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Anita W. Harris
Feb 74 min read
Review: ‘Fake It Until You Make It’ at Mark Taper Forum
From left: Dakota Ray Herbert (Grace), Brandon Delsid (Krys) and Tonantzin Carmelo (Wynona) in Larissa FastHorse's world premiere of...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Feb 42 min read
Review: Theatre 40’s ‘Jane Austen in 89 minutes’ at Greystone Mansion
Back by popular demand (and understandably so), “Jane Austen in 89 Minutes” is a hilarious and insightful review of all six of Jane...
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Anita W. Harris
Jan 273 min read
Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ at La Mirada Theatre
From left: Michael-Leon Wooley, Mary Faber, Trent Mills, Regina Fernandez (hanging) and John Sanders in "The Play That Goes Wrong" at the...
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Anita W. Harris
Jan 204 min read
Review: Lushly feminine ‘Wish You Were Here’ at South Coast Rep
From left: Mitra Jouhari (Zari) and Agni Abdi-Bahri (Nazanin) in "Wish You Were Here" at South Coast Repertory (Photo by Robert...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Dec 19, 20243 min read
Review: Troubadours’ ‘Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band’ at Colony Theatre
Phillip McNiven, Matt Walker and Rick Batalla in the Troubies' "Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band" at Colony Theatre (Photo by Ashley...
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Anita W. Harris
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Review: Singing shines in Chance Theater’s ‘Jane Austen’s Emma, the Musical’
Mandy Foster (Emma) and Jeff Lowe (Mr. Knightley in “Jane Austen’s Emma, The Musical” at Chance Theater (Photo by Benjamin Busch) Some...
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Brett Fischer
Dec 15, 20244 min read
Review: Shakespeare Theatre Company’s enthralling ‘All the Devils Are Here’
Patrick Page in "All the Devils Are Here" at Shakespeare Theatre Company (Photo by Julieta Cervantes) If you’ve ever been to a...
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Anita W. Harris
Dec 12, 20243 min read
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”...
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Anita W. Harris
Dec 12, 20242 min read
Bob Baker Marionette Theater's “The Nutcracker” debuts at Sierra Madre Playhouse
Photo by Bob Baker Marionette Theater The holidays are perfect for sweet confections wrapped in psychedelic bows. And that pretty much...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Dec 11, 20242 min read
Review: ‘The Civil Twilight’ at Broadwater Theater
From left: Taylor Gilbert (Ann Carlson) and Andrew Elvis Miller (John Pine) in “The Civil Twilight” at the Broadwater Studio Theatre...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Dec 3, 20244 min read
Review: ‘It’s All Your Fault, Tyler Price!’ at Hudson Theatre
Rarely do the words “important” and “entertaining” stand side by side when describing a staged production. In fact, it often seems that...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Review: Theatre West’s ‘The Goddamn Couple Down the Hall (Oh…. and Merry Christmas!)’
Playwright Mark Wilding notes in the program for Theatre West’s “The Goddamn Couple Down the Hall (Oh…. and Merry Christmas!)” that he...
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Anita W. Harris
Nov 16, 20243 min read
Review: Aesthetically charming ‘Waiting for Godot’ at Geffen Playhouse
Irish playwright Samuel Beckett wrote “Waiting for Godot” in the winter of 1948, in French, having lived in Paris for 20 years and...
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Anita W. Harris
Nov 15, 20243 min read
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ soars at La Mirada Theatre
Stage-and-screen actor Jason Alexander may be headlining “Fiddler on the Roof” –performing at La Mirada Theatre through Dec. 1 – but in...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Nov 11, 20243 min read
Review: ‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ at the Hollywood Pantages
Back to the Future (1985) is perhaps one of the most beloved films of all time. For this fact alone, expectations for “Back to the...
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Brett Fischer
Nov 11, 20244 min read
Review: RSC’s ‘Pericles’ at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Shakespearean taboo For most theatergoers, the byline “by William Shakespeare” carries a unique weight. Seeing his name attached to a...
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Anita W. Harris
Oct 30, 20244 min read
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...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Oct 29, 20242 min read
Review: The Group Rep’s ‘Four Top’ at Lonny Chapman Theatre
The Group Rep’s “Four Top,” an original new comedy by Michael B. Kaplan at the Lonny Chapman Theatre, opens with a one-night stand, or at...
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Anthony Gutierrez
Oct 22, 20242 min read
Review: ‘Shipping’ at The Elysian
When the house lights dim for “Shipping” at The Elysian and a cloaked woman wanders the stage picking shellfish from the water, eating...
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Anita W. Harris
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Singing and story shine in ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ at Hollywood Pantages
If you’re wondering whether the hype is real about “Kimberly Akimbo” – which won five Tony Awards following its 2022 Broadway run,...
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