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January 01, 1990 - January 25, 2013 + Theatre Talk
Bush-Era Angst 
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Of the many things George W. Bush said that came back to haunt him, one quip perhaps best describes what would become known as the...
A Raucous 'Peace' and Intoxicating 'Encounter'
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/th/th090924a_raucous_peace_and_
A simple, joyous belief in theater as entertainment radiates from two productions currently playing here on the west coast. The first is the annual production...
Lost Allusions
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In years past, when dramatists wanted to make an allusion or use history to suggest a metaphor, chances are they would look to the bible...
Disney vs. Dreamworks: Round 2, Live on Stage
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Summer is now over and the new theater season is about to begin. Here
in Los Angeles, the season sort of un-officially opens tonight with the
opening...
Spam-Alot Funnier
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That's the song, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," from the musical Spamalot. Of course, die-hard Monty Python fans will tell you...
Preserving Strange
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This week, Los Angeles theatergoers can finally experience Passing Strange in the city where much of its story takes place — albeit not live on...
Coming Home
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This past weekend, the Number One movie in America was a film titled District 9, about aliens from outer space who suffer under a sort...
Hats and Hamlet
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In the last twelve months many shows have been cancelled due to the "unexpected financial climate." This week was supposed to have been a review...
Octo-Bomb
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A bad musical is not inherently worse than a bad play. Tickets for bad musicals are usually not much more expensive than bad plays, and...
Sorkinesque
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Aaron Sorkin has only written four plays, but his writing style has influenced countless authors since his third play, A Few Good Men, became a...
Summer Shakes
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As we approach summer's halfway point, we can say with some confidence that 2009 is proving to be a banner year for outdoor Shakespeare...
Upper West Side Comes to Lower West Coast
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Angelinos who love Shakespeare and Dance may be itching to see the new Broadway production of West Side Story
that's been busy winning Tonys and playing...
Our Towns
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Fourth of July is usually not a good weekend for on stage drama — bright beaches, warm sun and evening fireworks generally trump dark theaters;...
Pullman Two-Hander
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Bill Pullman's handsome, neighborly features continue to earn him starring and supporting roles in countless feature films, but they also give him the perfect façade...
The Next British Invasion
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This summer in London, some of the world's most well-known English actors are performing some of the world's most well-known stage dramas. These shows sold...
