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PRELUDE TO A KISS THE MUSICAL

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

A gorgeous score, appealing performances, and a book that will have you reflecting on the very meaning of love are just three reasons to fall for South Coast Repertory’s World Premiere musical adaptation of Craig Lucas’s Prelude To A Kiss.
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Tags: Craig Lucas, Daniel Messé, Orange County Theater Review, Sean Hartley, South Coast Repertory
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HIGH MAINTENANCE

Tuesday, April 16th, 2024

Christian Prentice dazzles as a state-of-the-art robot about to star as Torvald in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House opposite TV diva Ivy Khan’s Nora in Peter Ritt’s High Maintenance, an initially captivating Road Theatre World Premiere that fails to live up to expectations in its romance-derailing, credibility-straining final scenes.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Peter Ritt, The Road Theatre Company
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OPHELIA

Saturday, April 13th, 2024

Award-winning writer-director-actor-designer Stefan Marks is back, and wearing all four hats at once, with Ophelia, his latest blend of theatrical magic, whimsy, and profundity.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Odyssey Theatre, Stefan Marks
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KAIROS

Monday, April 8th, 2024

What starts off a meet-cute romcom ends up something a good deal more thought-provoking and profound in Kairos, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s intriguing examination of love, life, and the search for eternal youth, now getting a terrifically acted East West Players’ World Premiere.
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Tags: East West Players, Lisa Sanaye Dring, Los Angeles Theater Review
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THE ALLSTORE

Saturday, March 23rd, 2024

Life is a living hell for the minimum-wagers staffing The AllStore in Evan Marshall’s pitch-black, trigger warning-packed, frequently hilarious counterpoint to ABC TV’s feel-good Superstore, now getting its World Premiere at Theatre of NOTE.
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Tags: Evan Marshall, Los Angeles Theater Review, Theatre Of NOTE
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ONE OF THE GOOD ONES

Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

Fireworks ignite when a well-to-do Hispanic-American couple’s 22-year-old daughter brings home the man of her dreams in Gloria Calderón Kellett’s One Of The Good Ones, a laugh-packed, conversation-starting 21st-century Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner now getting the classiest and crowd-pleasingest of World Premieres at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Tags: Gloria Calderón Kellett, Los Angeles Theater Review, Pasadena Playhouse
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A FROGGY BECOMES

Sunday, March 17th, 2024

If you’ve ever been twelve years old, you’ll get an extra special kick out of Becky Wahlstrom’s wild and wacky and way-out-there coming-of-age comedy A Froggy Becomes, now getting the most exhilarating of World Premiere stagings at Open Fist Theatre.
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Tags: Becky Wahlstrom, Los Angeles Theater Review, Open Fist Theatre Company
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FAITHLESS

Saturday, March 16th, 2024

A pair of 30something siblings summoned to their widowed stepfather’s home confront a family crisis involving their adopted teenaged sister in Jon Klein’s absorbing family dramedy Faithless, a laughter-and-discussion-provoking Victory Theatre Center World Premiere.
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Tags: Jon Klein, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Victory Theatre Center
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