Musical theatre companies in Southern California maintain generally high standards, and it's cause for exhilaration when a production comes along that kicks the bar up several notches. Fullerton Civic Light Opera's valiant decision to tackle the first locally produced mounting of this daunting international mega-hit proves to be ...
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The boy bands of today have nothing on the fresh, clean-cut male singing groups of the 1950s: The Four Aces, The Four Freshmen, The Four Preps, The Four Just-About-Anything. Mellow voices blended harmonically on such classics as "Three Coins in the Fountain," "Shangri-La," and others of that era. The nostalgic ...
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Le Chat Noir (French for "The Black Cat") was a Parisian cabaret that opened in 1881 and hosted the era's cutting-edge poets, singers, dancers, and artists. The Edgemar Center, for a few weekends, is attempting to resurrect that cultural nightspot, at least in spirit. Although the concept is worthy ...
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Self-presented at the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., NYC, Jan. 25-30.
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Many years ago I asked a director why characters onstage couldn't merely sit around a dining room table, why they had to move, circle the table, stand downstage—in other words why the need for blocking? It propels the narrative, she responded insistently. That response rang in my head ...
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• Accomplice, presented by and at the Colony Theatre, 555 N. Third St., Burbank. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 & 7 p.m. (Also Sat. 3 p.m., Feb. 19 & 26, and Thu. 8 p.m., Mar. 3 & 10). Through Mar. 13. $26-36. (818) 558-7000.
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Director Stefan Novinski has set his production of Euripides' tragedy in a large kitchen, and, as the show begins, we see the shiny metal of the sinks and the stoves, the white of the tile and the aprons worn by the workers as they chop vegetables and prepare dishes—a ...
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The quirkiness of this collection of Franz Kafka short stories and journal entries gets a riveting staging by the Odyssey Theatres' Artistic Director Ron Sossi. The talented members of the Odyssey's resident Koan Ensemble have joined with their mentor to adapt these obscure tales for the stage, to investigate ...
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Oh, those mournful Greek tragedies. Created for the Dionysian festivals almost 3,000 years ago, the stories resonate through history because they speak the unspeakable truth, exposing festering wounds in the human condition. We mortals are full of fatal flaws: greed, over-zealous passion, jealousy, false pride, betrayal, and hubris. The ...
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Ballet Flamenco Eva Yerbabuena
Presented by the World Music Institute & Miguel Marin Productions as part of Flamenco Festival New York 2005 at City Center, 131 W. 55 St., NYC, Jan. 28-30.
