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    Tim Grierson Reviews 'Men in Black III' and 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    Tim Grierson reviews "The Intouchables," "Oslo, August 31st," "Mighty Fine" and "Cowgirls n' Angels."

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    LA Review: 'Where the Great Ones Run'

    Rogue Machine’s West Coast premiere of this country music–inspired play is beautifully designed and well performed but badly written.

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    L.A. Review: 'Beautified'

    His new play, “Beautified,” needs streamlining, but Tony Abatemarco has keen insight into how desperately we need each other to get through our days.

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    Hog Riot!

    A couple of fun tableaus at the end of the piece provide a moment or two of relief, but otherwise the show is missable.

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    The Method Gun

    Playwright Kirk Lynn and director Shawn Sides have fashioned a bracingly inventive paean to artistic creativity and the far-reaching influences of those who teach it.

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    The Word Begins

    Art heals, and in writer-performers Steve Connell and Sekou Andrews' raucous hip-hop spoken-word performance piece, the healing begins the moment the wildly in-your-face pair hits the stage running.

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    The Silver Tassie

    Vaudeville comedy blends with epic despair in Tony-winning director Garry Hynes' chilling and funny production of Seán O'Casey's rarely seen 1928 anti-war play.

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    On Golden Pond

    Director Cameron Watson sensitively handles the comedic and melancholic aspects of the story in equal measure. It is, however, Linden and Pickles' maturity as actors that makes the play.

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    Bitter Sweet

    Strong singing and acting mitigate unfortunate attempts to modernize Noël Coward's 1929 operetta. Still, this is a welcome chance to hear the lovely score sung in dramatic context.

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    Blank

    Author-actor Brian Stanton's compelling one-man show about his search for his birth mother overcomes a few flaws to be a moving exploration of identity and a thought-provoking and challenging examination of abortion.