DAMN YANKEES
Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
Lesli Margherita’s Tony Award-caliber triple-threat star turn as Lola tops the list of reasons to celebrate Musical Theatre West’s 2022 revival of the 1955 Golden Era musical classic Damn Yankees.
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VALLEY SONG
Monday, August 29th, 2022
South African master playwright Athol Fugard tells a coming-of-age story as universal as it is specific to his homeland in Valley Songs, the poignant and powerful latest from Long Beach’s International City Theatre.
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GREASE
Sunday, July 10th, 2022
Contemporary casting choices bring Musical Theatre West’s 2022 Grease revival into the 21st century to crowd-delighting effect without sacrificing an iota of the show’s 1950s nostalgia.
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THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
Monday, June 13th, 2022
A soon-to-be legendary Florida Panhandle drag queen lights up the stage in International City Theatre’s supremely entertaining production of Matthew Lopez’s 2016 off-Broadway comedy smash The Legend Of Georgia McBride.
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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022Impeccably acted by a admirably diverse cast, Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 would be another all-around International City Theatre winner if its midsection didn’t get bogged down in a talky rehashing of past events.
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SPAMILTON: AN AMERICAN PARODY
Sunday, March 27th, 2022
Hamilton may have concluded its Pantages Theatre run on Hollywood Blvd., but for those suffering Hamilton withdrawal, Musical Theatre West treats audiences to Spamilton, eighty minutes of Broadway satire at its funniest, cleverest, and most tuneful.
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MARRY ME A LITTLE
Monday, February 14th, 2022
Stephen Sondheim lovers craving something less frequently revived than Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd, Company, Sunday In The Park With George, or Assassins will find it this month in International City Theatre’s Marry Me A Little, sixty minutes of Sondheim gems that you just might be discovering for the very first time.
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BLUES IN THE NIGHT
Monday, October 25th, 2021
A man gives three very different women plenty of reasons to sing Blues In The Night in ICT/Ebony Rep’s thrilling revival of Sheldon Epps’ Tony-nominated Broadway musical revue.
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