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  • Theater Review: THURGOOD (Geffen Playhouse)

    Portrait of a man with newspapers in the background titled 'THURGOOD'.
    By Tony Frankel | July 11, 2010
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    WHEN A SCRIPT IS NOT COMMENSURATE WITH ACTOR There are two compelling reasons to see Laurence Fishburne portray Justice Thurgood Marshall in  Thurgood, a transplanted production currently running at the Geffen Playhouse: one is its subject matter, Thurgood Marshall, and the other is the actor who plays him, Laurence Fishburne. Mr. Fishburne is a towering, commanding,…

  • Theater Review: KING LEAR (Antaeus Theatre Company in North Hollywood)

    By Tony Frankel | July 5, 2010
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    GET BEAT UP AND ENJOY IT TWICE The dazzling Antaeus Ensemble, creators of the sweeping masterpiece Cousin Bette earlier this year, has created another miracle with Shakespeare’s sledgehammer of a play, King Lear — the miracle being that this unrelenting, unforgiving and oft times unredeeming tragedy is handled with such mastery and skill that you…

  • Los Angeles Theater Review: ALL MY SONS (Raven Playhouse in North Hollywood)

    By Tony Frankel | July 5, 2010
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    ALL MY PRAISE All My Sons, now showing in a red-hot production at the Raven Playhouse, is Arthur Miller’s seminal 1946 work about a seemingly functional all-American family with secrets that threaten to crack its very foundation. The time may be WWII, but the themes are shockingly contemporary: profiteering, lack of integrity, deceit, and judgment….

  • Los Angeles Theater Review: LIFE COULD BE A DREAM (Hudson Mainstage)

    By Tony Frankel | June 26, 2010
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    MAKE SURE YOU’VE BEEN PROPERLY  NOURISHED BEFORE GOING “I’ve been watching what I eat,” Wally says, as he stuffs a Twinkie in his mouth. “I’ve been watching what I see,” I think, as I swallow this highly caloric, nutrition-free, cream-filled sponge cake of a theater outing. Writer/director Roger Bean’s Life Could Be a Dream belongs to…

  • Attraction Review: WORLD OF COLOR (Disneyland)

    By Tony Frankel | June 23, 2010
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    MIXED COLORS When, in 1991, the Disney Corporation unveiled its plans to pave over the  Disneyland parking lot and build WestCOT, Disney fans were thrilled. Modeled after EPCOT in Florida, the new park would offer attractions focusing on the imagination and technological achievements of mankind in Future World, and celebrate different cultures in the World Showcase….

  • Theater Review: OKLAHOMA! (Musical Theatre of Los Angeles at the Met Theatre)

    By Tony Frankel | June 23, 2010
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    DARK? NOT SO MUCH. WORTHWHILE? OH, YEAH. The real stars of  Oklahoma!, presented by the Musical Theatre of Los Angeles, are Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Hammerstein’s 1943 book is solidly funny and sweet – it avoids creaking with age because it shuns overt sentimentality, and the lyrics are chock-full of poetic imagery and clever internal…

  • Theater Review: LEIRIS/PICASSO (Bootleg in L.A.)

    By Tony Frankel | June 19, 2010
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    GOOD THING PICASSO STUCK TO HIS DAY JOB When addlepated Michel Leiris (pronounced LAY-REE) pops out of the upstairs bedroom in his darkened Paris home to prepare for the visit of Pablo Picasso, he begins a series of pratfalls, antics and missteps that thrust us into the world of farce. Early into Act I of…

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