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Trattoria Limone offers inventive Italian fare
Trattoria: an informal restaurant or tavern. Limone: lemon. I assure you Trattoria Limone is no lemon. Far from…
February 28, 2008
Playhouse finds cast fidelity with “The Constant Wife”
By Vicki Paris Goodman As juicy as “The Importance of Being Earnest,” and just as politically incorrect, is…
February 21, 2008
International City Theatre delivers stunning no-holds-barred production of Cabaret
By Vicki Paris Goodman It turns out “Cabaret” is more than a Liza Minnelli song fest owing its…
February 14, 2008
‘Little Footsteps’ brings hope and laughter to the audience at the Long Beach Playhouse
Cold feet at the prospect of becoming a dad gets its airing every which way and then some…
February 7, 2008
Vicki’s View : Reality sets in at Anne Meara’s After-Play in Playhouse’s Studio
(L to R) Judy Jones, Jack Gilroy, Carmen Guo and Jerome Loeb toast to old friends in After-Play at the Long Beach Playhouse. Photo by Robert Craig Photography
December 6, 2007
Vicki’s View: Jersey Boys croons a musical history lesson
By Vicki Paris Goodman Arts & Entertainment Editor Although I really liked Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons,…
November 22, 2007
Vicki’s View : British comedy brings laughter and longing to ICT
By Vicki Paris Goodman, Arts & Entertainment Editor Given my utter devotion to British comedy and my profound…
November 1, 2007
Astute directing, priceless one-liners fatten-upslim plot in ‘Dead Wrong’
By Vicki Paris Goodman Arts & Entertainment Editor When playwright Roy Battocchio wrote the pun-filled Dead Wrong, he…
September 27, 2007
Vicki’s View : Calling Aphrodite gives balanced view of Hiroshima bombing through fiction
In characterizing the event as “a tragic act of violence,” the press release for the World Premiere production…
September 6, 2007