A CHRISTMAS CAROL - First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood Sanctuary

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Reviewed by Amanda Callas A Christmas Carol is a beloved annual tradition at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood through December 21st. The longest running Hollywood production of A Christmas Carol, this year marks the 55th anniversary of this ...

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JUANITA MOORE STAR CEREMONY - Harrison Held's SceneAroundTown

Posted By Harrison Held

The Juanita Moore Star Ceremony and after party was terrific and heartwarming. It was one of the nicest Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonies I've been to and well MC'd by Variety's Angelique Jackson one day before what would have been the Imitation of ...

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HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE - Harrison Held's SceneAroundtown

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Harrison Held's SceneAroundTown... Hollywood! The exciting 92nd Anniversary of The Hollywood Christmas Parade supporting Marine Toys for Tots on the CW Network aired Saturday December 14 th. The universally loved and acclaimed parade featured 5,000 ...

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ACT AS IF - Culver City Film Festival

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Review by Michael Edwards Documentary director Noah Berlow's short "Act As If", showing at the Culver City Film Festival is at once a smart, piercingly clear rendering of the present day unhoused family crisis in Los Angeles. Less interested in ...

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HOLIDAY EXPRESS FEST 2024 - Write Act Repertory at the Brickhouse Theatre

Posted By Amalisha HuEck

Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Diving into another five original plays written by various writers, we enter into this year's festival of one acts filled with joy, peace, and light in this year's Holiday Express Fest 2024. Many interesting characters fill ...

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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Casa 0101 Theatre

Posted By Amalisha HuEck

Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck For 23 years, in the center of Boyle Heights community in East LA, an area of our city that many have never been to, hidden as a pearl in the shell, is Casa 0101 Theater. I must be honest; I did not expect anything special; ...

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THE CIVIL TWILIGHT - Broadwater Studio Theatre

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Reviewed by Michael Edwards The play The Civil TWILIGHT, is about time, and brilliantly so. Excellent storytelling aside, this Plays with People in association with The Road Theatre Company production of Shem Bitterman's play is just what audiences ...

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IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, TYLER PRICE! - Hudson Backstage Theatre

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Review by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com I was there. I saw a clever, colorful, youthful, current, and full-of-love musical with powerful chorale harmonizing, perfectly timed choreography, twenty-four engaging songs and a rock-star 14-year-old ...

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ADVENTURES IN THE GREAT BEYOND - MUSICAL - The Hudson Main Stage

Posted By Amalisha HuEck

Review by Amalisha HuEck Taking a trip with a new pop-rock musical, Adventures in the Great Beyond takes one into the unknown, out of our minds and into the great beyond. What we find there are mystical encounters with karma, reincarnation, ...

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DIVA: THE PLAY - The Zephyr Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck DIVA The Play is the story of world-renowned Australian opera singer Louisa McCrae reliving her life through the lens of a fractured mind. As she unpacks a suitcase full of memories, she is transported back to powerful ...

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THE GODDAMN COUPLE DOWN THE HALL - Theatre West

Posted By Chris Cassone

November 8, 2024, Opening Night By Chris Cassone | cc@chriscassone.com It's Christmas and writer Mark Wilding (Grey's Anatomy, among many others) didn't like the only choices out there: The Grinch and A Christmas Carol. So, he set to creating a ...

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THE DOLL'S HOUSE PROJECT - Beverly Hills Playhouse (Main Stage)

Posted By Amalisha HuEck

A Doll's House and A Doll's House, Part 2 Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck By writing the sensational play 'A Doll's House' that premiered in 1879 at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, the famous Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen digs into ...

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ONE FOR THE ROAD - Art of Acting Studio

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ONE FOR THE ROAD by Harold Pinter Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck An interesting adaptation of Harold Pinter's ' One for the Road ' production, in summary is explained as, 'What happens when authoritarians take over a country?' 'Named as 1984's Play of ...

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BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Reviewed by Nyla Arslanian As far as entertainment, it's hard to find a movie that's more fun than Back To The Future. Settling into my seat, the question in my mind was "How in the world can that story become a musical? Well, after seeing the ...

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COMMITTED - Rogue Machine Theatre at The Matrix

Posted By Amalisha HuEck

Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Playing on the main stage the Rogue Machine Theatre production in the Matrix Theatre is the show Committed? -- magnificently written and performed by Lisa Robins and created as "A Ritual for Robbie," her brother. ...

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I, DANIEL BLAKE - The Fountain Theatre

Posted By Amalisha HuEck

Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck What an interesting set, brilliantly put together. All the scenes work within the set, which in one moment is in the courtroom, the next one on the street, and then Daniel Blake's apartment and so on. The video projection ...

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Harrison Held's SceneAroundTown - "The Legendary Column"

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Legendary Sophia Loren recently turned 90 in Rome, surrounded by loving family, friends and fans. Several weeks earlier she was honored by well-known Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito when he serenaded her with a special rendition of the classic ...

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KIMBERLY AKIMBO - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Posted By Chris Cassone

Opening Night - October 16, 2024 Book & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire Music by Jeanine Tesori By Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com What a joyous, upbeat, clever, funny, and magical night was "Kimberly Akimbo!" The onslaught of either tribute ...

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KIMBERLY AKIMBO - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

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CRINGE FESTIVAL (2024) - Write Act Repertory at Brickhouse Theatre

Posted By Amalisha HuEck

Cringe Festival (2024) - Write Act Repertory Theatre at Brickhouse Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck A World premiere of 5 chilling original one acts on the Brickhouse theatre stage, present another season of ghastly bedtime stories, clever tales with a ...

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