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Archive for Little Fish Theatre

THE FOREIGNER at the Little Fish Theatre

Mickey Elliot

Mickey Elliot

Dany Margolies – The Daily News

Currently playing at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre, Larry Shue’s 1983 comedy “The Foreigner” bobs gently along, a tale about how the shyest and most self-effacing among us can still bring out the best in others.
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Now running through July 15

PROVENANCE at the Little Fish Theatre

Mickey Elliot

Mickey Elliot

Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

On the surface, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s “Provenance” will seem an unlikely story, even by theatrical standards — it’s too convenient, too cute. In its production at Little Fish in San Pedro through May 24, it could seem overacted. Give it awhile.    Read more…

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PICK OF THE VINE at Little Fish Theatre

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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

Little Fish Theater’s annual short-play festival “Pick of the Vine” this year features nine plays touching on the theme “Secrets We Keep.”

Bringing meaning and polish to the plays are a uniformly firm feel even though various directors are involved, crisp designs and solid acting.
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Now running through February 17

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS at the Little Fish Theatre

Photo by Mickey Elliott

Photo by Mickey Elliott

Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

It’s Dec. 16 in the New Jersey home of Lou and Carol. Their daughter Pia has grown into a foul-mouthed, somewhat Goth adult, his younger sister Mona gets on his nerves, and Carol is just too amenable.
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Now running through December 11

ON THE VERGE OR THE GEOGRAPHY OF YEARNING at the Little Fish Theatre

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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

Nostalgia for the future and a droll chiding of the past drive the storytelling in Eric Overmyer’s “On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning,” at Little Fish Theatre through Oct. 19.

It’s a smart play. Sorry if that damns it for you, but if you’re thinking of seeing it, you need to know: It’s two and a half hours of smart.

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Now running through October 19

 

PICK OF THE VINE at the Little Fish Theatre

Photo by Mickey Elliott

Photo by Mickey Elliott

Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

Nine short plays by nine playwrights fit together snugly to make a brisk evening of theater in Little Fish Theatre’s 15th annual “Pick of the Vine” play festival. Read more…

Now running through February 11

A VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY SPECIAL at the Little Fish Theatre

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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

If as of late you find yourself longing to laugh but not quite able to, Little Fish Theatre might coax you into smiling, snickering, chortling and more than a few times doubling over in hilarity. Read more…

Now running through December 17

 

 

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN at the Little Fish Theatre

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(Photo by Mickey Elliott)

Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

As the 20th century sped along and barreled into the 21st, people found more and more opportunities available to them. But choices have consequences, and we might not like all of them. Read more…

Now running through September 3

THE CLEAN HOUSE at Little Fish Theatre

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Dany Margolies  -  Press-Telegram

Healing and forgiveness are the stuff of solid old-time storytelling. But playwright Sarah Ruhl guides her characters down fresh, quirky paths to those results in “The Clean House.” Read more…

Now running through July 17

 

TABLE MANNERS at the Little Fish Theatre

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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

Ultra-prolific English playwright Alan Ayckbourn has a silly side. But his characters very much seem like real-life people, even while their circumstances are comically heightened or even outrageous. Read more…

Now running through May 21

DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY at the Little Fish Theatre

Photo by Mickey Elliot

Photo by Mickey Elliot

Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

As we reminisce over the decades, uptight manners seem to have been the hallmark of the 1950s. They’re parodied quite a bit in the theater, for example in playwright Rich Orloff’s look back from the 1990s, “Domestic Tranquility.” Read more…

Now running through April 2

SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME at the Little Fish Theatre

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Dany Margolies – The Daily Breeze

Since it premiered in 1992, Frank McGuinness’ “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” hasn’t lost its plausibility. It takes place in a windowless cell in Lebanon, where three men of differing nationalities are held hostage. Read more…

Now running through Sept. 2.