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Long Beach Playhouse deserves its own prize for and the winner is!
by Vicki Paris Goodman Entertainment Writer Imagine dying before the biggest night of your life. You fall down…
January 15, 2010
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
Tacos Don Chente offers more than tacos, burritos and tostadas
By Vicki Paris Goodman Entertainment Writer Have you ever had molcajete? I hadn’t. At least, not until I…
August 21, 2009
In defending rights of less fortunate, ‘Rent’ elicits some mixed feelings
by Vicki Paris Goodman Rent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, is back in L.A. for…
March 5, 2009
First-rate cast of singing actors dramatizes story of ‘Mack the Knife’
By Vicki Paris Goodman Beggars and hookers and thieves (Oh, my!). This motley crew depicts the harsh realities…
February 26, 2009
MTW’s ‘The Producers’ is painful to watch… but in a good way!
Sarah Cornell is “fantastic” as Ulla. By Vicki Paris Goodman Racy, funny, sweet, outrageous and enormously entertaining. That’s…
February 12, 2009
LBPH’s ‘Women’ has ‘Little’ to do with source material
by Vicki Paris Goodman Best to see Little Women— the play— with no expectations. It’s not quite the…
December 4, 2008
The Voice of the Turtle a romantic ‘chick’ play, with universal appeal
(above) Kate Woodruff, Lisa Perez and Jim Felton bring the WWII era to life in Long Beach Playhouse’s…
November 13, 2008
Does the Playhouse’s ‘Auntie Mame’ leave us starving at the banquet?
By Vicki Paris Goodman Arts and Entertainment Editor The Long Beach Playhouse kicks off the 80th anniversary season…
September 29, 2008
Excellent service sets La Vineria Italiana apart
By Vicki Paris Goodman Arts and Entertainment Editor La Vineria Italiana’s rather nondescript drive-by curb appeal doesn’t do…
September 18, 2008