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LB Ballet mounts stellar production with star-studded Nutcracker
by Vicki Paris Goodman Entertainment Writer “But everything was beautiful at the ballet!” So goes the reflective musical…
December 30, 2009
Chestnuts roasting on a trashcan fire
By Kelly Nielsen Staff Writer I proclaim to be unofficially qualified as an authority on the musical RENT.…
December 18, 2009
TV tries to kill the radio stars in ‘Lutz Radio Hour’
By Cory Bilicko Entertainment Writer Long Beach Playhouse’s Lutz Radio Hour is a perfect holiday show for audiences…
December 18, 2009
ICT production mocks parental frenzy over enlisting kids in the best preschool
(from left) Louis Lotorto, Amie Farrell, Brian Stanton and Heather Corwin are preschool-obsessed parental units in Bright Ideas.…
September 4, 2009
Musical incarnation of ‘Legally Blonde’ a sweet success
By Cory Bilicko Entertainment Writer With the rash of adaptations coming out of Hollywood and Broadway, everything tried…
August 21, 2009
Playhouse’s ‘Side Man’ reflects life of musician through trajectory of jazz
Gene Glimmer (Alan Curelop) and his wife Terry (Jill Cary Martin) emerge as lamentable characters in their son…
July 17, 2009
Discovering rhythmic potential in everyday items, ‘Stomp’ dazzles
Garbage cans and lids are but two of the unexpected musical instruments that audiences see, hear and feel…
May 29, 2009
Playhouse preparing for summer youth program
The Long Beach Playhouse has announced its 2009 Summer Youth Theatre School, which will run from July 13…
May 15, 2009
Mark Twain’s ‘Is He Dead?’ Is alive and swell at ICT
(from left) Chip Bent, Perry Ojeda, Blake Silver and Brian Stanton by Vicki Paris Goodman Entertainment Writer How…
May 8, 2009
In showing effects of war, ‘Fifth of July’ examines collateral damage on relationships
(clockwise from top left) Cort Huckabone, Jenn Robbins, Sean Gray and Katherine Prenovost as the burned-out radicals of…
April 24, 2009