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Review: ‘Macbeth’ mesmerizes at A Noise Within
From left: Julanne Chidi Hill (Lady Macbeth) and Kamal Bolden (Macbeth) in A Noise Within's "Macbeth" (Photo by Craig Schwartz) Imagine...
Anita W. Harris
Feb 273 min read
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ANW’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ brings Dickens to vivid life
With its haunting sets, vivid costuming and energetic performances, A Noise Within’s (ANW) annual production of “A Christmas Carol”...
Anita W. Harris
Dec 12, 20243 min read
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Review: August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” at A Noise Within
The title of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Piano Lesson” – one of his cycle of plays on African American life in the 20th...
Anita W. Harris
Oct 30, 20244 min read
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ANW’s zany ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ succeeds in breaking the rules
“The Skin of Our Teeth”—continuing through Sept. 29—is a weird play excellently executed by A Noise Within (ANW) with compelling acting...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 11, 20244 min read
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ANW’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ keeps it minimal and melancholic
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical dark-comedy “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” has continued to enthrall...
Anita W. Harris
Feb 27, 20243 min read
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ANW’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ gazes intently at internalized racism
Lydia R. Diamond’s adaptation “The Bluest Eye”—deftly dramatizing Toni Morrison’s novel of the same name—is gracing Pasadena’s A Noise...
Anita W. Harris
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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Teen-girl drama meets ‘The Crucible’ in ‘Our Dear Dead Drug Lord’ at Kirk Douglas Theatre
A collaboration between Center Theatre Group and IAMA Theatre Company, Alexis Scheer’s “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” finds four young women...
Anita W. Harris
Aug 30, 20233 min read
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Review: Smart, funny and poignant ‘The Book of Will’ at A Noise Within
Lauren Gunderson’s 2018 play “The Book of Will”—continuing at Pasadena’s A Noise Within (ANW) through June 4—dramatizes how William...
Anita W. Harris
May 18, 20233 min read
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A Noise Within’s lively ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ enriches Shakespeare
William Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” is hilariously convoluted, but so much depends on how today’s audience understands...
Anita W. Harris
Feb 24, 20233 min read
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Supernatural hijinks haunt ‘2:22 – A Ghost Story’ at the Ahmanson
Review of 2:22 - A Ghost Story at the Ahmanson Theatre by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
Anita W. Harris
Nov 9, 20223 min read
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Getty Villa’s ASL/vocal ‘Oedipus’ delivers truth infused with passion
Review of Oedipus at the Getty Villa by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
Anita W. Harris
Sep 12, 20224 min read
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A Noise Within’s ‘Animal Farm’ brings Orwell’s cautionary tale to visceral life
Review of A Noise Within's Animal Farm by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
Anita W. Harris
Sep 6, 20223 min read
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Review: Rajiv Joseph’s rhythmic new ‘King James’ at the Mark Taper Forum
Review of "King James" at the Mark Taper Forum by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
Anita W. Harris
Jun 13, 20223 min read
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A Noise Within’s ‘Metamorphoses’ transports us to the mythic realm
Review of "Metamorphoses" at A Noise Within by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
Anita W. Harris
May 18, 20223 min read
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'The Lehman Trilogy' at the Ahmanson: A Platonic Ideal of a Play
Review of "The Lehman Trilogy" at Ahmanson Theatre by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
Anita W. Harris
Mar 17, 20224 min read
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