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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…
Long Beach Playhouse rises to the challenge of ‘Angels in America, Part One’
Something beautiful is happening in the upstairs Studio Theatre of the Long Beach Playhouse (LBPH). Ryan Holihan directs…
‘Noises Off’ redux revives the Long Beach Playhouse post-pandemic
Continuing right where it left off before the pandemic darkened theatres in March 2020, the Long Beach Playhouse…
International City Theatre reopens with timely 9/11-themed “Closely Related Keys”
In its first live show since the pandemic closed curtains in March 2020, Long Beach’s International City Theatre…
Long Beach Opera ends pandemic season on high yet deep note
Long Beach Opera (LBO) has artfully navigated 2021’s ongoing pandemic with offerings ranging from the digitally supplemented parking…
Long Beach Shakespeare Co. mixes love and murder in “Pat Novak for Hire” and “The Thin Man”
In one of two double-feature radio-plays this month, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) dramatizes two love-related murder-mysteries…
Long Beach Shakespeare Co.’s double circus mysteries captivate
The Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) is kicking off summer with two double-feature radio-plays this month. In one,…