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Theater Review: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Theatre Banshee in Burbank)
MUCH ADO TO KNOW ITSELF Sean Branney has been as lauded as a Los Angeles theater director can be, and Theatre Banshee has done some great work recently, so it’s disappointing to report that their new Merchant of Venice is, like Portia’s dowry boxes, a hash of gold, silver and lead. In this story, the…
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Off Broadway Theater Review: 4000 MILES (Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)
MILES OF TALENT AT LINCOLN CENTER As a reviewer, I don’t like to pander in hyperbole, but since this year has been such a second-rate season in New York, I think it’s safe to say that 4000 Miles will be remembered as one of the best shows of the season. Upon its opening, fortunately, Amy…
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Upcoming Regional Theater: THE PRIDE (Diversionary Theatre in San Diego)
WHAT DEFINES PRIDE? How much of our identity is defined by the era in which we live? How does the constraint or freedom of a particular time mold who we are? Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride, which opens this week at San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre, examines the lives of gay men in two separate stories…
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Chicago Theater Review: CHESAPEAKE (Remy Bumppo at the Greenhouse Theater)
THE PLAY’S ACTING’S THE THING Plenty of negatives can be directed toward Lee Blessing’s Chesapeake, which suffers from personality disorder: Is it a satire? A comedy? A fantasy? Does it even know, or care? Fortunately, these critical reservations are mostly disarmed by Greg Matthew Anderson’s brilliant performance. This is a good thing because Mr. Anderson…
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Los Angeles Concert Review: MUSE/IQUE, UNCORKED: EBONY MEETS IVORY (Pasadena Civic Auditorium)
JACKPOT Attending a huge array of theater and concerts is akin to a slot machine: the entertainment equivalent to three cherries does exist out there, but a huge amount of time, money and effort can be spent with little guarantee of a return on your investment – the amount of blanks and lemons out there…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: DEATHTRAP (The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre)
KILLER HUNK, KILLER SET, AND KILLER STORY MAKE UP FOR BLOODLESS PERFORMANCES As evidenced by his astoundingly beautiful production of Ira Levin’s 1978 comedy-thriller Deathtrap, Jon Imperato is a paradigm of producing and most assuredly knows how to take a tiny, black box theater and transform it into a Broadway-caliber showcase of technical and directorial…
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Chicago Theater Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW (First Folio Theatre in Oakbrook)
HAUNTINGLY INTIMATE Ghost stories are difficult to bring off on stage. The physical reality of flesh and blood actors works against the sense of the supernatural and the suspense and horror that give the genre its distinctive flavor. That’s why ghost stories are generally more effective on the printed page or in the movies or…
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Music Review: MIGHTY PIPES (Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles at the First Congregational Church of L.A.)
NOT AS MIGHTY AS EXPECTED The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) has performed everywhere from the Alex Theatre to Avalon Hollywood and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, but never has the world-class chorus been in a venue as dramatic and spectacular as the First Congregational Church. Their latest concert, Mighty Pipes, under the spirited…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: IT’S JUST SEX (Two Roads Theater in North Hollywood)
IT’S JUST IT’S JUST SEX Cole Porter wrote sex comedies; Richard Brinsley Sheridan and William Shakespeare wrote them. Michael Frayn wrote them. Georges Feydeau and Arthur Schnitzler wrote them. There’s nothing wrong with sex comedies. A sex comedy can be very funny and therapeutic when it’s done right, and even when it’s done wrong, it…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: FEEDBACK (Lyric Theatre in Hollywood)
FEEDBACK: THE BIG TEASE Everything that works and doesn’t work about Jane Miller’s new play Feedback turns on one thing: Nudity. In terms of talking the talk, the whole exercise is about getting naked’”literally at first, then emotionally. Yet when it comes time to walk the walk, bra and panties stay firmly in place. And…
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: CARRIE (Lucille Lortel)
MCC GETS CARRIE-D AWAY The myth that youth market musicals are a low-risk venture has gained strength over the last few years in New York City. Short-sighted producers will overlook disasters such as Glory Days in favor of mounting the next potential Spring Awakening. This phenomenon has never more clearly been on display than in Manhattan Class…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: NAKED BEFORE GOD ([Inside] the Ford in Hollywood)
BORN-AGAIN PORN STAR? Nudity can have a sacred character to it, depending on one’s motives. There are Christian nudist colonies, for example, whose goal is to return humankind to its prelapsarian state, that is, to be as naked and innocent as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In The Dream Team (1989), Christopher…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: AMERICAN IDIOT (National Tour at the Ahmanson Theatre)
WHICH AMERICAN IDIOT ARE YOU? If you know and love Green Day’s studio concept album on which it is based, American Idiot is the show for you. If, like me, you are a stranger to the original material and like to savor the lyrics in a theater and not have them turn to slush amidst the…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: LINCOLN – AN AMERICAN STORY (Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena)
THE DISNEYFICATION OF LINCOLN’S DEATH In many ways, Hershey Felder is a theater machine. In his four previous self-crafted one-man shows, the earnest and multi-talented actor/pianist/composer brought to life Gershwin, Bernstein, Chopin, and Beethoven. The man has created a fervent and dedicated fan base around the world, engaging audiences with his intensely dazzling musical interpretations:…
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Theater Review: CASCABEL (Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago)
IF FOOD BE THE MUSIC OF LOVE, EAT ON The Lookingglass production of Cascabel is the toughest ticket in Chicago this side of The Book of Mormon. The hook of the show is the menu prepared by celebrity chef Rick Bayless, who operates the renowned Frontera Grill among other high end eating establishments in Chicago….
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Theater Review: FELA! (National Tour at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago)
ONE EXCLAMATION POINT IN THE TITLE IS NOT ENOUGH Audience enjoyment of Fela! at the Oriental Theatre will be in direct proportion to the viewer’s capacity to absorb more than two hours of non-stop high-energy music and dance. For some (probably most) patrons, the musical will be a continuous high of propulsive music and dancing….
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Broadway Theater Review: NEWSIES (Nederlander)
GOOD NEWSIES, BAD NEWSIES A few months ago, the New York theatre community was all abuzz with the announcement that the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Newsies was transferring to Broadway for a limited run. Cynical insiders were convinced the move was solely for the benefit of Disney’s legal team who could finally control all…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: THE SEAGULL (Antaeus Theatre Company in North Hollywood)
MEMORIES OF SEAGULLS PAST If you have never seen The Seagull – though I can’t imagine a seasoned theatergoer who hasn’t, can you? – you just might possibly get an inkling of what Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece should be in the Antaeus Company’s otherwise listless and tone-deaf production, which stubbornly refuses to illuminate the quirkiness of human…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: 1969: A FANTASTICAL ODYSSEY THROUGH THE AMERICAN MINDSCAPE (Theatre/Theater in Los Angeles)
ONE VERY, VERY SMALL STEP FOR DAMON CHUA Tony Gatto gets an A for effort, having mounted a colorful if unnecessarily literal production of a Damon Chua script that defies dramaturgy and good sense even as it embraces bad and even offensive conventions. 1969, billed as “a fantastical odyssey through the American mindscape,” feels more…
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Los Angeles Concert Feature: BACH’S ST. JOHN PASSION – Los Angeles Master Chorale (Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles)
PASSION GUARANTEED Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) wrote the St. John Passion for the Good Friday Service in Leipzig, Germany in 1724, just 3 months into his new job as “Cantor” of Leipzig. The passion, a form which traces its origins to the 4th Century AD, is the story of the trial, torture, crucifixion and death…
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