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Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ is full of laughs and romance
Last weekend to watch the lesser-known Shakespearean play at Helen Borgers Theater in Bixby Knolls. The Long Beach…
Musical Theatre West’s ‘42nd Street’ tap dances its way to excellence
As the curtain lifts on Musical Theatre West’s production of “42nd Street,” audiences are greeted by the clicking…
Long Beach Playhouse offers blast from the past with ‘You Can’t Take It With You’
The Long Beach Playhouse (LBPH)—now with a full season of shows after reopening—is serving up the 1936 sentimental…
Musical Theatre West’s ‘Spamilton’ hilariously spoofs Hamilton and other Broadway musicals
Lin Manuel Miranda has been having his moment for at least seven years since his hit musical “Hamilton”…
Gruesome ‘Macbeth’ bloodies Long Beach Shakespeare Company stage
Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s (LBSC) “Macbeth” effectively portrays the heavy psychological toll of murder stemming from the play’s…
Sondheim-inspired ‘Marry Me a Little’ at International City Theatre is musical magic
Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim passed away last November, leaving a legacy of songs that cut—often sharply—to the…
Long Beach Playhouse delivers engaging mystery with ‘Murder on the Orient Express’
How do you put a passenger train car in the middle of the Long Beach Playhouse (LBPH) Mainstage…
Long Beach Ballet delivers winter magic, prepares for summer romance with “Don Quixote”
Long Beach Ballet (LBB) successfully delivered its annual “The Nutcracker” extravaganza during five performances last weekend—complete with scores…
Prancer and puppets perform in Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s ‘Christmas Classics’
Who needs Rudolph when Prancer is in the house? In an inspired twist on classic Christmas stories, the…
Nuns take center stage in Long Beach Playhouse’s vivacious ‘Sister Act’
Some habits are hard to break. But in Long Beach Playhouse’s “Sister Act,” continuing through Nov. 20, nuns…