Posted in Theatre on Nov 6th, 2009
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UCLA Live / Westwood, CA
On through 7 November
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Sometimes when you go to the theatre you are not going to see a play; you are going to see “Theatre.” There are those who attend “Theatre” – performance art, movement pieces, esoteric meditations – to give considerable thought to every arched eyebrow in a [...]
Some big names are coming to Broadway next year:
Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson will star in Arthur Miller’s “A View From The Bridge.” Opens Jan. 24 at the Cort Theatre. Limited engagement, 14 weeks.
Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth will star in revival of Neil Simon’s “Promises, Promises.” Opens April 25 at the Broadway Theater.
Who would have thought that a broadway production of Shrek wouldn’t last? Me. That’s who.
Shrek will have its final performance on January 3, 2010.
SEE YA, SHREK!
The Phantom of the Opera is coming back, and this time he’s going to be haunting the Coney Island amusement park. Is this a good idea? In London on Thursday, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced a long-awaited sequel to his mega-hit. The new musical will be called “Love Never Dies,” and is due to open in [...]
Posted in Theatre on Oct 6th, 2009
Mark Taper Forum / Los Angeles
On through 15 November
This is one of the most unlikely topics for a musical. In 1913 Atlanta, a 13 year-old girl named Mary Phagan was strangled to death in the pencil factory where she worked. Her supervisor, a Jewish man from Brooklyn named Leo Frank becomes the prime suspect in [...]
Everyone loves “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” Roald Dahl’s book. The first movie with Gene Wilder. The second movie with Johnny Depp. And now, we’re hearing… the stage musical. Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes is developing the stage version, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Warner Brothers, which produced the second film directed by Tim Burton, [...]
Posted in Theatre on Oct 2nd, 2009
UCLA Live / Freud Playhouse
On through 18 October
And now for a bit about Medea, or as I like to refer to it, two hours of watching Annette Bening trying not to trip over a huge dress in a titled sandbox.
On paper it all sounded so wonderful. One of America’s most beloved actresses playing in a [...]
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