MADAME SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL MUSICAL
Sunday, December 24th, 2023
A Glendale landmark is reborn as The Nocturne Theatre just in time to treat holiday audiences to Madame Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Musical, Meyer2Meyer Entertainment’s fabulous new, gender-bending musical twist on the Charles Dickens Christmas classic.
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MJ THE MUSICAL
Saturday, December 23rd, 2023No matter what your personal feelings are about Michael Jackson (and mine are decidedly conflicted), there’s little denying that MJ the Musical, now playing at Hollywood’s Pantages, is skillfully crafted, sensationally sung and danced, and spectacularly designed, no matter how frustratingly uncritical it is of its subject.
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OY! TO THE WORLD ~ CHRISTMAS WITH A TWIST!
Saturday, December 16th, 2023
What do the teddy bear, the ballpoint pen, the Polaroid Land Camera, Barbie, and just about every Christmas pop standard you’ve ever heard have in common? They’re all the brainchildren of Chosen People like Irving Berlin, whose “White Christmas” is just one of over two dozen seasonal classics that make OY! To The World ~ Christmas With A Twist!, aka “a celebration of your favorite Christmas songs by Jewish songwriters,” a holiday music bonanza at NoHo’s El Portal Theatre.
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A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
Entertainment Weekly’s 2nd-Best Christmas Movie of All Time* comes to irresistible song-and-dance life at the Ahmanson as Center Theatre Group treats audiences of all ages to Broadway’s A Christmas Story: The Musical.
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70, GIRLS, 70
Monday, November 13th, 2023Its songs may not be John Kander and Fred Ebb at their Cabaret-Chicago best, and its wisp of a book may give them little to write memorably about, but there’s no denying the exuberance of a cast made up almost entirely of performers anywhere from 50something to 93 years young in The Group Rep’s intimate revival of the 1971 Broadway flop 70, Girls, 70.
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BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
Sunday, November 12th, 2023
“It’s Too Late” “So Far Away” “You’ve Got a Friend” “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman” “I Feel The Earth Move” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”
If these six megahits don’t have you itching to spread the word about Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts, then Sara Shepard’s star turn as the woman who wrote and performed some of the mid-20th century’s Greatest Hits most definitely will.
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SPRING AWAKENING
Saturday, November 4th, 2023
Director Tim Dang, choreographer Preston Mui, an all-around sensational cast, and a stunning production design make East West Players’ Spring Awakening a standout among the umpteen productions I’ve seen so far.
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre celebrates its move to the Lewis Family Playhouse with the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky delight that is (“Snap! Snap!”) Broadway’s The Addams Family, hands down one of the company’s best productions ever.
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