It's generally a good thing when a show knows exactly what it is and doesn't profess to be anything more—or less. That way, one knows what one is getting into before one even sits down among the people in the audience, right? And at first glance, Joseph ...
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Leopold and Loeb, the celebrated thrill killers of 1920s Chicago, have inspired through the years various fictionalized retellings of their crime.
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The father who goes out for a pack of cigarettes one night and never returns is easy to hate, even easier to understand. But playwright Heather McDonald switches the gender, making the mother just up and leave. Under the direction of Sharon Ott, the production lets us examine whether a ...
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Imagine a balmy late-summer early evening on the manicured lawns just outside one of the Santa Ynez Valley's most beautiful wineries. You've brought your bread and cheese, your lawn chair or blanket, you've maybe even bought a bottle of wine from one of the most famous actors-turned-vintners ...
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Within an intimate courtyard setting, in the pinkish evening light, Arroyo Repertory presents one of Chekhov's lesser-known works. A comedy with a happy ending, this play is the forerunner of his masterpiece Uncle Vanya, but this production, adapted by "the ensemble," finds little of interest in this interesting text ...
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What can be dramatized so easily in film or television can be a daunting task on the stage. With no smooth transitions between scenes, director Shashin Desai chooses to use military personnel to effect crisp, precise stage business. It's suited to the play but still problematic, fragmenting early scene-building ...
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at the Long Beach Playhouse
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It's hard to keep secrets—especially when cake and ice cream are involved. It is the lure of such "sweet" temptations that causes all the trouble in the barnyard. The pretty-in-pink Precious (perky Kelly Stables) and her pal Dawson Dog (Harley Jay) have planned a surprise party for the ...
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The play, which ran to acclaim at the Public Theater in spring 2004, has only grown more enamoring and affecting over time.
