Long Beach Playhouse’s ‘Ben Hur’ is charming chuckle-fest
This review was published in the Long Beach Post's "Hi-lo" culture section on March 10, 2024. You may recall snippets of Williams Wyler’s...
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Anita W. Harris
May 8, 20233 min read
‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ at LB Playhouse captures quirkiness—but sound is off
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is a musical first produced on Broadway in 2005 with a Tony Award-winning book by Rachel...
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Anita W. Harris
Jan 26, 20233 min read
Long Beach Playhouse serves an ace with Agatha Christie’s ‘Towards Zero’
Agatha Christie’s 1944 murder mystery “Towards Zero,” adapted for the stage by Gerald Verner in 1956, begins with an offstage tennis...
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Anita W. Harris
Nov 2, 20223 min read
‘Urinetown: The Musical’ at Long Beach Playhouse: climate change has never been so funny
Review of Urinetown at Long Beach Playhouse by Anita W. Harris of LA Theatrix
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Anita W. Harris
Oct 13, 20222 min read
Twists and turns abound in ‘Holmes and Watson’ at Long Beach Playhouse
Review of Holmes and Watson at Long Beach Playhouse by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
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Anita W. Harris
Sep 15, 20223 min read
Four women find their stories in metatheatrical ‘The Revolutionists’ at Long Beach Playhouse
Review of The Revolutionists at Long Beach Playhouse by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
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Anita W. Harris
Aug 2, 20224 min read
Long Beach Playhouse’s lilting ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ amuses darkly
Review of Long Beach Playhouse's "The Cripple of Inishmaan" by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
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Anita W. Harris
Jul 20, 20223 min read
Review: Long Beach Playhouse gamely stages Sondheim’s ‘Company’
Review of Long Beach Playhouse's Company by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
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Anita W. Harris
May 12, 20223 min read
Animated ‘Avenue Q’ at Long Beach Playhouse (fore)plays with puppets
Review of "Avenue Q" at the Long Beach Playhouse by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix
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Anita W. Harris
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Long Beach Playhouse delivers engaging mystery with ‘Murder on the Orient Express’
Review: Long Beach Playhouse delivers engaging mystery with ‘Murder on the Orient Express’
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Anita W. Harris
Dec 1, 20212 min read
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