DEMOLITION - Pacific Resident Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Perfectly cast with strong performances, Demolition, the new play by Matt Letscher is divinely enjoyable from the very start. The plot is based on his own upbringing and experiences from an earlier stage of his life. This ...

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STANDING BY - Playhouse West/Magnolia Studio

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck A lot can happen in four days, especially if we meet someone very special, and true love happens. This is the second production I've seen at the Playhouse West Theatre, which left me impressed with the guidance of the ...

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COMPLETENESS - Eastwood Performing Arts Center

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck By definition Completeness (real analysis), in an informal way of describing a metric space X that has no "missing points". For example, any sequence of real numbers will converge to some limit that is also a real number. ...

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A GOOD GUY - Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre

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Reviewed by Amanda Callas A Good Guy is the world premiere of a new drama about school shootings It is taut, suspenseful, and engrossing. There is not an ounce of fat in the spare economy of this play written by David Rambo. The pace is unrelenting, ...

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TH IR DS - The Zephyr Theatre

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Reviewed by Michael Edwards TH IR DS, a play by Ben Edlin with story by Deborah Aquila, is a powerful examination of a presently potential dystopian future for the United States of America with a focus on the difference between our expectations of ...

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IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY - Hudson Mainstage Theatre

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Review by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com A revolutionary new kind of drama. A one-man show with seven characters wrapped inside of a theater with no walls, just screens. And it's based on a true story. John Mullican's little gem has all that and ...

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THE CIVILITY OF ALBERT CASHIER - A New Musical at the Colony Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck This is a story about young person who was born a woman whose need to fight and see justice done and wanting to serve the country he loved was the catalyst for living life as a man. The astonishing true story of a Civil War ...

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CLARKSTON - Echo Theater Company at The Atwater Village Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Perfectly cast with strong performances, Clarkston is divinely enjoyable from the very start. Samuel D. Hunter (Playwright) included the original, never failing comedic moments as a woven tread throughout the play. Highly ...

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'BROOKLYN'S WAY' - THEATRE 68 ARTS COMPLEX

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck In this seductive, thought-provoking play, the 4th wall immediately broken, at the very start, where Brooklyn (Amye Partain) sits in the audience from where she becomes a team player, after a few cords of guitar playing and ...

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HAMILTON - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

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Reviewed by Nyla Arslanian Webster: An opera is a theatrical piece that tells a story totally through the music. It consists of recitatives which provide the narrative plot line and elaborate chorus singing, along with duets and arias, which are the ...

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CREVASSE - Son of Semele at The Victory Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck The play opens in pre-World War II Germany when many Jews were targeted and brutally eliminated. Lotte Jeager (Ann Noble), the wife of film critic Ernest Jaeger (Leo Marks), is Jewish. Although she doesn't want to leave ...

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ARE YOU LISTENING - Actors Co-op Theatre Company

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Reviewed by Amanda Callas Are You Listening is the premiere of a new autobiographical play at the Actors Co-op in Hollywood. This Co-op Too! limited run production is a creative play-space for actors and writers at the Co-op to develop new works. The ...

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HONEYMOON SUITE (WITH APOLOGIES TO NEIL SIMON - SkyPilot at 905 Cole Theatre

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August 18, 2024 Review by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com "Plaza Suite," the award-winning and very successful 1968 Neil Simon play (alluded to in the play's title) set the standard to which playwright Kelli Bowlden aspires. She essentially copied ...

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THE ANTI YOGI - Zephyr Theatre

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Visited 'The Anti Yogi' - a solo play at the Zephyr Theatre on Sunday evening. The show is simply brilliant! It is truly exceptional in every aspect. Written and acted by Mayuri Bhandari who is accompanied by superbly ...

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COMPANY - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

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Reviewed by Nyla Arslanian Having seen the original Broadway production in 1972, I was thrilled that the reimagined current production of Company was coming to the Pantages Theatre. For so many years, this show had always been one of my favorites. ...

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