Actually, into four men attached to eight hands. I’m talking about Jefferson McDonald and Matthew McGloin, the two gifted pianist/actors starring in the Laguna Playhouse production of the delightful 2 Pianos […]

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Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

Measure for MeasureReviewed by Joseph KlinkOphelia’s JumpThrough July 23RECOMMENDED Haste still pays haste and leisure answers leisure in Ophelia’s Jump Production’s Measure for Measure. Co-sponsored by Pomona College, Shakespeare’s classic is being presented at the outdoor Sontag Greek Theatre in Claremont.  The setting is the western frontier. The Duke (Marc Antonio Pritchett) announces that he will […]

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Crabs in a Bucket

Crabs in a Bucket

Crabs in a BucketReviewed by Deborah KlugmanEcho Theater Company at Atwater Village TheatreThrough August 21RECOMMENDEDIf you check out “crab mentality” in a psychology text, you’ll find it refers to the tendency of some members in a group to resent, then undermine, the progress of their fellows. The idea stems from a phenomenon in nature whereby […]

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Super Duper

Super Duper

Super DuperReviewed by Steven Leigh MorrisGhost Road Company at Los Angeles Theatre CenterThrough July 26RECOMMENDEDThere’s a core idea running through Ghost Road Company’s new theatrical installation, Super Duper, devised by the company, and conceived and staged by Katharine Noon. It’s an idea that also emerged in The Dry Years. the troupe’s prior production staged in […]

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Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice: The MusicalReviewed by Socks WhitmorePantages TheatreThrough July 30 RECOMMENDEDContent AdivsorySpooky season has come early to the Hollywood Pantages, where supernatural shenanigans are taking the stage. Welcome to the show about death: Beetlejuice the Musical (The Musical, The Musical…), a toe-tapping reimagining of Tim Burton’s 1988 cult classic. The original story centers on Adam and Barbara […]

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In the Heights

In the Heights

In the Heights Reviewed by Martίn HernándezMorgan-Wixson TheatreThrough July 30RECOMMENDEDOpening on Broadway during the U.S. housing-based financial meltdown, this 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Musical deals with gentrification, yet another real estate-grounded scourge that disproportionately harms marginalized communities. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music and lyrics, an exuberant mix of hip-hop, salsa, and other energetic musical genres, and […]

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Stew

Stew

StewReviewed by Julia Lloyd GeorgePasadena PlayhouseThrough August 6RECOMMENDEDThe end of Zora Howard’s magnificent Stew lies in its beginning, echoing the eerie circularity that seems irrevocably stitched into all its characters’ lives.It’s 7 am on Sunday in the Tucker household, but Mama (LisaGay Hamilton) is already getting started on an enormous stew meant to feed 50 […]

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