Around the World in 80 Days :: LA Drama Critics Circle

THE DRY YEARS at Ghost Road Theatre Company

February 8, 2023Steven Leigh Morris – Stage Raw There’s so much to recommend in Christine Breihan’s staging of John Guerra’s play, even though the work feels in need of one more pass to address some dramaturgical clutter. Let’s start with the almost gothic beauty of a rural, drought-plagued California valley that has the mythology of the Wild
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THE LION KING at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre

February 8, 2023Tracey Paleo – BroadwayWorld From the moment Rafiki (Gugwana Dlamini) Shaman of the Pride Lands, heralded her recognizably famous opening note, the audience was uproarious. And there was nothing that could have prepared me for my slightly teary-eyed response to the splendor of it all. Even as long as it’s been around, THE LION KING
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STAGED at Laguna Playhouse

Rita Rudner and Mike McShane. Photo by Jason Niedle.

February 8, 2023Dana Martin – Stage Raw Not every new work is stage worthy. Laguna Playhouse’s new comedy Staged by Martin Bergman and Rita Rudner finds charm in fits and spurts but the world-premiere production is clunky and underwhelming…The play behaves and moves like an old-school sitcom, with the characters crafted in broad strokes. Both Fenella and
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RIDE THE CYCLONE at Chance Theater

Photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio.

February 6, 2023Patrick Chavis – Orange Curtain Review Ironically, this might be the happiest story about death I have ever seen. The Chance Theater has transformed its stage area to look like some haunted carnival that time has forgotten in the middle of the county. To further the illusion, the show tickets look like tickets you would
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AND IF I DON’T BEHAVE THEN WHAT at Open Fist Theatre Company

Cynthia Ettinger. Photo by Frank Ishman.

February 3, 2023Steven Leigh Morris – Stage Raw Brdar’s play isn’t a play in any traditional sense. It’s a poem. A one-woman confessional in 13 verses, starting with “Age 0” and culminating in “Age 78.” It’s almost a one-woman show performed by Cynthia Ettinger, except for the supporting characters (Carmella Jenkins, Howard Leder and Debba Rofheart) who
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TOWARDS ZERO at Long Beach Playhouse

Milena Gotch, Jordan Brayboy, and Alex Piper. Photo by Mike Hardy.

February 1, 2023Lara Altunian – Stage Raw Although it can be argued that a growing obsession with true crime may in part be responsible for the most recent revival of Agatha Christie’s work, there is no doubt that her detective fictions’ compelling twists make them visual treats easily transferable to theater and cinema. Jumping on the bandwagon
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MISERY at Maverick Theatre Company

February 1, 2023Patrick Chavis – The Orange Curtain Review Stephen King is one of today’s most prolific and successful horror writers. His influence on pop culture, film, television, and even theatre, is undeniable regardless of whether you enjoy his work. Despite a vast catalog of work, Misery stands out as a high watermark in suspense and drama.
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS at the Long Beach Playhouse

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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016

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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

One actor dropped his moustache, another dropped his lines. It doesn’t matter whether these were opening-night fumbles or thoroughly rehearsed comedy bits. In Around the World in 80 Days at Long Beach Playhouse, they only add to the fun. Read more…

Now running through May 7

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS at Actors Co-op

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Friday, May 15th, 2015

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Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in 80 Days has been made into films, most notably twice: in 1956 in Mike Todd’s celebrity-studded epic with David Niven and Cantinflas, and in Disney’s 2004 version with Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan. The novel has been adapted for the theater several times, along with this version by Mark Brown in 2001. Even Verne, however could not have imagined the wildly enterprising comedic touches that could be applied to his action-adventure novel. Read more...

David C. Nichols – LA Times

Rampant theatricality and audience regard traverses “Around the World in 80 Days” at the Actors Co-op. Read more…

Now running through June 14.