Saturday evening we saw Fallstaff at LA Opera. I was busy doing the first part of the ballot analysis, so I didn't get the writeup done until this morning. Here's what a traditional theatre/musical audience member thought of traditional opera. Now, would some local company figure out how to mount Lone Star Love: The Merry Wives of Windsor TX.
🎭 Never Piss Off Smart Women | “Falstaff” @ LA Opera https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17659
Here's @chelseakspirito promoting @thisweekthisweek this week, which I did some writing for.
Come see @andycobbinla @ash.__s @bethrbbns1 @daisytich @ezukowski @iamemmabruno @isaacwjay @kileyeberhardt @kj.middlebrooks @liljacksharpe @lousaliba @nussburger @private.yang.ilene @theamirlevi with @ron_west98's direction at @openfisttheatrecompany tomorrow (Thursday) in Los Angeles.
Last night, we saw "Real Women Have Curves" at Casa 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights. Excellent production, and a wonderful story of family, friendship, struggle, and real life immigrants. Go see it (and I hope a local playhouse will opt to produce the recent Broadway musical version, as it isn't going on tour (to my knowledge)).
🎭 Worth and Beauty in All Things | “Real Women Have Curves” @ Casa 0101 https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17590
Last night, we saw the 2nd preview performance of "Flower Drum Song" at East West Players. Excellent production, highly recommended. I love how they have reworked the book, and the performances were outstanding.
#LAThtr #Reviews #Theatre #FlowerDrumSong
🎭 The Clash of the Old and New | “Flower Drum Song” @ East West https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17585
This afternoon, we saw "Kim's Convenience" at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre. Excellent show, a nice family story that leaves you smiling. No, we've never seen the Netflix series.
🎭 A Family Business | “Kim’s Convenience” @ CTG/Ahmanson https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17576
Last night, we saw "Spamalot" at Broadway In Hollywood / Hollywood Pantages Theatre. For a show that I thought wouldn't have a long life back in 2009, it was surprisingly good the second time around. Topical updates, improvisation, and a cast that was clearly having fun made this a very enjoyable show. Go see it.
🎭 The Ministry of Silly Theatre | “Spamalot” @ Pantages/BIH https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17557
Yesterday afternoon, we saw "Here Lies Love" at Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum). Excellent production, with many story parallels (alas) to our current political situation. I still love the song "God Draws Straight". Well worth seeing.
🎭 Finding Hope in Straight Crooked Lines | “Here Lies Love” @ CTG/Taper https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17549
#LAThtr #HereLivesLove #CenterTheatreGroup #CTGLA #Theatre #Musicals #Marcos
Yesterday afternoon, we saw "The Play That Goes Wrong" at 5-Star Theatricals in Thousand Oaks. Well executed and well performed, although they missed some printed program aspects that would have helped map performers to characters better. Especially if you haven't seen this before, it is well worth seeing.
🎭 Third Times The Charm, Right? | “The Play That Goes Wrong” @ 5-Star https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17546
As I noted earlier this morning, we saw an excellent production of "The Color Purple" in a 74-seat black box theatre, put on by Chromolume Theatre. It is well worth seeing, if you can get a ticket. Here's the writeup.
🎭 Inner Strength and Resilience | “The Color Purple” @ Chromolume https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17540
#LAThtr #ColorPurple #Chromolume #Theatre #Musicals #IntimateTheatre
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