Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
I don’t think any December I was in town since 2002 has gone by that these zany guys didn’t lift my spirits and ward off my usual sense of holiday humbuggery. Matt Walker and his willing disciples knock their performances into the stratosphere year after year, selling out every show they so inventively create. Read more…
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA
Ah, it’s that time of year again, when the holiday lights go up, the temperature dips to the perilous lows of seventy-five degrees and children everywhere await the return of the Winter Warlock. If that last item doesn’t make any sense to you, then I extend my condolences, because that means you’ve never seen a Troubadour Theater Company holiday show. Their unique brand of entertainment takes a pre-existing story and makes it into a musical focusing on the music of one artist. This year that story is from the film Home Alone with the music of The Beatles, which results in the very entertaining and hilarious Troubies’ Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band. Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw
Reviewing the Troubadour Theater Company’s annual world-premiere Christmas musical can be a thankless task. That’s because, by the time the review is published, tickets are usually long gone. Judging by the teeming throngs at last weekend’s matinee performance, that’s almost certainly the case with the group’s latest offering, Troubies Home Alone-ly Hearts Club Band. Read more…