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THE LAST SHIP at the Ahmanson Theatre

Matthew Murphy
January 25, 2020Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen At first blush, the shipbuilding industry does not seem the most obvious topic for a musical. The Last Ship, an original musical with music and lyrics by Sting and a new book by Lorne Campbell, opened this week at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles with some of
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EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON at Rogue Machine Theatre

John Perrin Flynn
January 23, 2020Terry Morgan  -  Stage Raw The phrase, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned” is used to describe doing something trivial when serious action is desperately required. It’s an apt epigram for humanity today — fully aware of the worsening disasters brought on by climate change but content to focus on acquiring more money and power, even
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WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at the Mark Taper Forum

Joan Marcus
January 21, 2020Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen When playwright Heidi Schreck was in high school, she traveled the country participating in Constitutional debate competitions. It was primarily a scheme cooked up by her mother to pay for college tuition with prize money (it worked), and she became an expert at defending or opposing various amendments
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DISPOSABLE NECESSITIES at Rogue Machine Theatre

John Perrin Flynn
December 29, 2019Terry Morgan  -  Stage Raw The adage, “Youth is wasted on the young,” is generally attributed to George Bernard Shaw, a man who didn’t lack for adages. The idea that youth can also be wasted on the old is one of the undercurrents that powers ’s play, Disposable Necessities, a science fiction comedy/drama that posits
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SAFE HARBOR at the Zephyr Theatre

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December 10, 2019Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Last year’s arrest of wealthy financier and pal-to-the-powerful Jeffery Epstein on charges related to the sex trafficking of minors sent salacious shock waves throughout the country via the headline-hunting national media. Read more… Now running through December 15      

FROZEN at the Pantages Theatre

Deen van Meer
December 10, 2019Erin Conley – On Stage & Screen Between the holiday season, the recent release of Frozen 2 in movie theaters, and the arrival of the musical version of Frozen at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, things are feeling quite festive. Read more… Margaret Gray – LA Times Remember L.A. in 2013 at the peak of the
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BANDSTAND at Broadway In Thousand Oaks

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December 3, 2019Jonas Schwartz – Broadway World The musical Bandstand, which is now part of the American Theater Guild tour across the country, thrives when Andy Blankenbuehler’s Tony-winning choreography is front and center. Restaged for this production by Marc Heitzman, who was Dance Captain in the Broadway production, the dances display vitality that makes audiences want to
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Archive for Kristin Towers-Rowles

NUNSENSE at Crown City Theatre

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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

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Neal Weaver – Stage Raw

If you’re looking for a fun holiday show that’s free of both sentimentality and Christmas propaganda, the folks at Crown City Theatre have obligingly provided one. Read more…

Now running through January 17.

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SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at the El Portal

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Friday, April 17th, 2015

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Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw

There’s such an assortment of riches in this stellar rendering of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s operatic musical that I can only begin by commending director Kristin Towers-Rowles. She’s brought together a superb ensemble, equally impressive musically and in dramatic performance. It’s an accomplishment all the more notable for being produced in such a small venue. Read more…

Now running through May 10.

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