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“Man of La Mancha” lacks for scale but not talent

Musical Theatre West might be doing Man of La Mancha for the third (or is it the fourth?) time just…

4 days ago

“Crash Out Queens”: LB Opera’s challenging spotlight for Tiffany Townsend

Because this is “a reduced season” for Long Beach Opera, “[...] a chance for us to do some resetting of…

1 week ago

The State of the Theatrical Arts in Long Beach

Whether or not the Los Angeles Times’s recent “52 Best Places to See Plays and Musicals in Southern California” comes…

1 month ago

This year, Long Beach Playhouse’s “A Christmas Carol” is a masterclass in theatrical arts

From having seen more than half of Long Beach Playhouse’s 13 prior stagings of A Christmas Carol, I would have…

2 months ago

“Heathers: The Musical” superficial but spirited

While fans of the film may be disappointed with the shallower and not especially tuneful Heathers: The Musical, at least…

4 months ago

“Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”a Simple, Clever, Fun Way to Consume a Classic

Despite having plowed through more than my fair share of Western literary canon, I’ve never read a word of Robert…

5 months ago

“People Off Track”: Sort of an acting workshop where audience is welcome

Typically I would not come out to review an actors’ workshop — what’s to review, after all? But The Actors…

6 months ago

Well-cast “A Doll’s House” as timely as ever

In a patriarchy — a descriptor that fits damn near every society ever, including ours — men have more than…

6 months ago

Slight “Lobby Hero” manages some conversational charm

Jeff (Trevor Hart) is a 27-year-old dishonorably discharged Navy vet taking the graveyard shift at a condo lobby for a…

7 months ago

“The Buddy Holly Story” is all about the music, which this production gets right

The Buddy Holly story probably doesn’t get told on either screen or stage were it not for the tragedy that…

7 months ago