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Theatre review: Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Epic Poems Part I: Venus and Adonis
Though William Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis is a poem, not a play, it is just as dramatic in…
Theatre review: Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Othello
Continuing its 2019 “season of villains,” the Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) offers an intensely powerful Shakespearean drama…
Theatre review: Center Theatre Group’s Cinderella
One of the great things about fairytales is how they transcend time and place. For his Cinderella, choreographer…
Long Beach Opera’s The Black Cat
Long Beach Opera (LBO) began its 2019 season last weekend with The Black Cat, a funky opera based…
Theatre review: Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Sherlock Holmes and the Final Problem
Kicking off its 2019 season, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) is offering a 1940s “old-time radio” version…
Theatre review: Long Beach Playhouse’s Spider’s Web
Can murder ever be fun? Yes, according to Agatha Christie. Through Feb. 9, the Long Beach Playhouse (LBPH)…
Musical Theatre West’s Elf: The Musical
If “Elf” the movie is required holiday viewing in your household, then you’ll really appreciate Musical Theatre West’s…
Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC)– now in its newly inaugurated Helen Borgers Theatre– offers an annual holiday…
REVIEW: Long Beach Playhouse’s Pride and Prejudice
The worlds of wealthy 19th-century English gentlemen and independent-minded young ladies collide spectacularly in Long Beach Playhouse’s rousing…
Theater Review: Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden at the Huntington
Though I usually review local productions, Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden at the Huntington in San Marino offered…