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This past week I attended the official opening night of the Tony-nominated musical The Scottsboro Boys (the show received twelve nominations including Best Musical back in 2011) here in Los Angeles at downtown's Ahamanson Theatre. Going into the show, I really wasn't sure what to expect (especially with such heavy source material) but I did hear great things so I went in with an open mind. After it was finished, it was clear to me that The MORE
If you're a fan of The Beatles, and you live in Los Angeles, you can't miss Experience the Beatles with RAIN which is now playing at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood! There's only five performances left, so get your tickets now! I saw the show the other night and I thought RAIN did a fantastic job covering a bunch of classics from the Fab Four, including two of my favorite songs, "Yesterday" and "Eleanor Rigby." Don't miss out on your chance to MORE
This past Friday evening I attended the opening night of FELA! which is now back at downtown Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre by popular demand! I saw the musical (which originally premiered on Broadway back in 2009) a couple of months ago when it first played here in LA, and I loved it, so I couldn't resist seeing it for a second time. This time the lovely Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child fame) joined the cast as Sandra Isidore, the woman who MORE
Last week I attended the opening night of End Of The Rainbow, the show's official Los Angeles premiere at downtown's Ahmanson Theatre. Ever since the show played on Broadway last year, I had been dying to see it, especially after star Tracie Bennett was nominated for a Tony Award for her incredible performance as Hollywood legend Judy Garland (aka Liza Minnelli's mom) past her prime. The show is set in December of 1968, just a couple of months MORE
So apparently, Shia LaBeouf decided to rectify receiving millions upon millions of dollars from Hollywood by starring in a Broadway production (called Orphans) with Alec Baldwin, because pretentious hipster douchebags don't seem to understand that Broadway is basically Hollywood minus the cameras. Except then Shia dropped out after having a diva tantrum, and decided to apologize to the play's producers the best way possible: By plagiarizing MORE
A few weeks ago I was able to attend the opening night of Cole Porter's classic 1934 musical Anything Goes at downtown Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre. It's the Roundabout Theatre Company production that walked off with three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical! To be completely honest, I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy it (I'm more about modern musicals), but gosh was I completely wrong, not only did I like it, I LOVED it! I was MORE
About a week ago I was very fortunate to attend the opening night of the award-winning play War Horse, at downtown Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre. Ever since it garnered a bunch of awards for its Broadway run (including a Tony for Best Play), I had been dying to see it, all I heard was amazing things about the ground-breaking production! Thankfully the play not only lived up to my high expectations, it actually exceeded them! The horses MORE
The other night I attended the opening night of the smash hit musical American Idiot, held here in Los Angeles at downtown's Ahmanson Theatre (sitting two rows away was Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, I was dying). I had been wanting to see this show ever since it garnered rave reviews on Broadway and was nominated for a number of Tony Awards back in 2010 including Best Musical (unfortunately it lost out to Memphis). It's based on the band MORE
Broadway’s longest running hit, The Phantom of the Opera, hit 10,000 performances this past Saturday. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has been running continuously at the Majestic Theatre (located on New York City's famed 'great white way') since opening night took place over twenty years ago back on January 26th, 1988, with many of the same cast members still intact. This accolade follows many others of very long running shows, something of a MORE
A few weeks ago I posted the good news that Pee-Wee Herman was bringing his recent hit Broadway production, The Pee-Wee Herman Show to HBO next month (March 19th), now here's a look at the poster, featuring two of my favorite Playhouse characters, Miss Yvonne and Cowboy Curtis! The network is on fire as of late, not only will they be featuring Pee-Wee, they've also got Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour (May 7th) plus I'm dying to see that mini-series MORE
Are you looking for a bit of good news? Then this bit of entertainment news could be right up your alley ... Pee-Wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens) is bringing his recent smash-hit Broadway show The Pee-Wee Herman Show to HBO next month on March 19th! Although I didn't get to see it in New York City, I was able to catch the show's first run right here in Los Angeles (read my review - complete with pictures and video) and I totally loved it and can't MORE
Well, not really. James Franco is actually going to be playing a 'gigolo' on Broadway opposite Nicole Kidman. On a sidenote, really? People still use the term 'gigolo'? Jesus, even my mom uses 'rentboy' nowadays. Saying 'gigolo' is like wearing shoulder pads and leg warmers. The renaissance man actor/author/student/professor and Oscar host has found a bit of time to squeeze starring in a Broadway show into his schedule, attaching himself to a MORE
...that was the message delivered to scientology loud and clear earlier tonight in NYC by a bunch of anti-scientology protesters held up near the schoenfeld theatre where katie holmes was just hours away from making her broadway debut in arthur miller's classic play all my sons...people are calling for katie to be freed from the grip of her hubby tom cruise who has come under major fire over the past few years for his heavy involvement with the MORE
hey hey! the posters recently went up at NYC's gerald schoenfeld theatre - touting the revival of arthur miller's award-winning 1947 play all my sons starring katie holmes, cutie patrick wilson, dianne wiest, and john lithgow which goes into previews on september 18th! when i was in high school 'all my sons' was one of the plays 'the players' put on (i always did backstage stuff) and i must say the material is excellent - i'd be curious to see MORE
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