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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at the La Jolla Playhouse

Jonas Schwartz – TheaterMania When Disney Theatricals launched an epic musical version of the 1996 animated film in Berlin in 1999, The Hunchback of Notre Dame was the first Disney production to open outside the United States. With additional songs by the…

LADCC Critics
November 14, 2014

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Carpenter Performing Arts Center

Shirle Gottlieb – Gazette Newspapers What began years ago as a beloved animated children’s film became a hit Broadway musical in 1994. Live actors, singers and dancers play all the parts — even those of animals and household objects in…

LADCC Critics
July 17, 2014

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